Environment

Ann E. Carlson, Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, Faculty Co-Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment speaking at the UCLA School of Law in September, 2016. Photo credit: UCLA School of Law, YouTube. …

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s bid to run for president in 2020 as a moderate pragmatist may not play well in a Democratic field that’s sprinted left, especially on energy issues. “The fact that he seems moderate tells you…

Cato Institute climate scientist Patrick Michaels at the Heritage Foundation on discussing climate change and the social cost of carbon in 2015. Michaels criticized alarmists on climate change with panelists during this year’s Conservative…

Rick Perry in January 2017 delivering his opening statement before the Senate Energy Committee at the confirmation hearing for him to become Secretary of Energy. Credit: C-SPAN NEVADA - Tensions flared between Nevada Democratic Governor…

SEATTLE - Washington Governor Jay Inslee has entered the 2020 presidential race as the candidate who has what it takes to unite Americans around one goal — fighting climate change. But while Inslee pushes for a Green New Deal-like…

SEATTLE - Washington Gov. Jay Inslee will seek the presidential nomination in 2020, adding to the growing field of Democrats seeking to challenge President Donald Trump. “We’re the first generation to feel the sting of climate…

MAINE - A Maine lawmaker is pulling his bill imposing a carbon tax on citizens as the state sought be the first to adopt one of the key pillars of the Democratic Party. State Rep. Deane Rykerson, a Democrat from Kittery,…

NEW YORK - Environmental activist Michael Shellenberger explained to Fox News host Tucker Carlson that it’s not possible to shift the country’s grid completely to renewable energy. “I was one of the founders of, sort of, the first…

WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats introduced a toned-down alternative to the Green New Deal as members stress over having to vote on the controversial resolution. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Delaware Sen. Tom Carper…

GEORGETOWN - As Congress debates the Green New Deal resolution to transition the U.S. economy to “net-zero” greenhouse gas emissions, a Texas town struggles under the growing financial burden of going green. Georgetown has spent $30…

President Donald Trump’s newest pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency was confirmed Thursday even after Sen. Susan Collins announced her opposition to the former coal lobbyist. EPA acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler was…

WASHINGTON - Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the world is going to end in 12 years if climate change goes unaddressed, but what if her Green New Deal isn’t radical enough to help? In The Daily Caller News…

ALBANY, N. Y. - New York can meet its renewable-energy goals. That's the message clean-energy advocates are delivering to state lawmakers today. The state's clean-energy standard calls for 50 percent renewable energy by 2030, and…

NEW YORK - House Republicans will hold a policy forum Wednesday to do something Congress hasn’t done yet with respect to the Green New Deal — publicly scrutinize it. Green New Deal opponents and supporters were invited by the…

WASHINGTON - A lengthy lands package passed the House on Tuesday and just needs President Donald Trump’s signature before becoming law. The package, roughly 660 pages and composed of 118 different bills, passed the House in a…

WASHINGTON - House Republicans scuttled a climate change hearing Tuesday before it began after too few Democrats showed up to contest adjournment. The House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations…

WASHINGTON - First daughter and senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump tore into New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal,” in an interview with Fox News’ Steve Hilton that will air Sunday. “I don’t think…

OHIO - Former Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a potential 2020 opponent for President Donald Trump, has a pitch for Republicans: back global warming policies that are favored by Democrats. “This is like a call to arms. Let’s have…

NEW YORK - New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who’s exploring a 2020 presidential run, dodged questions from Fox News host Chris Wallace about the staggeringly high cost of the Green New Deal, which she supports. Watch the latest…

NEW YORK - Speaking at a “Girls Who Code” event in New York City, self-identified democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit back against critics of her Green New Deal resolution. “I just introduced the Green New Deal two…

WASHINGTON - Despite a record number coal plant closures across the United States, the country’s power sector still experienced a rise in carbon emissions in 2018, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s annual report on…

ALBANY, N. Y. - A package of public-lands bills that would preserve and strengthen the nation's most popular conservation program has broad, bipartisan support. The Land and Water Conservation Fund distributes money collected as…

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is mulling the creation of an expert panel to assess whether climate change poses a risk to national security, but critics are denouncing the idea. The White House may form the Presidential…

Durbin spoke about the Green New Deal on “Morning Joe” February 20, 2019. NEW YORK - Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin shared his views on the Green New Deal, saying he doesn’t know what exactly it is or whether he would vote for it…

NEW YORK - Amazon announced a new green project Monday to ship half of all packages with net zero carbon by 2030 after the company ended a contentious plan to build a campus in New York. Amazon’s latest project, called “Shipment…

Ocasio-Cortez’s Dream Of ‘Greening’ Every American Home Will Cost Hundreds of Billions of Dollars WASHINGTON - The Green New Deal calls for upgrading every existing building in the U.S. to “maximum energy efficiency” within 10 years,…

HAWAII - The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether or not the Ninth Circuit appeals court erred in a Clean Water Act (CWA) case that petitioners say would dramatically expand the law’s reach. The case, County of Maui, Hawaii, v.…

ALBANY, N.Y. - A group that funds renewable-energy projects is calling for a new focus on diversity. Funding for nonprofit organizations generally follows media coverage, but a new study from The Solutions Project, a grant-making…

WASHINGTON - The Green New Deal isn’t just a climate change manifesto targeting U.S. energy, it also looks to drastically change how food is produced and, ultimately, what Americans eat. “I think it’s pretty clear they want to…

WASHINGTON - The District of Columbia District Court granted the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) petition to dismiss legal action against a policy to prohibit scientists from receiving agency funding while sitting on advisory…