Pressure grows on Boris Johnson over UK carbon emissions plan
Boris Johnson is facing a fresh test of his green commitments as the UK prepares to submit its national plan on future carbon emissions, before crucial UN climate negotiations. Pressure is growing on the prime minister to come up with…
CALIFORNIA: Regulators greenlight driverless cars for hire
Driverless cars carrying paying customers will soon be cruising California roads.
ACTIVISM: Rallying for climate, progressives pull punches on Biden
Armed with loudspeakers and sleeping bags, progressives are returning to a wartime footing against moderate Democrats.
WHITE HOUSE: Trump rejects Pa. storm aid after threatening ‘bad’ governor
President Trump has denied federal disaster aid to Pennsylvania for Tropical Storm Isaias. The denial was issued three weeks after Trump vowed retribution against the state’s Democratic governor for imposing restrictions to contain the pandemic.
WHITE HOUSE: Trump rejects Pa. storm aid after threatening ‘bad’ governor
President Trump has denied federal disaster aid to Pennsylvania for Tropical Storm Isaias. The denial was issued three weeks after Trump vowed retribution against the state’s Democratic governor for imposing restrictions to contain the pandemic.
CONGRESS: House may probe Trump links to polluting industries
For the past four years, Trump administration officials and polluting companies have been largely shielded from congressional oversight by a norm-breaking White House that discouraged agencies from cooperating with Democrats, even after they gained control of the House in 2018.
TRANSITION: Biden expected to tap progressive favorite as chief of staff
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to choose Ronald Klain as his White House chief of staff, elevating a longtime aide who is seen as the most progressive contender for the job.
Revealed: Covid recovery plans threaten global climate hopes
The prospect of a global green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is hanging in the balance, as countries pour money into the fossil fuel economy to stave off a devastating recession, an analysis for the Guardian reveals. Meanwhile, promises of…
ELECTION 2020: ‘Gut punch’ or ‘prize’? The race muddled climate politics
The 2020 election offered a stark choice between climate agendas — and voters seem to have picked both.
ELECTION 2020: Young climate voters fueled Democratic sweep in Colo.
Democrats this week swept the Colorado elections on the heels of an unprecedented wildfire season, expanding their majority in the Legislature and securing control of both U.S. Senate seats and the state’s presidential vote.
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