Republicans take aim at Biden’s climate plan in debt ceiling fight
Amid warnings about looming fiscal catastrophe, the GOP is attempting to use Biden’s climate agenda as a bargaining chip over raising the debt ceiling – even if it could hurt Republican voters. Late last month, House Republicans narrowly passed speaker…
Power move: Stacey Abrams’ next act is the electrification of the US
Stacey Abrams has been hailed as a masterly community organizer, after she helped turn out the voters that secured two Senate seats for Democrats in once solidly red Georgia. She has also run twice – unsuccessfully – for state governor….
Biden denies reports that Alaska oil drilling project has been approved
The Biden administration has denied reports that it has authorized a key oil drilling project on Alaska’s north slope, a highly contentious project that environmentalists argue would damage a pristine wilderness and gut White House commitments to combat climate crisis….
Dining across the divide US special: ‘He said it was my opinion that humans caused climate change. No, it’s science’
April, 48, Boulder, Colorado Occupation Massage therapist Voting record Democrat. April says: “I have always had liberal views” Amuse bouche April has a dog “the size of a squirrel”. She’s an artist and does graphite illustrations Ted, 59, Boulder, Colorado…
The American climate migration has already begun | Jake Bittle
Over the past decade, the US has experienced a succession of monumental climate disasters. Hurricanes have obliterated parts of the Gulf Coast, dumping more than 50in of rain in some places. Wildfires have denuded the California wilderness and destroyed thousands…
‘Help us fight’: California farmers ask for more aid after deadly storms
As a series of deadly storms whipped through California’s wine country, liquefying fields and turning vineyards into wading pools, thousands of farm workers in the region were forced to stay home. Though the power has been long since restored and…
World Bank chief resigns after climate stance misstep
The World Bank president, David Malpass, has announced his resignation months after sparking controversy by failing to say whether he accepted that fossil fuels were driving the climate crisis. Malpass, who was appointed to the post by Donald Trump in…
‘A national scandal’: how US climate funding could make water pollution worse
The $369bn Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was applauded by a chorus of US organizations and activists enthusiastic about the generous funding earmarked for projects designed to mitigate climate change and improve environmental health. But some researchers and activists are raising…
Contentious As US Politics, Climate Change Doomsday Debate Divides Science Community – Cowboy State Daily
***For All Things Wyoming, Sign-Up For Our Daily Newsletter*** By Kevin Killough, State Energy ReporterKevin@CowboyStateDaily.com For the past 14 years, Tony Heller, a geologist and engineer who lives in Cheyenne, has been on a mission of countering the language of…
Can Biden’s climate bill undo the fossil fuel industry’s decades of harm?
The scientists’ warning to the US president on climate crisis was stark: the world’s countries were conducting a vast, dangerous experiment through their enormous release of planet-heating emissions, which threaten to be “deleterious from the point of view of human…
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