The Elephant
The climate change and environmental emergency: a comprehensive resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens
The ElephantThe climate change and environmental emergency: a comprehensive resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens
Fifth National Climate Assessment
2023-11-14 (or before) in nca2023.globalchange.govThe Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the scientific foundation to support informed decision-making across the United States.
Tagged under: US Politics | Climate Change Impacts | USA
Harris Skips Over Climate Change Even as Party Touts Green Wins - Bloomberg
2024-08-23 in BloombergAmong the Democrats touting the party’s record confronting climate change at their Chicago convention, there was a major exception: Vice President Kamala Harris.
Tagged under: US Politics
Opinion | If Trump or Harris wins election, the climate fight faces headwinds - The Washington Post
2024-08-17 in The Washington PostA second Trump administration would cut climate policy. But decarbonization will also face obstacles if Harris wins the presidency.
Tagged under: US Politics | Donald Trump
Project 2025: The right-wing conspiracy to torpedo global climate action
2024-08-16 by in Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsThe GOP threatens to weaponize a potential second Trump term against any and all domestic climate action. But what happens in the United States doesn’t stay in the United States.
Tagged under: Project 2025 | US Politics | Donald Trump
‘The dumbest climate conversation of all time’: experts on the Musk-Trump interview
2024-08-13 in The GuardianTrump talked about ‘nuclear warming’ while Musk said the only reason to quit fossil fuels is that their supply is finite
Tagged under: Global Warming | Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Donald Trump | Nuclear Power
9 Things Musk and Trump Said About Climate Change, Annotated
2024-08-13 in The New York TimesIn a conversation on X, Donald J. Trump and Elon Musk spoke for a bit about climate change. Heres what they got wrong and what they got right.
Tagged under: US Politics | Donald Trump | Climate Change
Congress should follow science and reject Bayer push to block lawsuits
2024-07-11 by in thenewlede.orgBy Nathan Donley Millions of American users of glyphosate-based Roundup have likely assumed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would never have approved the pesticide unless it was safe. But the science-based truth has never been as cut and dried as the EPA and Bayer, which bought Roundup maker Monsanto in 2018, have made it sound. In a series of trials across the country, juries – and the public – have learned that despite the safety claims by Bayer and the EPA, hundreds of studies by independent scientists link glyphosate herbicides to serious health harms, including cancer. Even though Bayer maintains th...
Tagged under: Health | Pesticides | Litigation | Legislation | Farming | US Politics | Science
Biden-Harris administration announces proposed rule to protect indoor, outdoor workers from extreme heat | Occupational Safety and Health Administration
2024-07-03 (or before) in osha.govTagged under: Climate Change Impacts | Agriculture | US Politics | USA | Extreme Heat
U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry is giving up the job title — but not the fight
2024-03-07 in NPROutgoing climate envoy John Kerry talks about leaving the job, how another Donald Trump presidency could impact the fight against climate change, and how he remains hopeful.
Tagged under: Climate Change | US Politics
John Kerry: US committed to tackling climate crisis despite fossil fuel growth
2024-03-04 in The GuardianOutgoing climate chief says he is ‘not ready’ to give up on 1.5C target he helped negotiate in Paris agreement
Tagged under: The Paris Agreement | US Politics
‘Huge tax breaks’: private equity prepares for a boon from Congress
2024-03-01 in The GuardianBillions in private equity and corporate taxes could be rolled back, along with what critics say is a sop for child tax credits
Tagged under: US Politics
First Thing: Populism imperils fight against climate breakdown, says John Kerry
2024-02-28 in The GuardianUS climate chief hits out at ‘disinformation’ and ‘demagoguery’ by special interests to delay climate action. Plus, the lost 80s song baffling the internet
Tagged under: Politics | Climate Change Denial and Disinformation | US Politics | Disinformation and Misinformation
Congress torpedoes a Biden nominee and casts doubt on nuclear safety
2024-02-06 by in Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsBiden’s decision to drop Jeff Baran's nomination for another term with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission is a blow to the independence of the agency—and the safety and security of the country.
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | US Politics
‘In a word, horrific’: Trump’s extreme anti-environment blueprint
2024-02-06 in The GuardianAllies and advisers have hinted at a more methodical second term: driving forward fossil fuel production, sidelining scientists and overturning rules
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Donald Trump
Georgia senate passes bill curtailing charitable bail funds for protest groups
2024-02-02 in The GuardianBill passed by Republican-dominated state senate may exacerbate deadly overcrowding in Fulton county jail
Tagged under: US Politics | Activism
DOUBT
2024-01-24 (or before) in YouTubeJoin us and stand up for reality. http://climaterealityproject.org - This film exposes the parallels between Big Tobacco's denial of smoking's cancer-causing...
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Health
Mississippi quits child food program amid Republican ‘welfare state’ attack
2024-01-13 in The GuardianCritics condemn ‘cruelty’ of state opting out of federal program to feed children from low-income families during summer break
Tagged under: US Politics | Women and Children | Children
New breed of climate protesters vows to take fight to ‘cowards’ of US politics
2023-12-26 in The GuardianClimate Defiance, trying to make the climate crisis a top issue in 2024 election, isn’t afraid to anger ‘cowards’ and ‘criminals’
Tagged under: US Politics | Activism
Why the U.S. Is Pumping More Oil Than Any Other Country in History
2023-12-20 by in The AtlanticThe politics of solving climate change may, paradoxically, require producing more fossil fuels for a while.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Joe Biden | US Politics | Saudi Arabia
Rep. Mike Johnson - Campaign Finance Summary
2023-12-13 (or before) in Open SecretsFundraising profile for Rep. Mike Johnson - Louisiana ( District 04)
Tagged under: US Politics | Louisiana | Finance
US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate
2023-12-02 in Associated Press NewsThe United States is now committed to the idea of phasing out coal power plants, joining 56 other nations in kicking the coal habit. Saturday's announcement by U.S.
Tagged under: COP28 | US Politics | USA | Coal | Electricity | Middle East | Renewable Energy
Fifth National Climate Assessment
2023-11-14 (or before) in nca2023.globalchange.govThe Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the scientific foundation to support informed decision-making across the United States.
Tagged under: US Politics | Climate Change Impacts | USA
Washington Consensus - Wikipedia
2023-11-08 (or before) in WikipediaTagged under: US Politics
Congress shuts down state efforts to ban toxic chemicals
2023-11-04 (or before) in act.represent.usSurprise, surprise: the chemical industry’s fingerprints (and money) are all over it.
Tagged under: US Politics | Lobbying | Pollution
‘Tax Cheat Twelve’ Vote to Cut IRS Funding in Israel Bill
2023-11-04 (or before) by David Dayen in The American ProspectThe 12 House Democrats received a combined $8 million in campaign support from AIPAC and its affiliates last year.
