Climate Politics
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Michigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages
Harms include severe weather, crop failures, and economic hits from lack of ice and snow.
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New documents show oil executives promoted natural gas as green — but knew it wasn’t
It's the first evidence of an oil company acknowledging that gas wasn't as climate-friendly as promised.
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How should Georgia elect key utility regulators? US Supreme Court is asked to weigh in.
Elections for the state's Public Service Commission have been on hold for years.
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FEMA is making an example of this Florida boomtown. Locals call it ‘revenge politics.’
The Biden administration is trying to punish Lee County for rebuilding flood-prone homes. The state’s Republican politicians are fighting back.
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The lowly light bulb is the Biden administration’s latest climate-fighting tool
The DOE is tripling efficiency standards for light bulbs, a move that will cut CO2 emissions by 70 million metric tons and save consumers $27 billion over 30 years.
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How much do rich countries owe in climate aid? That’s the trillion-dollar question.
As COP29 climate talks approach, developing nations are pushing for a huge boost in decarbonization and disaster funding.
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DOJ thinks Enbridge Line 5 pipeline is trespassing on tribal lands
But the agency stopped short of telling the company to move.
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Biden’s environmental justice scorecard offers more questions than answers
The White House's own environmental justice progress report gives little insight into the green benefits delivered to disadvantaged communities.
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These ‘green banks’ are getting billions to decarbonize disadvantaged communities
The Biden administration just distributed $20 billion in IRA funding to loan to individuals and communities across the country.
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The EPA wanted to clean up steel mills. Then a group of Rust Belt senators got involved.
Steel towns will see some reductions in toxic pollution from new regulations — but not as much as they’d hoped.