Climate Politics
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Redistricting could make it harder for tribes to protect the environment
Indigenous leaders worry redistricting will lead to more disenfranchisement and environmental issues.
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Jane Fonda’s new climate PAC is taking on fossil fuel-backed politicians
And this isn’t her first rodeo in political funding.
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Why the return of earmarks could be good news for the planet
With most of the president’s climate agenda stalled in Congress, every ounce of climate spending counts.
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The Sarah Bloom Raskin debacle is another strike to Biden’s climate agenda
Biden nominated a climate hawk to the Fed. Here’s why her nomination failed.
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Inflation is at a 40-year high. Is clean energy the solution?
Fact-checking Biden's claims about inflation, renewables, and domestic manufacturing.
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Biden just banned Russian oil. Now what?
Some see the moment as one more reason to speed up the shift to clean energy.
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The highly flammable politics of high gas prices
Even for a so-called “climate president,” Biden’s reliance on fossil fuel reserves during the Ukraine crisis is not surprising.
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World agrees to negotiate a ‘historic’ treaty on plastic pollution
By 2024, nations will broker a binding, international agreement to rein in plastic pollution — and production.
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UN report could change the conversation on ‘loss and damage’ at November’s climate negotiations
The new IPCC report spotlighted the issue, despite U.S. opposition.
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As scientists sound the alarm on climate, Biden’s State of the Union barely mentions it
Instead, the president touted the release of “60 billion barrels of oil from reserves around the world."