Vulnerable candidates get creative as they vie for climate votes
Brown is facing Republican Bernie Moreno and, as of Monday, was up by only 1 percentage point, according to Real Clear Polling.
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Labor adds heat rule as world temps rise
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will award $1 billion to 656 projects, generally categorized as hazard mitigation ventures, across the country to help officials address natural disasters and extreme
Democrats refer ‘big oil’ investigation to Justice Department
The pair said they agreed with the May 1 testimony of Sharon Eubanks, former director of the Justice Department’s tobacco litigation team, that there is adequate foundation for building a case against
Election year politics roil the EV transition
This month he told oil executives that he would end the EV transition and asked them to donate $1 billion to his presidential campaign, according to The Washington Post.
A tale of House Republicans: The best and worst of times
This also was the case among independents (69 percent to 21 percent), who view spending as the problem by more than 3 to 1.
Trump initially sidesteps ‘dictator’ question before adoring Iowa crowd
"He is the No. 1 who’s cognitively … not good. … Twenty-five years ago, he was never one of the brightest light bulbs."
In new poll, Europeans express little faith in America’s future influence
A 2021 Pew survey found that a median of only 1 in 6 (18 percent) believe that the U.S. is a model democracy. No wonder they fear what the next election may produce.
Spending bill targets Kerry’s office, global climate spending
The Biden administration said in April it intends to provide $1 billion to the Green Climate Fund to assist populations in developing countries and small island states threatened by climate change.
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden faces international climate-aid challenge in fiscal 2024
The Obama administration, for example, gave $1 billion toward international climate financing through that fund, said Niranjali Amerasinghe, executive director of ActionAid USA, the American wing of an
Policy · 117th Congress
As SEC works to finalize climate rule, both sides make their case
Companies, industry associations and lawmakers sprinted to make their case in letters to the agency by Nov. 1, the new deadline after the SEC reopened this and several other rule-makings following
Congress · 117th Congress
Manchin unveils permitting proposal as battle lines harden
Schumer, D-N.Y., has pledged to include the legislation in a continuing resolution needed to fund the federal government before the beginning of fiscal 2023 on Oct. 1.
Congress · 117th Congress
72 Democrats sign letter opposing Manchin permitting bill
permitting laws, rewrite the Clean Water Act and approve a gas pipeline should not be folded into the so-called continuing resolution, or CR, to fund the government in the new fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers may argue about climate change, but they want seawalls
The U.S. is on track for 1 foot in sea level rise by 2050 and 2 feet by 2100, according to NOAA and NASA.
Policy · 117th Congress
ESG fund disclosures should be streamlined, investor and advocacy groups tell SEC
The SEC voted 3-1 in May to propose requiring mutual and exchange-traded funds purporting to consider ESG factors to provide investors information about those factors, their strategies, and the criteria
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden signs major climate, health care and tax bill into law
The package is estimated to cut the federal deficit by about $300 billion over the next decade, thanks to revenue raisers that include a 15 percent minimum tax on the largest corporations, a 1 percent
Policy · 117th Congress
Budget bill would task EPA to scrutinize companies’ climate goals
More than 1 in 5 shareholder proposals on environmental, social and governance issues filed during the 2022 proxy season were related to climate change, according to a report led by shareholder advocacy
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Will fight over property insurance roil Florida governor’s race?
Citizens will soon eclipse 1 million policies for the first time since 2014; it had fewer than 420,000 in October 2019.
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats confident about budget vote as GOP plans amendments
Rubio also said he’ll offer an amendment to ensure the reconciliation measure can’t pass ahead of a permitting overhaul Schumer promised Manchin a vote on before Oct. 1.
Congress · 117th Congress
Climate bill said to put emission goals in ‘striking distance’
Electric vehicles, or EVs, cost the equivalent of about $1 per gallon to run, she said. “This will really make EVs the default choice for everyday Americans.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Manchin: Deal’s tax increases won’t hurt businesses, raise prices
“Enough’s enough for the one-tenth of 1 percent of the wealthiest people in the country having an advantage. So I’m hoping everybody’s OK.”