Climate Politics
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Democrats make last-ditch effort to pass Joe Manchin’s energy permitting bill
The legislation would make it easier to ramp up production of green energy — and fossil fuels.
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Congressional Democrats have a new plan to combat plastic pollution
Proposed legislation would limit plastic production and restrict new petrochemical facilities.
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Salton Sea public health disaster gets a $250 million ‘shot in the arm’
The Interior Department announced new funding to restore a shrinking lake — if California saves more water.
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Herschel Walker, South Park, and the Prius: How loving gas-guzzlers got political
Why do Republicans defend polluting vehicles? Because Democrats love the saintly Prius.
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Pew poll: 42% of religious Americans pray for the environment
But that concern for the planet doesn't always include climate change.
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Herschel Walker on the environment: America needs its ‘gas-guzzling cars’
The Republican Senate candidate insisted that cars in the U.S. "got the good emissions."
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How California’s initiative to fund electric vehicles went terribly wrong
Prop 30 had widespread support. Then Governor Newsom and billionaires got involved.
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Biden to federal contractors: Make plans to cut your greenhouse gas emissions
Companies supplying the largest buyer of goods on the planet could soon have to get in line with the Paris Agreement.
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What the midterm elections mean for the climate — so far
As control of Congress leans right, hope for action shifts to the White House and states.
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For Midwest governors, climate leadership proves a ‘political winner’
The mandate from the people: work on the environment.