Biden Budget Seeks Major Spending Hikes on Climate
April 11, 2021President Biden’s opening bid on the 2022 budget makes good on his promise to use a “whole of government” approach to address climate change. | © RTO Insider LLC
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Paris GHG Targets not Ambitious Enough, Study Says
February 19, 2021The Paris Agreement target of cutting carbon emissions by 1% annually should be increased to 1.8%, according to a University of Washington study. | University of Washington
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Drop in GHG Emissions Illusory, Advocates Warn
February 19, 2021U.S. greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 9% in 2020, but experts say a repeat performance is unlikely. | BloombergNEF
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DC Circuit Rejects Trump ACE Rule
January 20, 2021The D.C. Circuit rejected the Trump administration’s ACE Rule for regulating GHG emissions, saying EPA misconstrued the law. | Sen. Mitch McConnell
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State AGs Highlight Action Against Trump Admin
January 19, 2021A new report recounts actions that state attorneys general took to mitigate the Trump administration’s weakening of regulations on energy, climate and the environment. | State Energy and Environmental Impact Center
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‘No Time for Unicorns’ on Climate, Ill. Rep Says
November 24, 2020Rep. Sean Casten, who previously worked as a clean energy consultant, said his transition from the private sector to Congress in 2018 was “surreal.” | House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
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FERC, DOE, Interior Seen as Keys to Biden Climate Plan
November 24, 2020FERC, DOE and the Interior Department will be central to advancing President-elect Joe Biden’s climate goals, speakers told ACORE’s Grid Forum. | ACORE
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GOP Senate May Limit Biden Climate Ambitions
November 10, 2020A GOP-controlled Senate would limit President-elect Joe Biden’s ability to enact climate legislation, forcing him to rely on executive actions. | Biden-Harris Transition
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Trump Admin Proposes Streamlining NEPA Reviews
January 13, 2020President Trump’s Council on Environmental Quality proposed easing environmental reviews under NEPA, calling for tighter deadlines and more formal agency cooperation. | The White House
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FERC’s ‘Rifts’ Only Widened in 2019
January 1, 2020The party-line feud between FERC’s commissioners over whether to consider GHG emissions in its reviews of natural gas infrastructure continued to increase tension at the commission last year. | © RTO Insider
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