Should The Government Pay for Your Bad Climate Decisions?
Carlos Prieto and Anita Badejo and Dan Powell and Listen and follow The DailyApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music A few days ago, the Biden administration released a report warning that a warming planet posed severe economic…
Biden Warns That Climate Change Could Upend Federal Spending Programs
A chapter in the new Economic Report of the President focuses on the growing risks to people and businesses from rising temperatures, and the government’s role in adapting to them. WASHINGTON — The Biden administration warned on Monday that a…
E.P.A. Tells Dozens of States to Clean Up Their Smokestacks
The Biden administration is strengthening the ‘Good Neighbor’ rule, to cut pollution from power plants and factories in the West and Midwest that wafts east. WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized a rule forcing factories and power plants…
How Biden Got From ‘No More Drilling’ to Backing a Huge Project in Alaska
High gas prices, a looming election and fears of a costly legal battle seem to have shifted the political calculus for the president. WASHINGTON — As a candidate, Joseph R. Biden promised voters worried about the warming planet “No more…
Biden Administration to Approve Willow Oil Project in Alaska, Officials Say
Biden is also expected to put broad new limits on Arctic drilling in an apparent effort to temper criticism over the $8 billion Willow oil project, which has faced sharp climate opposition. The Biden administration on Monday will formally approve…
Biden Expected to Move Ahead on a Major Oil Project in Alaska
The decision would allow an enormous $8 billion drilling project in the largest expanse of pristine wilderness in the United States. WASHINGTON — In one of the most consequential climate decisions of his administration, President Biden is planning to greenlight…
U.S. and Europe Angle for New Deal to Resolve Climate Spat
American and European officials are trying to reach agreement on the outlines of a limited trade deal that could help resolve a major rift over America’s new climate legislation. WASHINGTON — American and European officials meeting in Washington this week…
Biden’s World Bank Pick Looks to Link Climate and Development Goals
Ajay Banga will begin a monthlong “global listening tour” to drum up support for his nomination to be the bank’s next president. The Biden administration’s nominee to be the next president of the World Bank, the international development and climate…
The Promise and Peril of Biden’s Climate Policy
In 2010, at the signing ceremony for the Affordable Care Act, Joe Biden, the vice president at the time, could be overheard telling President Barack Obama that “this is a big something deal.” OK, that’s almost what he said. And…
U.S. Expected to Nominate New Head of World Bank on Thursday
The Biden administration wants the global development institution to pursue a more ambitious climate agenda. BENGALURU, India — The Biden administration is nearing a decision on who it will nominate to be the next president of the World Bank, a…
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