Tagged under: US Politics | Israel | Middle East | Finance
Speaker Mike Johnson's corporate backers - by Judd Legum
2023-10-30 by in Popular Information | Judd Legum | SubstackLast Wednesday, Republicans selected Congressman Mike Johnson (R-LA) as the next Speaker of the House. Johnson is the most radical member ever selected as Speaker, championing a host of far-right causes. Some experts describe Johnson's views as emblematic of Christian nationalism
Tagged under: US Politics
Billion-dollar prisons: why the US is pouring money into new construction
2023-10-28 in The GuardianStudies show incarceration does not improve public safety but ‘tough-on-crime’ Republicans are driving investment in prisons
Tagged under: US Politics | Alabama
Mike Johnson's First Big Bill Cuts Biden's Climate Funding - Bloomberg
2023-10-26 in BloombergThe first major legislation House Republicans passed under newly installed Speaker Mike Johnson would cut billions of dollars in consumer rebates for energy efficiency upgrades included in President Joe Biden’s signature climate law.
Tagged under: US Politics | Legislation | Joe Biden | Renewable Energy | Louisiana
Climate change could devastate household finances, U.S. Treasury warns
2023-10-14 (or before) in CNBCBetween 2018 and 2022, weather and climate disasters cost more than $617 billion in the U.S., a Treasury Department report found.
Tagged under: US Politics | Finance
‘There won’t be anything left’: Florida teens battle city over plan to loosen wetland protections
2023-10-05 in The GuardianYouth environmentalists take on Republican-led city commission over proposal to hasten development in fragile wetlands
Tagged under: Wetlands | US Politics | Florida
US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds
2023-09-12 in The GuardianStudy highlights conflict between Washington’s claims of climate leadership and its fossil fuel growth plans
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Russia | Iran | Washington State
Biden administration cancels years-long attempt to drill in Alaska National Wildlife Refuge | CNN Politics
2023-09-06 by in CNNThe Biden administration announced Wednesday it will cancel seven Trump-era oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and protect more than 13 million acres in the federal National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, stymieing a years-long attempt to drill in the protected region.
Tagged under: Arctic | Wildlife | Joe Biden | US Politics | Health | Alaska | Finance
Green Groups Are Divided Over a Proposal to Boost the Nation’s Hydropower. Here’s Why - Inside Climate News
2023-09-01 by in Inside Climate NewsAmerica’s hydropower industry is hoping to reestablish some of its former glory by making itself central to the nation’s transition to clean energy—and it’s turning to Congress for help. The era of big dams arguably ended long ago. At one point referred to as “white coal,” hydropower was once a major source of electricity around […]
Tagged under: Climate Change | US Politics | Electricity
Pressure grows on Clarence Thomas after more gifts from rightwing donor
2023-08-31 in The GuardianDisclosures detail more flights and stays with Harlan Crow as Democrats vow to investigate scandal ‘in which this court is enmired’
Tagged under: US Politics
Why the US and Europe Still Buy Russian Nuclear Fuel - Bloomberg
2023-08-28 (or before) in BloombergThe US and its European allies moved fast to choke exports of Russian oil, natural gas and coal after Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine. When it comes to atomic energy, however, Kremlin-controlled Rosatom Corp. continues to be the dominant source of fuel for the world’s nuclear power stations — supplying about half of global demand for enriched uranium. Western nations are racing to reconstitute their own processing capacity, much of which withered amid a growing aversion to nuclear pow
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Vladimir Putin | US Politics | Russia
‘It’s a beast’: landmark US climate law is too complex, environmental groups say
2023-08-23 in The GuardianBiden’s bill includes $60bn for environmental investments, but organizations that would benefit most face hurdles in accessing funding
Tagged under: Joe Biden | US Politics
Oil companies are hiring TikTok influencers to court young people - The Washington Post
2023-08-17 in The Washington PostMore than 100 influencers have used their platforms to promote fossil fuel companies since 2017.
Tagged under: US Politics
Republican LIE Causes BIG Problems…This Expert Can STOP Them | The Weekend Show
2023-08-16 (or before) in YouTubeUmair Haque joins Anthony Davis for an honest discussion about the effects of the climate crisis on the world economy after the devastating wildfire in Maui....
Tagged under: US Politics | Wildfires
Joe Manchin vows ‘unrelenting fight’ against US climate law he helped pass
2023-08-16 in The GuardianDemocratic West Virginia senator calls the Inflation Reduction Act, hailed as ‘biggest step on climate crisis’, a ‘radical agenda’
Tagged under: Joe Biden | US Politics
We bailed out the banks but we’re not prepared to bail out the planet | Larry Elliott
2023-07-30 in The GuardianUS and UK must use financial firepower of the state to put economies on a saner course
Tagged under: Economics | Joe Biden | US Politics
‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come
2023-07-19 in The GuardianJames Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’
Tagged under: US Politics
US Republicans oppose climate funding as millions suffer in extreme weather
2023-07-13 in The GuardianNearly 90 million Americans are facing heat alerts this week, yet GOP members are wrangling over spending to reduce emissions
Tagged under: Joe Biden | US Politics
‘Cascading impacts’ warning as Farmers becomes latest insurer to quit Florida
2023-07-12 in The GuardianState’s efforts unable to persuade company to stay amid growing risk for carriers as climate crisis increases strength of storms
Tagged under: Insurance | US Politics | Florida
Remaining “Calm” About Climate Change Will Kill Us
2023-07-10 in The LeverAnyone insisting that you “calm down” about climate change is living in denial about the catastrophes at our doorstep.
Tagged under: Climate Change | US Politics
White House cautiously opens the door to study blocking sun’s rays to slow global warming
2023-07-02 (or before) in PoliticoA Biden administration report required by Congress outlines research options for a last-ditch effort to slow the heating of the planet. But the White House says it's not changing its climate strategy.
Tagged under: US Politics
Senate examines role of ‘dark money’ in delaying climate action
2023-06-23 in The GuardianThe budget committee hearing looked into alleged misinformation from big oil that covered up ‘massive’ risks of the climate crisis
Tagged under: Disinformation and Misinformation | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
G.O.P. Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Election
2023-06-19 in The New York TimesTagged under: Disinformation and Misinformation | Judiciary | US Politics
Power companies quietly pushed $215m into US politics via dark money groups
2023-06-15 in The GuardianDonations have helped utilities increase electricity prices, hinder solar schemes and helped elect sympathetic legislators
Tagged under: Solar Energy | US Politics | Electricity
‘Game changing’: spate of US lawsuits calls big oil to account for climate crisis
2023-06-07 in The GuardianNext week the first constitutional climate lawsuit goes to trial amid signs fossil fuel companies are facing accountability tests
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | US Politics
'Pretty depressing weekend': Key net zero policies face fresh wave of criticism
2023-06-05 in Business GreenFrom oil and gas licenses to heat pumps and recycling to active travel, crucial planks of the government’s climate policy framework are coming under attack from all sides
Tagged under: Climate Change | Net Zero | US Politics | Committee on Climate Change UK
The Biden administration sees hydrogen as a game-changing climate technology. The reality is far more complicated | CNN Politics
2023-06-05 by in CNNThe Biden administration on Monday announced a goal to produce 50 million metric tons of clean hydrogen fuel by 2050 – a roadmap that, if successful, would cut around 10% of the country’s planet-warming pollution by the same date.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Climate Change | Hydrogen | Joe Biden | US Politics | Electricity | Health | Finance
Why the Senate's loudest climate advocate may vote to approve a fracked gas pipeline
2023-06-02 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackIn an interview on Thursday morning, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said he doesn't believe the Mountain Valley Pipeline's approval will automatically derail the nation's climate goals.
