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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 jobs in solar, wind and other clean- energy industries. But passage of a larger, multitrillion-dolla...

Read more about Joe Biden's fossil fuel moves clash with pledges on climate change on Business Standard. The clash between Mr. Biden's 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 Biden-Harris administration committed to tackling the climate crisis and today is putting those words ...

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 Biden ordered the agency to pause selling oil and gas leases. The move responds to appeals from bot...