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Sanders' Climate Goals Thrill Young Voters, but Experts Have Doubts
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders’ $16 trillion vision for arresting global warming would nationalize the power sector and promise that, by 2030, the country’s electricity and transportation systems would run entirely on wind, solar, hydropower or geothermal energy, with the fossil fuel industry footing much of the bill much as Mexico was to pay for the border wall.
EPA Accuses California of 'Significant' Air and Water Problems
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Thursday, pressing the president’s complaints about homelessness in California, demanded the state improve the way it deals with human waste, arsenic and lead in water as it escalated the administration’s war with the country’s most populous state.
'It's Gratifying': Jay Inslee Finally Gets His Moment
When Jay Inslee dropped out of the presidential race on Wednesday night, he found something that had eluded him throughout months of campaigning: national recognition.
Bernie Sanders' 'Green New Deal': A $16 Trillion Climate Plan
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday released a $16.3 trillion blueprint to fight climate change, the latest and most expensive proposal from the field of Democratic presidential candidates aimed at reining in planet-warming greenhouse gases.
States and Cities Sue Trump Administration Over Rollback of Climate Rule
WASHINGTON — A coalition of 29 states and cities on Tuesday sued to block the Trump administration from easing restrictions on coal-burning power plants, setting up a case that could determine how much leverage the federal government has to fight climate change in the future.
U.S. Significantly Weakens Endangered Species Act
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Monday announced it would change the way the Endangered Species Act is applied, significantly weakening the nation’s bedrock conservation law credited with rescuing the bald eagle, the grizzly bear and the American alligator from extinction.
Climate Could Be an Electoral Time Bomb, Republican Strategists Fear
WASHINGTON — When election time comes next year, Will Galloway, a student and Republican youth leader at Clemson University, will look for candidates who are strong on the mainstream conservative causes he cares about most, including gun rights and opposing abortion.
Harris and Ocasio-Cortez Release Climate 'Equity' Plan
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kamala Harris of California and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on Monday unveiled legislation aimed at ensuring that climate change plans benefit low-income communities. They described the measure as a key element of the Democrats’ Green New Deal.
Kamala Harris and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Release Climate 'Equity' Plan
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kamala Harris of California and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on Monday will introduce legislation aimed at ensuring that climate change plans benefit low-income communities. The congresswomen described the measure as a key element of the Democrats’ Green New Deal.
Harris and Ocasio-Cortez Release Climate 'Equity' Plan
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kamala Harris of California and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on Monday will unveil legislation aimed at ensuring that climate change plans benefit low-income communities. The congresswomen described the measure as a key element of the Democrats’ Green New Deal.
EPA Won't Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children's Health Problems
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration took a major step to weaken the regulation of toxic chemicals on Thursday when the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would not ban a widely used pesticide that its own experts have linked to serious health problems in children.
EPA Won't Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children's Health Problems
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration took a major step to weaken the regulation of toxic chemicals on Thursday when the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would not ban a widely used pesticide that its own experts have linked to serious health problems in children.EPA Won't Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children's Health Problems
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced it would not ban a widely used pesticide associated with developmental disabilities and other health problems in children.
EPA Won't Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children's Health Problems
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced it would not ban a widely used pesticide associated with developmental disabilities and other health problems in children.Biden's 2020 Rivals Attack Him From the Left on Climate Change
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s 2020 rivals and a group of progressive environmental organizations are attacking him as being weak on climate change, a sign of the central role global warming is shaping up to play as an issue in the Democratic primary.Feinstein Lectures Children Who Want Green New Deal, Portraying It as Untenable
Sen. Dianne Feinstein found herself in a standoff Friday with a group of schoolchildren who confronted her about her refusal to support the Green New Deal.Feinstein Lectures Children Who Want Green New Deal, Portraying It as Untenable
Sen. Dianne Feinstein found herself in a standoff Friday with a group of schoolchildren who confronted her about her refusal to support the Green New Deal.Key Questions About the Green New Deal
If you have heard a lot recently about the Green New Deal but still aren’t quite sure what it is, you are not alone. After all, it has been trumpeted by its supporters as the way to avoid planetary destruction, and vilified by opponents as a socialist plot to take away your ice cream. So it’s bound to be somewhat confusing. We’re here to help.
Key Questions About the Green New Deal
If you have heard a lot recently about the Green New Deal but still aren’t quite sure what it is, you are not alone. After all, it has been trumpeted by its supporters as the way to avoid planetary destruction, and vilified by opponents as a socialist plot to take away your ice cream. So it’s bound to be somewhat confusing. We’re here to help.
Democrats Formally Call for a Green New Deal, Giving Substance to a Rallying Cry
WASHINGTON — House Democrats put flesh on their bold “Green New Deal” slogan Thursday with a sweeping resolution that calls for the United States to pump no additional carbon into the atmosphere by 2030 while creating jobs and health care for millions of people.