Tagged under: Fracking | US Politics
West Virginia governor Justice suggests coal empire lawsuit is political attack
2023-05-31 in The GuardianDoJ files lawsuit against companies linked to Jim Justice, also a Republican Senate candidate, seeking unpaid penalties of $7.6m
Tagged under: US Politics
Texas Senate Moves To Shut Down Renewable Energy Permanently - Reform Austin
2023-05-26 in Reform Austin News - Drawing Attention to What MattersWith only days left in the legislative session, Texas Republicans in the Senate are hoping to permanently cripple the renewable energy industry in the state with amendments on a must-pass bill.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Texas | US Politics
Alarm after lawyer who aided Trump’s 2020 election lie attacks campus voting
2023-05-08 in The GuardianRightwing lawyer Cleta Mitchell faces criticism after comments to GOP donors urging new rules to make voting harder for students
Tagged under: US Politics | Donald Trump
‘Toxic trail of pollution’: states step up to curb the use of ‘forever chemicals’
2023-05-02 in The GuardianPartisanship has thwarted Congress’s attempts to limit PFAS, but a patchwork of state laws is pushing for their phase-out
Tagged under: PFAS aka Forever Chemicals | Legislation | US Politics
A Sociological View of the Effort to Obstruct Action on Climate Change | American Sociological Association
2023-04-29 (or before) in asanet.orgWhen then-NASA climate scientist James Hansen delivered his landmark testimony to the U. S. Senate in 1988, declaring that human-caused global warming had
Tagged under: Climate Change | US Politics
Biden approves Alaska gas exports as critics condemn another ‘carbon bomb’
2023-04-14 in The GuardianEnergy department gives green light to exports from liquefied natural gas (LNG) program, after Willow project approved last month
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Joe Biden | US Politics | Alaska
Rise of the Climate Rating Agencies
2023-04-12 by in The American ProspectGovernment and the private sector rely increasingly on risk-modeling firms that claim they can zero in on exposure to climate change.
Tagged under: Economics | Climate Change | US Politics
Tomlinson: Experts slam $10B grid plan, GOP approves anyway
2023-04-10 (or before) by in Houston Chronicle | Breaking News, Houston, Texas, US, World NewsTexas Republicans approved a $10 billion plan for backup electricity after industry experts and executives told them it was a bad idea, urged alternatives.
Tagged under: Insurance | US Politics | Electricity | Texas | Electricity Grid
Dark money groups push election denialism on US state officials
2023-04-05 in The GuardianGroups have created incubator of policies that would restrict ballot access and amplify election fraud claims
Tagged under: US Politics | Project 2025
Which States Generated the Most Renewable Energy in 2022?
2023-03-17 in governing.comEven though no congressional Republican voted for the biggest climate bill in the country’s history, red states were among the leaders in green power generation last year.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | US Politics
Biden administration sides with climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies
2023-03-16 in The GuardianDoJ brief argues that Colorado case against energy giants ExxonMobil and Suncor should be heard in state court instead of federal
Tagged under: Exxon | Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Colorado State
Norfolk Southern’s call to burn derailed train cars ‘jaw-dropping’, Senate hears
2023-03-09 in The GuardianLocal official tells panel of chaotic response Ohio derailment and operator’s chief executive makes first appearance before Congress
Tagged under: US Politics | Cars | Trains
DOUBT
2023-03-05 (or before) in YouTubeJoin us and stand up for reality. http://climaterealityproject.org - This film exposes the parallels between Big Tobacco's denial of smoking's cancer-causing...
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Health
Ohio senator condemns train operator and lobbyists over toxic derailment
2023-02-19 in The GuardianDemocrat Sherrod Brown says derailment, which released toxic chemicals, was caused by Norfolk Southern
Tagged under: US Politics | Trains
‘A national scandal’: how US climate funding could make water pollution worse
2023-02-08 in The GuardianThe Inflation Reduction Act was hailed for its climate funding – but some are concerned several provisions will worsen a growing environmental disaster
Tagged under: Joe Biden | US Politics
Bills to regulate toxic ‘forever chemicals’ died in Congress – with Republican help
2023-01-13 in The GuardianLobbying industry flexed muscle to ensure bills that aimed to set stricter standards on PFAS compounds went nowhere
Tagged under: US Politics | PFAS aka Forever Chemicals
The New York Times: Digital and Home Delivery Subscriptions
2022-12-30 in The New York TimesDiscover the value of independent Times journalism today.
Tagged under: US Politics
US fails to give money promised for developing countries to ease climate impacts
2022-12-23 in The GuardianSpending bill passed by Senate includes less than $1bn in climate assistance for poorer nations even though Biden promised $11.4bn
Tagged under: Joe Biden | US Politics
Conservative donors pour ‘dark money’ into case that could upend US voting law
2022-12-16 in The GuardianGroups submitting amicus briefs to supreme court case in support of Republican lawmakers received $90m in anonymous donations
Tagged under: US Politics
The people behind the bizarre non-profit trying to kill Biden's climate agenda
2022-12-14 (or before) by in Popular Information | Judd Legum | SubstackFor more than a week, a group called United for Clean Power has run an extensive online advertising campaign arguing the reconciliation package negotiated by Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), which contains historic investments in clean energy, doesn't go far enough. The ads, which have run on social networks like Facebook and at the top of prominent publications like Politico, urge progressive Democrats in Congress to "demand environmental justice
Tagged under: US Politics | Joe Biden | Climate Justice
'Like a hostage negotiation': Indiana bill on renewable energy standards dies after pushback
2022-11-23 (or before) in indystar.comAn Indiana bill that would have established statewide standards for wind and solar projects died on the Senate floor over concerns about local control
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | US Politics | Wind Power | India
Latest sobering news on climate change is more reason for cities, states to step up against global warming
2022-11-10 in chicago.suntimes.comThe closely divided U.S. House and Senate that will emerge after the midterms do not appear poised to enact strong legislation.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Legislation | US Politics
Natural gas-linked super PAC drops $1 million backing Republicans
2022-11-04 (or before) in Cleveland OH Local News, Breaking News, Sports & WeatherAn opaque political entity has backed Republicans including J.D. Vance for U.S. Senate and a range of state legislative candidates.
Tagged under: US Politics
Florida Leaders Rejected Major Climate Laws. Now They’re Seeking Storm Aid. (Published 2022)
2022-10-04 in The New York TimesDiscover the value of independent Times journalism today.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | US Politics | Florida
With rights at risk, Indigenous Brazilians get on the ballot to fight back
2022-09-27 in MongabayIt was 35 years ago that Ailton Krenak, while painting his entire face with the black dye of the jenipapo fruit, protested against violence against Indigenous peoples in one of Brazil’s highest seats of power: the speaker’s podium in the lower House of Congress. “There is Indigenous blood in every hectare of Brazil’s 8 million […]
Tagged under: US Politics | Brazil | Activism
Senator Joe Manchin unveils bill that would expedite federal energy projects
2022-09-21 in The GuardianThe centrist Democrat believes he has votes to pass the measure, which has met with resistance from the left
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Criticism intensifies after big oil admits ‘gaslighting’ public over green aims
2022-09-17 in The GuardianFury as ‘explosive’ documents reveal largest oil companies contradicted public statements and wished bedbugs upon critical activists
Tagged under: BP | Shell | Activism | Exxon | Chevron | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Revealed: rightwing US lobbyists help craft slew of anti-protest fossil fuel bills
2022-09-14 in The GuardianLegislation drafted by Alec part of backlash against Indigenous communities and environmentalists opposing oil and gas projects
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Legislation | US Politics | Activism
‘Transformational’: could America’s new green bank be a climate gamechanger?
