Senior White House Climate Official Resigns
Thomas Catenacci on January 7, 2022 Cecilia Martinez, a member of the White House Council for Environmental Quality (CEQ), announced that she would resign Friday, nearly one year after accepting…
Thomas Catenacci on January 7, 2022 Cecilia Martinez, a member of the White House Council for Environmental Quality (CEQ), announced that she would resign Friday, nearly one year after accepting…
Thomas Catenacci on January 6, 2022 Republican Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin chose former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler to lead his administration’s climate policy. Wheeler, who former President…
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg ripped President Joe Biden for not leading on climate change and investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure in his first year. “I mean, it’s strange…
A group of House Republican leaders raised concerns Tuesday about the new climate office created by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It remains unclear what statutory authority,…
Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council measure that would’ve labeled climate change a threat to security worldwide in a first for the international body. Russian U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia…
Media outlets and liberals, including elected Democrats, were quick to blame climate change for the deadly tornadoes that ripped through the Midwest over the weekend. President Joe Biden announced that…
Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, the likely deciding vote for Democrats’ massive spending package, expressed concerns with the bill’s central climate provision on Wednesday. The West Virginia senator suggested…
The Federal Reserve concluded that weather disasters are “not very” bad for financial institutions despite the Biden administration’s warnings that climate change is an “emerging” threat to banks. “We find…
House Democrats passed President Joe Biden’s nearly $2 trillion spending package Nov. 19 after months of high-stakes negotiations, but it faces an even rockier path through the 50-50 Senate before…
California has gradually weaned itself off fossil fuel fracking well ahead of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2024 ban of the oil and gas extraction method. The California Geologic Energy Management…
Several Democratic states withdrew from an ambitious plan to curb transportation emissions less than a year after signing onto the agreement. Massachusetts and Connecticut abandoned the Transportation and Climate Initiative…
Democratic Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer claimed that parts of his district hit a scalding 180 degrees this summer during remarks at the ongoing United Nations climate summit. “We are in…
The Department of Defense (DOD) said Wednesday that China and climate change were “equally important” threats to U.S. national security. “We get paid to examine all the threats to our…
President Joe Biden’s nominee for a key Treasury Department role admitted that oil, natural gas and coal firms need to go bankrupt to prevent climate change, a resurfaced video showed.…
Top Senate Republicans unveiled what they said was a comprehensive strategy to promote U.S. energy independence and innovation while maintaining the nation’s competitive edge. The proposal would ultimately create jobs…
India, the world’s third-largest emitter of carbon dioxide after China and the U.S., pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2070, two decades later than the goal being promoted at the…
A top Senate Republican sent letters to several Biden administration officials, demanding information on their travels to Glasgow, Scotland, for a global climate summit. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee…
Twitter announced that it would introduce a feature to combat climate change denial and promote “authoritative information” on Monday. The so-called “pre-bunk” feature will be a digital hub on Twitter’s…
Elliot Dordick on November 1, 2021 The leaders of Russia and China plan to give the United Nations climate conference the cold shoulder despite being among the biggest emitters of…
For once, we can’t fault President Joe Biden for falling asleep during a meeting with foreign dignitaries. During a speech about contemporary climate change, Biden dozed off. “Contemporary climate change…
Two gas-guzzling cruise liners will house thousands of diplomats during the upcoming two week United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, U.K. Tallink Grupp, the European company that operates the ships,…
The Chinese government ordered its domestic coal suppliers to ramp up production and rubber-stamped approvals for new mines as the country faces an energy crisis, The Wall Street Journal reported.…
Former Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California criticized upcoming U.N. climate talks on Wednesday, claiming nothing is ever accomplished by them, Politico reported. Schwarzenegger lamented the empty promises towards emissions…
The Democrats’ reconciliation package will likely include more than $500 billion worth of climate provisions, more than the entire Department of Energy budget, the White House said, according to The…
Unilever, the world’s third-biggest polluter of plastics, has signed on to sponsor the upcoming United Nations climate conference where leaders hope to set ambitious goals to curb global emissions. The…