Texas governor blames power outages on Green New Deal — which isn’t law yet
GOP Gov. Greg Abbott is searching for scapegoats as millions of his constituents suffer.
By Emily Singer - February 17, 2021GOP Gov. Greg Abbott is searching for scapegoats as millions of his constituents suffer.
By Emily Singer - February 17, 2021Millions of Texans are suffering without power as the state’s energy grid struggles to handle extreme cold.
By Emily Singer - February 16, 2021From undermining coronavirus relief efforts to attacking transgender students, Republicans have filed dozens of extreme bills to try to undermine President Joe Biden and the Democratic agenda.
By Josh Israel - February 05, 2021Biden has had a jam-packed first week.
By Emily Singer - January 27, 2021Environmental groups hailed the moratorium as the kind of action needed to slow climate change.
By Associated Press - January 26, 2021Environmental pollution disproportionately harms the poorest people in the world.
By Oliver Willis - January 26, 2021Kerry said the U.S.’could’ve been helping to meet the challenge.’
By Associated Press - January 21, 2021The president-elect already has plans to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day.
By Amy Lieu - January 19, 2021Outside groups are suing the environmental agency for rolling back a number of critical protections over the past four years.
By Amy Lieu - January 18, 2021A provision of the 2017 tax law may make it difficult for Joe Biden to prevent oil drilling in the Alaska wildlife refuge.
By Amy Lieu - November 24, 2020President-elect Joe Biden has created a new national security position on climate and appointed John Kerry, who was instrumental in the negotiation of the Paris climate agreement.
By Emily Singer - November 23, 2020Donald Trump has ruthlessly pushed policies that accelerate climate change and devastate the environment.
By Daniel Boguslaw - November 03, 2020Americans have lost more jobs since the start of the coronavirus pandemic than during the entire Great Recession.
By Associated Press - November 03, 2020The Trump administration tried to bury the last national climate assessment in 2018.
By Amy Lieu - October 17, 2020Donald Trump has regularly attacked Democratic-led states that did not vote for him.
By Emily Singer - October 16, 2020‘I don’t think that my views on global warming or climate change are relevant to the job.’
By Daniel Boguslaw - October 15, 2020Throughout the evening, Pence repeatedly dodged questions he was asked to return to preplanned talking points.
By Donna Provencher - October 08, 2020Also: Several states take steps to tackle climate change, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death sparks a wave of financial donations to progressive causes.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 25, 2020After weeks of wildfires, hurricanes, and flooding, voters are looking for a candidate with ‘a bold plan to address climate change,’ one poll director said.
By Amy Lieu - September 24, 2020McConnell has blocked everything from legislation to help unemployed workers to a bipartisan background check bill for gun sales.
By Emily Singer - September 22, 2020Trump denied climate change during his visit to California Monday, arguing without evidence, ‘It will start getting cooler, just you watch.’
By Associated Press - September 14, 2020Trump has previously blamed wildfires on the state of California for not raking forests.
By Oliver Willis - September 14, 2020‘The outlook could not be any more grim. It’s just a horrifying prospect.’
By Associated Press - September 13, 2020Also: The cast of ‘The West Wing’ reunites to promote voting, and Pennsylvania may legalize recreational marijuana.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 28, 2020The Democrats’ Green New Deal would create over a million jobs a year.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 25, 2020Also: States join together to fight climate change, and Texas breaks a decades-old voter turnout record.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 17, 2020Also: Oklahoma expands Medicaid and Congress unveils an ambitious climate proposal.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 03, 2020Emissions from cars and planes are down, but the environmental impact of the current crisis has a downside as well.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 16, 2020Also: Conservation efforts could save the oceans in a generation, and states across the country are taking steps to help residents during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 03, 2020Critics say Trump’s latest move to erase Obama’s legacy could lead to more illness and death.
By Associated Press - April 01, 2020