2022-09-11 in The GuardianLong championed by climate activists, the green bank would provide funding to expand clean energy use across the US
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Climate Change | US Politics | Activism
Bannon is not finished: his ‘precinct strategy’ could alter US elections for years
2022-09-10 in The GuardianOne longtime Bannon watcher says it’s too early to count him out – even a prison term could enhance his status among the Maga crowd
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics
Big business groups lash out at Manchin-Schumer deal
2022-07-28 in The HillLobbying groups representing large corporations swiftly criticized a revamped reconciliation deal announced by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Wedn…
Tagged under: US Politics
Leaked: US power companies secretly spending millions to protect profits and fight clean energy
2022-07-27 in The GuardianOne industry consulting firm has influenced politics across Florida, Alabama and at least six other states
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Florida | Alabama
Extreme Weather Cost U.S. Taxpayers $99 Billion Last Year, and It Is Getting Worse
2022-07-25 (or before) in Center for American ProgressThe financial toll of extreme weather events fueled by climate change is at an all-time high and requires that Congress take bold action to move the country toward a 100 percent clean future.
Tagged under: US Politics | Extreme Weather | Climate Change
How One Senator Doomed the Democrats’ Climate Plan
2022-07-15 in The New York TimesTagged under: Joe Biden | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | US Politics
More than 200 congressional staffers urge Pelosi and Schumer to act on climate or risk dooming younger generations | CNN Politics
2022-07-13 by in CNNFor Democratic Congressional staffers -- many of whom are young -- passing massive investments in clean energy tax credits to deal with the climate crisis is especially urgent.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | US Politics | Climate Change | Legislation
It’s democracy v plutocracy – this is the endgame for our planet | George Monbiot
2022-07-06 in The GuardianThe US supreme court is helping to destroy our climate. But it was a much smaller decision, closer to home, that was the final straw for me, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Rivers | Wildlife | US Politics | Committee on Climate Change UK
California Assemblyman Kills Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill
2022-06-28 by in DeSmogThe California legislature was close to passing a bill that would require the state’s two massive pension funds to divest from fossil fuels, but on June 21 the legislation was killed by one Democratic assemblyman who has accepted tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the energy industry. Senate Bill 1173 would have […]
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Legislation | US Politics | California
White House official blasts 'outrageous' oil profits, leaves door open to windfall profit tax | CNN Politics
2022-06-09 by in CNNA White House official is strongly criticizing Big Oil for banking huge profits in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which the administration has blamed for soaring gas prices.
Tagged under: Joe Biden | US Politics | Russia | Finance
Climate Deniers in the 116th Congress
2022-06-04 (or before) in Center for American Progress ActionA new CAP Action analysis finds that 150 members—and 60 percent of Republicans—in the 116th Congress do not believe in climate change.
Tagged under: US Politics | Climate Change
Top oil and gas companies increase lobbying spending amid global energy crisis - OpenSecrets News
2022-04-21 in Open SecretsOil and gas companies spent millions lobbying Congress as the war in Ukraine spurred concerns over energy security.
Tagged under: US Politics
Manchin Just Delivered Another Blow on Climate. He’s a Threat to Humanity.
2022-03-16 by in Truthout - Fearless Independent JournalismThe absence of Manchin's support was a death knell for Sarah Bloom Raskin's nomination. Her crime: caring about climate.
Tagged under: Rivers | US Politics
Manchin ‘very reluctant’ on electric cars in ominous sign for Biden’s climate fight
2022-03-15 in The GuardianCentrist Democrat, who holds key swing vote in US Senate, has poured scorn on the idea of phasing out gasoline and diesel cars
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Electric Cars | US Politics | Cars
Biden Could Score a Climate Victory in a Single Word: Plastics - Inside Climate News
2022-02-28 in Inside Climate NewsWith Biden’s ambitious climate agenda blocked in the Senate, the administration now has an opportunity to look for a win through diplomacy, while at the same time addressing one of the most pressing problems facing the planet. The plastics industry has exploded in recent decades, with plastic products becoming ubiquitous in daily life. But plastic […]
Tagged under: Joe Biden | US Politics
Electrify
2022-02-11 (or before) in MIT PressAn optimistic—but realistic and feasible—action plan for fighting climate change while creating new jobs and a healthier environment: electrify everything.Climate change is a planetary emergency. We have to do something now—but what? Saul Griffith has a plan. In Electrify, Griffith lays out a detailed blueprint—optimistic but feasible—for fighting climate change while creating millions of new jobs and a healthier environment. Griffith's plan can be summed up simply: electrify everything. He explains exactly what it would take to transform our infrastructure, update our grid, and adapt our households...
Tagged under: Climate Change | Electric Cars | US Politics | Cars | Health | Electricity Grid | Finance
DOUBT - Climate change and manufactured doubt
2022-02-03 (or before) in YouTubeJoin us and stand up for reality. http://climaterealityproject.org - This film exposes the parallels between Big Tobacco's denial of smoking's cancer-causing...
Tagged under: US Politics | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Health
Time is running out. Here’s how the climate movement can level up.
2022-01-10 by in VoxThe high-risk, high-reward stakes of building a more radical movement.
Tagged under: Activism | Joe Biden | Climate Change | US Politics
How the politics of prosecco explain what took the fizz out of the Democrats | Mark Blyth
2021-12-31 in The GuardianJoe Manchin torpedoed his own party’s key bill for the same reason interwar Italy protected the sparkling wine, says political economist Mark Blyth
Tagged under: Economics | US Politics
Why the collapse of Biden’s Build Back Better would be a major blow to the climate fight
2021-12-22 in The GuardianIt would be almost impossible for the US to comply with its greenhouse gas reduction pledges without the $1.75tn package that Manchin refuses to support
Tagged under: US Politics | Joe Biden | Greenhouse Gases | Collapse
Joe Manchin's blind trust does not include his family's coal company, contradicting his claims as he votes on climate bills - The Washington Post
2021-12-13 in The Washington PostContrary to his public statements, documents filed show that the senator's blind trust is much too small to account for all his reported earnings from the coal company.
Tagged under: Climate Change | US Politics
The role of public relations firms in climate change politics - Climatic Change
2021-12-04 (or before) in Springer VerlagClimate change policy has long been subject to influence by a wide variety of organizations. Despite their importance, the key role of public relations (PR) firms has long been overlooked in the climate political space. This paper provides an exploratory overview of the extent and nature of involvement of PR firms in climate political action by organizations in five sectors: Coal/Steel/Rail, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Renewable Energy, and the Environmental Movement. The analysis shows that the engagement of public relations firms by organizations in all of these sectors is widespread. In absolute terms, the Utility and Gas &...
