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New legislation to compete with China could be a landing spot for a bipartisan plan to impose a carbon border adjustment mechanism.

The Gulf oil spill should spark prospective policy changes, but it should not preclude continued drilling in America’s waters.

Says shacks have been directed to stop discharging sewage and waste water in the open or underground and submit compliance report

Prominent Republicans are working on legislation to enact a climate fee on imports.

‘No end in sight’ to West End ‘disruption’ after legislation put on hold

The Protecting Communities from Plastics Act (S. 5163/H.R. 9388), introduced late last week by Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR),...

The Deepwater Horizon spill is already a tragedy. Washington should not compound the tragedy by imposing an unnecessary and costly offshore ban.

Miami Herald/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In September 2017, Hurricane Irma swept across the southern tip of Florida, swamping what was then the state’s 26th Congressional District. The following July, that district’s Republican representative, Carlos Curbelo, introduced a bill that would tax greenhouse-gas emissions to help reduce the impact of climate change on his hurricane-prone constituency. Curbelo’s

Miami Herald/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In September 2017, Hurricane Irma swept across the southern tip of Florida, swamping what was then the state's 26th Congressional District. The following July, that district's Republican representative, Carlos Curbelo, introduced a bill that would tax greenhouse-gas emissions to help reduce the impact of climate change on his hurricane-prone constituency. Curbelo's party affiliation raised eyebrows at the time, but for him, the threat of re...

Today we honor Theodore “Ted” Fulton Stevens Sr.