Joe Biden
Biden’s Top Climate Adviser Signals Support for Permitting Deal with Fossil Fuel Advocates
President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday signaled readiness to work with fossil fuel industry advocates of both parties in the Senate to pass legislation aimed at streamlining the process of approving new energy infrastructure. In his most detailed remarks to date on the top energy issue facing Washington policymakers, Biden’s chief climate advisor John Podesta […]
Read MoreLogging Plan on Yellowstone’s Border Shows Limits of Biden Greenhouse Gas Policy
This story by Inside Climate News is part of Deforestation Inc., a global investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. U.S. government agencies are expected to quantify the climate impact of their actions under new guidance issued by President Joe Biden’s administration at the start of this year. But last month, the U.S. Forest […]
Read MoreActivists Make Final Appeal to Biden to Block Arctic Oil Project
Environmental and Indigenous activists rallied outside the White House on Friday calling on President Joe Biden to reject a major Arctic oil project that has been in development for years. The Biden administration is expected to make a final decision on the proposal as soon as next week, and environmental groups have been framing it […]
Read MoreThe US May Have Scored a Climate Victory in Congress, but It Will Be in the Hot Seat With Other Major Emitters at UN Climate Talks
For the first time in 27 years of United Nations-led negotiations on climate change, the world’s largest historic greenhouse gas polluter will come to the table next month with a national law in place for reducing its outsize emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. President Joe Biden’s success in gaining passage of the Inflation […]
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