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The first words from the ‘barrier-busting’ nominees for Biden’s climate team
If confirmed, Biden’s team will break through several gender and racial representation barriers in Washington.
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Deb Haaland will be the first Native American head of the Interior
Tribes say it would be a mistake for Biden to tap Michael Connor, another Indigenous candidate, for the position.
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What Mayor Pete’s primary promises mean for the Department of Transportation
The former mayor of the fourth-largest city in Indiana actually has some transportation bona fides.
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Biden needs an EPA chief. Here’s the shortlist.
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to unveil his nominee for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency any day now.
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Yes, there’s still bitter division over climate policy. That’s progress, folks.
Clashes erupted when Biden tapped BlackRock’s Brian Deese to lead the National Economic Council, but nobody’s resume will be spotless in the transition to clean energy.
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The uproar over Biden’s choice to run the USDA
A nudger, not a shaker, to run the Department of Agriculture.
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How can we hold politicians to their promises on race and climate?
"Being cautiously optimistic is what helps you hold people accountable."
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2020 unmasked the truth about ‘all lives matter’
The majority of white people voting to re-elect Donald Trump is the most stunning evidence yet that whiteness itself is a public health crisis.
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Will Biden’s top health nominee prescribe a better climate?
As California's attorney general, Xavier Becerra filed more than 50 lawsuits against the Trump administration over the environment.
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How Biden’s Treasury secretary pick could shape US climate politics
Janet Yellen is uniquely qualified to help Biden deliver on his economic agenda, and she has long acknowledged climate change as a risk to global financial stability.