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West Virginia senator objects to legislation that would steadily retire the coal industry, which provides ample financial support to him.

“If you add it all up, this would be the single largest thing the federal government has ever done to deal with climate change,” one researcher said.

In ‘critical and totally doable first step,’ EPA proposes phasedown of climate super-pollutants With this rule to reduce hydrofluorocarbons, “EPA is taking another significant step under President Biden’s ambitious agenda to address the climate crisis,” said the agency’s administrator. As the Biden administration faces pressure to step up its climate action, the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced its first rule to tackle the global emergencyâ�...

U.S. Cities Are Vastly Undercounting Emissions, Researchers Find Inconsistent and flawed data is undercutting efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from American cities, according to a new study. San Francisco at dusk. Nearly three-quarters of the carbon dioxide generated from fossil fuels in the United States comes from cities.Credit...Brandon Thibodeaux for The New York Times Feb. 2, 2021 When cities try to figure out the amount of greenhouse gases they emit, they tend to undercount — ...