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Climate Change | US Politics
Republicans are quietly rigging election maps to ensure permanent rule | David Pepper
2021-11-28 in The GuardianThe past decade in Ohio shows how bad it can get – and how quickly. Despite the state’s voters often swinging Democratic, 75% of its congressional delegates are Republican
Tagged under: US Politics
How the U.S. Lost Ground to China in the Contest for Clean Energy
2021-11-21 in The New York TimesTagged under: Renewable Energy | Congo | China | Greenhouse Gases | Cobalt | Barack Obama | US Politics
Fossil fuels made our families rich. Now we want this industry to end | Aileen Getty and Rebecca Rockefeller Lambert
2021-11-06 in The GuardianCongress must help usher in a new energy age - a clean energy age with the same level of support that fossil fuels companies have received for over a century
Tagged under: US Politics | Fossil Fuels
Q&A: A Republican Congressman Hopes to Spread a New GOP Engagement on Climate from Washington, D.C. to Glasgow - Inside Climate News
2021-10-29 in Inside Climate NewsThe founder of a new Conservative Climate Caucus is part of a Republican delegation headed to the international climate talks in Glasgow next week. Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah) said his party should have a seat at the table when climate change is being discussed at home and abroad. Republicans, including those in the new caucus, […]
Tagged under: US Politics | COP26 | Climate Change
Big oil CEOs just lied before Congress. It’s time they’re held accountable | Jamie Henn
2021-10-29 in The GuardianThe top oil executives claim they never approved a disinformation campaign. That is simply not true
Tagged under: US Politics | Disinformation and Misinformation | Fossil Fuels
Supreme Court to Hear Case on E.P.A.’s Power to Limit Carbon Emissions
2021-10-29 in The New York TimesTagged under: US Politics
How Joe Manchin controls the climate - by Emily Atkin
2021-10-25 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackThe fossil fuel loyalist is supported by more than just oil money.
Tagged under: US Politics
It’s Joe Manchin vs. the World, and Manchin Is Winning
2021-10-18 by in Truthout - Fearless Independent JournalismFor the time being and the foreseeable future, Manchin and his corporate sponsors hold the top cards.
Tagged under: Rivers | US Politics
Over 650 People Arrested in D.C. During Week of Indigenous-led Climate Action Calling on Biden to be the Climate Leader he Promised to be
2021-10-18 by in DeSmogAs environmental advocates from across the United States converged in Washington, D.C. last week to take part in the five day “People vs. Fossil Fuels” action, President Biden’s infrastructure package remained stalled, in part, by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin’s push to cut its largest climate measure. The series of fossil fuel protests were organized by a coalition of over […]
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Coal | Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Activism
‘Climate change is fundamentally altering the Colorado River,' congressional panel hears - Colorado Newsline
2021-10-17 in Colorado NewslineStates in the Colorado River Basin are adjusting to the reality that their rights outstrip the available water by nearly one-third.
Tagged under: Colorado River | US Politics | Climate Change | Rivers | Colorado State
GM Blows Past Biden Renewable Energy Goals With 100% By 2025
2021-09-30 in Cleantech News Ñ #1 In EV, Solar, Wind, Tesla NewsGM unleashes its latest renewable energy announcement just in time to pressure Congress on climate action.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Joe Biden | US Politics
Congress is debating its biggest climate change bill ever. Here's what's at stake | MPR News
2021-09-16 (or before) in Minnesota Public RadioClimate measures in a massive $3.5 trillion economic plan would transform the U.S. energy system. They are crucial for meeting President Joe Biden's ambitious climate goals, but face powerful opposition.
Tagged under: US Politics | Joe Biden | Climate Change
The Rate of Global Warming During Next 25 Years Could Be Double What it Was in the Previous 50, a Renowned Climate Scientist Warns - Inside Climate News
2021-09-15 in Inside Climate NewsJames Hansen, a climate scientist who shook Washington when he told Congress 33 years ago that human emissions of greenhouse gases were cooking the planet, is now warning that he expects the rate of global warming to double in the next 20 years. While still warning that it is carbon dioxide and methane that are […]
Tagged under: US Politics | Greenhouse Gases | Methane
Report Reveals How Joe Manchin Made Millions of Dollars Pushing Coal and Relaxing Environmental Regulations | The Smirking Chimp
2021-09-06 (or before) in The Smirking Chimp | News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing ConspiracyNews and commentary from the vast, left-wing conspiracy
Tagged under: Coal | US Politics
Our leaders look climate change in the eyes, and shrug | Hamilton Nolan
2021-08-04 in The GuardianIt is not good to be too pessimistic on the climate crisis. That said, it sure does seem like we’re screwed
Tagged under: Climate Change | US Politics
Why Biden's Interior Department isn't shutting down oil and gas
2021-07-23 by in The HillThe prevailing political opinion is keeping these key moderate senators happy.
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Public Opinion | US Politics
How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action
2021-07-19 in The GuardianThe American Petroleum Institute receives millions from oil companies – and works behinds the scenes to stall or weaken legislation
Tagged under: Shell | Fossil Fuels | Legislation | US Politics
Exxon Lobbyists Paid The 6 Democrats Named In Sting Video Nearly $333,000
2021-07-13 in HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPostA new analysis takes a wide look at the company's influence in Arizona, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and West Virginia.
Tagged under: Exxon | US Politics
Republicans new favorite study trashes Biden's climate plans – but who's behind it?
2021-03-09 in The GuardianWyoming representative Liz Cheney says the study proves Biden’s policies would destroy state economies. But it has the oil and gas industry’s fingerprints all over it
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
The geopolitical fight to come over green energy
2021-03-05 in Engelsberg IdeasThe struggle for sustainable energy will soon put China, the US and Europe on a geopolitical collision course. But moving away from fossil fuels is a Herculean task, and a greener politics will not transcend tragedy.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Rural Americans are the future of the clean energy economy — policymakers must catch up
2021-03-01 by in The HillIt’s time to reconsider dated stereotypes regarding which communities are leading the environmental movement and start imagining what could be accomplished if our policymakers tap into the ingenuity of rural Americans surviving on the front lines of climate catastrophe.
Tagged under: US Politics | Joe Biden | Climate Change | Climate Justice
Republicans criticizing Haaland's nomination have ties to fossil fuels
2021-02-26 in The GuardianThe congresswoman has faced hostile questioning from senators during her confirmation for interior secretary. Some of them are personally invested in fossil fuels
Tagged under: US Politics | Joe Biden | Fossil Fuels
Texas freeze shows a chilling truth – how the rich use climate change to divide us | Robert Reich
2021-02-21 in The GuardianThe Lone Star State is aptly named. If you’re not part of the Republican oil elite with Cruz and Abbott, you’re on your own
Tagged under: Climate Change | Texas | US Politics
This popular and proven climate policy should be at the top of Congress’s to-do list
2021-02-04 by in VoxThe case for a national clean electricity standard.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | US Politics | Joe Biden | Climate Change | Electricity
Republicans introduce long shot bill to circumvent Biden on Keystone XL
2021-02-02 by in The HillRepublicans in both chambers of Congress are taking on a long shot bid to reinvigorate the Keystone XL pipeline after President Biden canceled a key permit for the oil pipeline project last month.
