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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has an opportunity for a reset on climate policy after a feder...

WASHINGTON — Climate activists and their Democratic allies in Congress are pressing with renewed urgency for huge investments to slow global warming, after a bipartisan infrastructure plan cut out some of President Joe Biden’s key climate initiatives. Supporters say a larger, Democratic-only package now being developed in Congress must meet Biden’s promise to move the country toward carbon-free electricity, make America a global leader in electric vehicles and create millions of ...

Read more about Joe Bidens fossil fuel moves clash with pledges on climate change on Business Standard. The clash between Mr. Bidens pledges and some of his recent decisions illustrates the political, technical and legal difficulties of disentangling the country from the oil, gas and coal

Drilling & mining America’s public lands generates 25% of nation’s climate-warming emissions Contacts Washington, D.C. — Today, the Biden administration’s Department of Interior announced it will begin its comprehensive review of the nation’s federal fossil fuel program, starting with a forum to be held on March 25.  The following is a statement from Drew Caputo, Earthjustice vice-president of litigation for Lands, Wildlife, and Oceans:  “The Bi...

The review could chart the future of U.S. energy development for decades to come. (Bloomberg) -- The Biden administration is beginning its comprehensive study of whether -- and how -- the U.S. government sells drilling rights on federal land and waters, a review that could chart the future of U.S. energy development for decades to come. The Interior Department said it would hold a forum on leasing as it outlined its first formal steps on the review Tuesday, roughly six weeks after President Joe...

Outgoing administration’s last-minute changes to wildlife protections draw criticism Douglas Main © Photograph by Kiliii Yuyan, National Geographic A view of the central Brooks Range, Alaska, near the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. On January 6, the Trump Administration sold leases to drill for oil in this pristine wilderness area. Over the past four years, wildlife and environmental protections in the United States have been under attack. President Donald Trump’s admini...

Governors Wind Energy Coalition Trump Environmental Record Marked by Big Losses, Undecided Cases Source: By Ellen M. Gilmer, Bloomberg Law • Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 In October 2017, President Donald Trump’s critics were celebrating. They’d won their latest fight against the new administration’s industry-friendly environmental agenda, and were confident in racking up more victories. “It was very gratifying, but it was not unexpected,” Center for Biolog...

A year ago, amid a crowded Democratic presidential primary, no one would have mistaken Joe Biden as the fields biggest climate crusader. Youth activists gave his plan to combat climate change a failing grade. Some in his own party wondered whether a self-described moderate could embrace policies bold enough to move the nation past the fossil fuel era. Patrick Semansky/AP President-elect Joe Biden speaks after the Electoral College formally elected him as president, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. But ...