Tagged under: US Politics | Joe Biden
American Petroleum Institute Chief Promises to Fight Biden and the Democrats on Drilling, Tax Policy - Inside Climate News
2021-01-14 in Inside Climate NewsIt’s a tough time for the nation’s oil and gas industry. Last year was among its least profitable in memory, and companies are bracing themselves for a new president focused on climate change, a Congress controlled by Democrats who increasingly shun their financial support and a world beginning to look past fossil fuels towards a […]
Tagged under: US Politics | Joe Biden | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Trump loyalists aim to block Biden's goal to rejoin Iran and Paris agreements
2020-12-22 in The GuardianTed Cruz and Lindsey Graham urge Trump to submit Iran nuclear deal and Paris climate agreement to Senate to undercut future attempts to revive them
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Joe Biden | Donald Trump | US Politics | Iran | The Paris Agreement
The Pollution Paradox
2020-11-24 (or before) in George MonbiotDirty industries spend more on politics, keeping us in the fossil age. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th January 2017 Make America Wait Again. That’s what Donald Trump’s energy policy amounts to. Stop all the clocks, put the technological revolution on hold, ensure that the transition from fossil fuels to clean power is…
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Revealed: Trump officials rush to mine desert haven native tribes consider holy
2020-11-24 in The GuardianAdministration seeks to transfer ownership of Arizona area to mining company with ties to the destruction of an Aboriginal site
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics
The 'market' won't save us from climate disaster. We must rethink our system | Robert S Devine
2020-11-19 in The GuardianExpecting the free market to fix global warming is like trying to pound nails with a saw
Tagged under: Economics | Economic Growth | US Politics
Revealed: Covid recovery plans threaten global climate hopes
2020-11-09 in The GuardianExclusive: analysis finds countries pouring money into fossil fuels to fight recession
Tagged under: Economics | Joe Biden | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Billionaire casino boss Sheldon Adelson splashes the cash in bid to help Trump
2020-10-31 in The GuardianThe magnate, 87, is expected to have spent $250m this election cycle to support conservative causes, fundraisers say
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics
'Just like propaganda': the three men enabling Trump's voter fraud lies
2020-10-26 in The GuardianThe hysteria over voter fraud has reached an alarming pitch – and this dangerous moment in US democracy wouldn’t be possible without the work of these men
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Donald Trump | US Politics
Academic Citations on the Pitfalls of Congressional Transparency
2020-10-15 (or before) by in The Congressional Research InstituteVia increased transparency Congress has gotten more corrupt and lobbyists have gained power. This dynamic drives climate change, the debt, incarceration and partisanship. We compile academic on this topic and investigate its roots in the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970
Tagged under: US Politics | Climate Change | Finance
Trump's public lands chief refuses to leave his post despite judge's order
2020-10-10 in The GuardianWilliam Perry Pendley says ‘I have the support of the president’ despite court ruling he is serving illegally as head of the Bureau of Land Management
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics
The US supreme court may soon become plutocracy's greatest defender | David Sirota
2020-10-02 in The GuardianAn Amy Coney Barrett court will push the US to new levels of pro-business cronyism
Tagged under: US Politics
Trump's final phone call to Woodward: 'Nothing more could have been done' - CNNPolitics
2020-09-15 (or before) by in CNN InternationalOn August 14, the coronavirus pandemic was on fire in the US. More than 168,000 Americans had died, with more than 1,300 deaths that day alone. But when President Donald Trump called legendary journalist Bob Woodward, it was to find out one thing: He had recently learned that Woodward's new book "Rage" was done and would be coming out in September, and Trump wanted to find out how he'd be portrayed.
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics
Joe Biden if president will push allies like Australia to do more on climate, adviser says
2020-09-07 in The GuardianJake Sullivan says the former vice-president, if elected, won’t ‘pull any punches’ on what is a global problem
Tagged under: Joe Biden | US Politics
Big oil remembers 'friend' Trump with millions in campaign funds
2020-08-09 in The GuardianDonations to support the president’s re-election have flooded in from a fossil fuel industry that has enjoyed three years of energy deregulation and tax cuts
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Think 'sanctions' will trouble China? Then you're stuck in the politics of the past | Ai Weiwei
2020-08-06 in The GuardianThe complex history of how China and the US once embraced each other should inform how the current showdown is tackled, says artist and activist Ai Weiwei
Tagged under: Economics | US Politics | Activism
New York unveils landmark antitrust bill that makes it easier to sue tech giants
2020-08-05 in The GuardianThe legislation comes as a federal panel is investigating the market power of Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google
Tagged under: Legislation | US Politics
With big rallies cancelled, young climate activists are adapting election tactics
2020-08-03 in The GuardianPhone banks, social media and friend-to-friend campaigning are the new focus ahead of this year’s US elections
Tagged under: Activism | US Politics
How the global climate fight could be lost if Trump is re-elected
2020-07-27 in The GuardianThe US will officially exit the Paris accord one day after the 2020 US election and architects of that deal say the stakes could not be higher
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics
New climate group will offer district-specific policy 'menus' to every congressional candidate | CNN Politics
2020-07-02 by in CNN InternationalAs concern over climate change grows and high profile progressive political figures embrace ambitious ideas, candidates with limited resources and time are facing a new challenge: how to craft winning political messages tailored to their districts and backed by the most recent science, health and economic data.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Legislation | US Politics | Health
Revealed: conservative group fighting to restrict voting tied to powerful dark money network
2020-05-27 in The GuardianHonest Elections Project, part of network that pushed supreme court pick Brett Kavanaugh, is now focusing on voting restrictions
Tagged under: US Politics
The FEC is back, but challenges await the divided commission
2020-05-19 in Open SecretsThe Senate restored Federal Election Commission quorum. But the ideologically divided commission is unlikely to find a consensus on issues.
Tagged under: US Politics
Trump admin slaps solar, wind operators with retroactive rent bills | Reuters
2020-05-19 (or before) in ReutersThe Trump administration has ended a two-year rent holiday for solar and wind projects operating on federal lands, handing them whopping retroactive bills at a time the industry is struggling with the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak, according to company officials.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | USA | Donald Trump | Solar Energy | Climate Change | Wind Power | US Politics | California | Alaska
Republicans devote $20m and 50,000 people to efforts to restrict voting
2020-05-18 in The GuardianThe RNC is seeking people in 15 key states to serve as poll watchers and challenge the registration of voters they believe ineligible
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics
Could 'rogue electors' tilt the balance of the US election? | Lawrence Douglas
2020-05-17 in The GuardianThe supreme court just debated how American presidents are actually chosen. Its decision will have powerful ramifications
Tagged under: US Politics
Steve Linick: State Department official investigating Pompeo is fired
2020-05-16 in The GuardianLatest move against independent executive branch watchdogs who have found fault with Trump administration
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics
Republican Congress members upset banks dropping support for fossil fuels
2020-05-12 (or before) in Ars TechnicaA letter to the president ignores the fact that wind and solar employ people, too.
Tagged under: Solar Energy | US Politics | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power
'It's all rigged': Trump foreshadows how he could undermine presidential election
2020-05-12 in The GuardianTrump accusations shed light on how he could use the Covid-19 pandemic to undermine the results of the November election
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics | California
Trump dismantles environmental protections under cover of coronavirus
2020-05-11 in The GuardianAdministration is weakening protections ahead of the election, making changes that could take years for a Democratic president to undo
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics
Trump's 'juggernaut' re-election bid like the Death Star, campaign boss boasts
2020-05-07 in The GuardianBrad Parscale raises eyebrows with Star Wars comparison: ‘In a few days we start pressing FIRE for the first time’
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics
There is no point talking to Trump. We need to talk past him | Jan Werner-Muller
2020-04-25 in The GuardianGovernors, officials and Democrats should start proposing concrete plans to deal with the crisis. It’s time to build a ‘parallel polis’
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics
The coronavirus pandemic is a dress rehearsal for what awaits us if governments continue to ignore science | John Hewson
2020-04-21 in The GuardianLeaders have failed to listen to clear warnings and predictions, but the response to Covid-19 is an inspiring indication of what we’re capable of
Tagged under: Bushfires | Predictions | US Politics
The Guardian view on the climate and coronavirus: global warnings | Editorial
2020-04-12 in The GuardianEditorial: Steep falls in emissions have been the pandemic’s immediate effect. But what’s needed is a green recovery
Tagged under: Wildlife | US Politics
Oil and gas companies invest in legislators that vote against the environment
2020-02-26 (or before) in PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceDo campaign contributions from oil and gas companies influence legislators to vote against the environment, or do these companies invest in legislators that have a proven antienvironmental voting record? Using 28 y of campaign contribution data, we find that evidence consistently supports the investment hypothesis: The more a given member of Congress votes against environmental policies, the more contributions they receive from oil and gas companies supporting their reelection.
Tagged under: US Politics
Oil and gas industry rewards US lawmakers who oppose environmental protections – study
2020-02-24 in The GuardianCompanies spent $84m on congressional campaigns in 2018, analysis of votes and political contributions shows
Tagged under: US Politics | Fossil Fuels
‘Blatant manipulation’: Trump administration exploited wildfire science to promote logging
2020-01-24 in The GuardianRevealed: emails show Trump and appointees tried to craft a narrative that forest protection efforts are responsible for wildfires
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Extreme Weather | Wildfires | US Politics | California | Trees
Politics & Global Warming, November 2019 — Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
2020-01-23 (or before) in Yale Program on Climate Change CommunicationOur latest report describes how Democratic, Independent, and Republican registered voters view global warming and related issues.
Tagged under: Public Opinion | Global Warming | US Politics | Climate Change
Trump weakened environmental laws after BP lobbying
2020-01-23 in The GuardianLetter suggests oil firm pushed for changes whereby fewer projects would need impact assessments
Tagged under: BP | Donald Trump | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | US Politics
Warren calls on big U.S. banks for steps on climate risk | Reuters
2020-01-22 (or before) in ReutersU.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a contender for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, is asking the biggest U.S. banks for details on their assessments of and preparations for risks related to global warming.
Tagged under: USA | Wildfires | Forest Fires | US Politics | Trees
Federal judge blocks North Carolina's voter ID law, citing its discriminatory intent
2020-01-01 by Sam Levine in The GuardianThe decision could have a big impact in a state that is key to the 2020 presidential election
Tagged under: Democracy | Litigation | US Politics
Voter purges: are Republicans trying to rig the 2020 election?
2019-12-31 in The GuardianControversies in Wisconsin and Georgia show how the mass removal of voters from the rolls has become a key part of the fight to win
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics
US Congress commits to act on climate crisis, despite Donald Trump
2019-12-02 in The GuardianNancy Pelosi tells UN conference in Madrid that commitment is ‘iron-clad’
Tagged under: US Politics | Donald Trump | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | The Paris Agreement
John Kerry launches coalition to fight climate crisis: ‘We are way behind’
2019-12-01 in The GuardianBipartisan bloc aims to convince people that rapid action is required to halt carbon emissions within 30 years
Tagged under: Coal | US Politics
Green New Deal Author Wants To Expand Anti-Corruption Laws To Cover Climate
2019-11-25 in Huffington Post UKMassachusetts Sen. Ed Markey's latest bill could extend the kind of financial sanctions the U.S. slapped on Russia and North Korea to countries such as Brazil.
Tagged under: US Politics | Climate Change | Russia
Charles Koch talks environment, politics, business and more
2019-11-20 (or before) in news.kochind.comWhat does one of the world’s most influential entrepreneurs really think about the current state of politics, the economy, the future of business, and the environment?Charles Koch, chairman and CEO of Koch Industries, sat down with best-sell...
Tagged under: Economics | US Politics
Twitter political ad ban could silence climate activists, warns Warren
2019-11-06 in The GuardianUS presidential hopeful says fossil fuel firms will be free to promote themselves while critics are barred
Tagged under: Activism | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Scientists endorse mass civil disobedience to force climate action | Reuters
2019-10-26 (or before) in ReutersAlmost 400 scientists have endorsed a civil disobedience campaign aimed at forcing governments to take rapid action to tackle climate change, warning that failure could inflict "incalculable human suffering."
Tagged under: Climate Change | Africa | Wildlife | US Politics
Exxon sowed doubt about climate crisis, House Democrats hear in testimony
2019-10-23 by Emily Holden in The GuardianSubcommittee laid out four decades of evidence just a day after oil behemoth began a trial over misleading investors
Tagged under: US Politics | Climate Change Denial and Disinformation | Exxon | Climate Change | Disinformation and Misinformation
Political polarisation over climate crisis has surged under Trump
2019-10-11 in The GuardianRevealed: divide exacerbated by fossil fuel industry’s record contribution to Republicans
Tagged under: US Politics | Donald Trump | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels
The obscure law that explains why Google backs climate deniers
2019-10-11 in The GuardianCompany wants to curry favour with conservatives to protect its ‘section 230’ legal immunity
Tagged under: US Politics
Greta Thunberg: I have a dream that the powerful will take the climate crisis seriously
2019-09-20 (or before) in The IndependentIn a highly anticipated speech in Congress after travelling half the way across the Atlantic by boat, Greta Thunberg urges US senators to learn from the sacrifices of Martin Luther King and other civil rights activists in the fight against climate change. Here is the transcript
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Activism | US Politics | Climate Change
Greta Thunberg to Congress: ‘You’re not trying hard enough. Sorry’
2019-09-17 in The GuardianThe Swedish environmentalist was one of several who spoke at a Senate climate crisis taskforce
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | US Politics
'Coal is over': the miners rooting for the Green New Deal
2019-08-12 in The GuardianAn area desperately in need of an economic transformation looks to new promise after Trump’s prove empty
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Pseudo scientific hysteria is the wrong answer to climate change
2019-08-03 in New York Post Ð Breaking News, Top Headlines, Photos & VideosA year ahead of the US presidential election, exaggeration about global warming is greater than ever. While some politicians continue (incorrectly) to insist it’s made up, far more insist (also inc…
Tagged under: Climate Change | US Politics
How Florida’s summer of slime turned Republicans into eco-warriors
2019-07-09 in The GuardianAfter toxins in the water killed animals and left humans scared to swim, the state’s future governor made cleanup a campaign issue
Tagged under: Florida | US Politics
Trump to claim US is environmental leader in spite of ripping up protections
2019-07-03 in The GuardianExclusive: On Monday president will likely tout America’s clean air and water, even though he’s rescinded rules to cut pollution
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
How Republicans killed Oregon’s climate crisis bill – by fleeing the state
2019-06-29 in The GuardianAfter legislators fled the state, rightwing groups pledged their support and protesters demonstrated outside the state house
Tagged under: Oregon | US Politics | Activism
The supreme court's shameless - and shameful - endorsement of gerrymandering | David Daley
2019-06-28 in The GuardianThe next redistricting cycle, which begins in 2021, will be a frightening and unfettered orgy of stolen partisan advantage
Tagged under: US Politics
Elizabeth Warren thinks corruption is why the US hasn’t acted on climate change
2019-06-22 by in VoxHere’s how she intends to fight greenhouse gases and money in politics.
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | US Politics
White House physicist sought aid of rightwing thinktank to challenge climate science
2019-06-14 in The GuardianWilliam Happer contacted Heartland Institute, one of the most prominent groups to dispute that fossil fuels cause global heating
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
‘Socialism for the rich’: the evils of bad economics
2019-06-06 in The GuardianThe long read: The economic arguments adopted by Britain and the US in the 1980s led to vastly increased inequality – and gave the false impression that this outcome was not only inevitable, but good
Tagged under: Economics | US Politics
Donald Trump tells Prince Charles US has 'clean climate'
2019-06-05 in The GuardianPresident blames other countries for environmental crisis, in long talk with prince
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Climate Change | US Politics | Health
There's a climate crisis – but Trump's cabinet continues to backtrack on science | Kate Aronoff
2019-05-29 in The GuardianConservative donors and fossil fuel companies have the most to lose from large-scale decarbonization – and they know it
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics
Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science (Published 2019)
2019-05-27 in The New York TimesTagged under: Donald Trump | Greenhouse Gases | US Politics
Robots, war, climate: is apocalyptic rhetoric dangerous for Democratic candidates?
2019-05-02 in The GuardianCritics say that warnings of impacts of automation, nuclear catastrophe and environmental collapse outlined by several candidates are not politically helpful, and even dangerous
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Collapse | US Politics
Dare to declare capitalism dead – before it takes us all down with it | George Monbiot
2019-04-25 in The GuardianThe economic system is incompatible with the survival of life on Earth. It is time to design a new one, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Tagged under: Economics | Capitalism | US Politics
Trump administration sabotages major conservation effort, defying Congress
2019-04-08 in The GuardianRevealed: federal support to research centers cut off as scientists fear years of successful work will go ‘down the drain’
Tagged under: US Politics | Donald Trump
Don't trust the adults in the room on climate change | Kate Aronoff
2019-02-25 in The GuardianOlder politicians are too quick to write off younger climate activists. But where are their solutions to the climate crisis?
Tagged under: Activism | Climate Change | US Politics
Fighting pollution: Toledo residents want personhood status for Lake Erie
2019-02-19 in The GuardianThe controversial legal bill will allow citizens to sue a polluter on behalf of the lake and for penalties to be imposed
Tagged under: US Politics
A Green New Deal can give us the freedoms to allow humanity to flourish
2019-02-07 in The GuardianFranklin Delano Roosevelt sought to redefine freedom in the face of war. The Green New Deal imagines goals for a colorful democracy
Tagged under: Climate Change | US Politics | Health
Trump replacement for Obama climate plan worse than doing nothing – study
2019-01-16 in The GuardianAdministration’s alternative to clean power plan would let emissions ‘rebound’ via coal-fired power plants, researchers find
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Coal | Barack Obama | US Politics
Protesters disrupt US panel's fossil fuels pitch at climate talks
2018-12-10 in The GuardianOfficial event praising coal, oil and gas met with laughter and chants of ‘shame on you’
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Activism
Why water will be the next battleground in the fight against climate change
2018-11-28 in The GuardianIn the third part of our series looking at the climate report Trump tried to bury over Thanksgiving, we look at its alarming projections for our water supplies
Tagged under: Drought | Climate Change | US Politics | California | Donald Trump
The Earth is in a death spiral. It will take radical action to save us | George Monbiot
2018-11-14 in The GuardianWe can no longer tinker around the edges and hope it will help, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Tagged under: Economics | US Politics
Top White House aide 'fired' after Melania Trump intervention, report says – as it happened
2018-11-13 by Lauren Gambino in The GuardianFirst lady called for Mira Ricardel, top aide to John Bolton, to go after the two had a dispute over plane seating during Africa trip
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Africa | US Politics
Big Oil spent big and won big in Washington and Colorado
2018-11-08 (or before) in ThinkProgressTagged under: Lobbying | US Politics | Oil Industry | Colorado State | Washington State
Conserving oil no longer necessary for US, says Trump administration
2018-08-19 in The GuardianNew policy threatens to undermine decades of campaigns for efficient cars and other conservation programs
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics | Cars
'Truth isn't truth': Giuliani trumps 'alternative facts' with new Orwellian outburst
2018-08-19 in The GuardianPresident’s lawyer keeps up attack on Mueller investigation, leading NBC host Chuck Todd to say: ‘This is going to become a bad meme’
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics | Russia
US interior secretary's school friend blocking climate research, scientists say
2018-08-17 in The GuardianTrump administration forces some scientific funding to be reviewed by adviser who was high-school football teammate of Ryan Zinke
Tagged under: Donald Trump | US Politics
Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change (Published 2018)
2018-08-01 by in The New York TimesWe knew everything we needed to know, and nothing stood in our way. Nothing, that is, except ourselves. A tragedy in two acts.
Tagged under: CO2 | US Politics | Climate Change | Exxon | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Economics
Ex-Nasa scientist: 30 years on, world is failing 'miserably’ to address climate change
2018-06-19 in The GuardianJames Hansen, who gave a climate warning in 1988 Senate testimony, says real hoax is by leaders claiming to take action
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | US Politics
Hackers Eviscerate Election Tech Security...Who’s Surprised? - WhoWhatWhy
2017-08-01 in WhoWhatWhy - Nonprofit, citizen supported journalismDEF CON attendees remind us just how easy it is to bypass laughable voting machine safeguards. At least they got the mainstream media to cover this issue for once.
Tagged under: US Politics
Dakota Access Pipeline Builder Spends Millions To Influence Elections - PopularResistance.Org
2016-09-09 in PopularResistance.OrgBy Kit O'Connell for Mint Press News - AUSTIN, Texas — The corporation behind the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline also operates its own political action committee that has a record of donating to the campaigns of candidates who support the company’s pro-corporate, pro-fossil fuels agenda in Congress. However, the political war chest of the Energy Transfer Partners PAC amounts to pennies compared to the wealth of Kelcy Warren, the chairman and CEO, who has spent millions becoming one of the most politically powerful oil tycoons in Texas.
Tagged under: US Politics | Texas | Fossil Fuels
Google, GE and others contribute to climate-change deniers in Congress, report finds
2014-09-22 in The GuardianWhat’s behind pro-sustainability companies’ donations to climate-change deniers in Congress?
Tagged under: US Politics | Climate Change | Legislation | Sustainability
House Republicans cut funding to UN climate science body
2011-02-21 in The GuardianFunding ban to IPCC part of cuts package that would slash spending on environmental protection
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | US Politics
Democrat opens fire, literally, on Obama's climate change agenda | Suzanne Goldenberg
2010-10-12 in The GuardianSuzanne Goldenberg: Democrats facing a tough fight in mid-terms are distancing themselves from Obama. Now one says he will stand and fight
Tagged under: Climate Change | Barack Obama | US Politics
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