Category : Energy & Environment news

Greta Thunberg to testify in Congress on Earth Day

The testimony will occur as President Joe Biden hosts a climate change summit with 40 world leaders.

World whiffs on Biden's pleas for bold climate pledges

After four years of Trump, world leaders are wary of jumping too quickly to follow Washington's lead.

Granholm: Reconciliation possible for clean energy standard, but no decisions made

"I think there still are versions of a clean energy standard that work for Senate reconciliation rules," the Energy secretary said.

D.C. Circuit weighs challenge to EPA's E15 rule

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments Tuesday on a challenge to EPA's rule extending the sale of 15 percent ethanol year-round.

POLITICO Q&A: Radhika Fox, acting head of EPA’s water office

The former nonprofit water advocacy group executive and water utility official is leading the administration’s work to incorporate environmental justice into EPA’s water work.

Down to the wire: Biden's green goals face a power grid reckoning

The U.S. will need new electric transmission lines to meet the president’s aim of eliminating the power sector’s net carbon pollution. But public opposition has doomed many such projects.

The wage gap that threatens Biden's climate plan

Workers in the greener side of the energy industry earn significantly less than those who extract fossil fuels and run power plants, new data show.

Biden faces tough choice over a battery plant in Georgia

The president must choose between swing-state jobs and American intellectual property rules.

How a battery plant dispute in Georgia pits Biden's climate goals against U.S. trade policy

The president faces a dilemma on whether to overturn a trade commission ruling and allow a major battery factory to be completed.

Biden's green energy plans clash with pledge to create union jobs

Labor groups are cautioning that the president's plan to hitch the jobs recovery to massive green energy investment could backfire.

Biden's union allies wonder where they fit in with green energy future

Labor groups are cautioning that the president's plan to hitch the jobs recovery to massive green energy investment could backfire.

Northeast governors need Biden to deliver on offshore wind

States built their climate plans on hopes the new industry will thrive. But they’ll need Washington to make it happen.

Climate activists on Biden infrastructure plan: Go bigger

President Joe Biden's proposals call for hundreds of billions of dollars for investments.

White House pushes new offshore wind power expansion

The Biden administration set a new goal to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind in the U.S. by 2030, on a path toward deploying 110 GW by 2050.

'It's a pipe dream': Green groups blast plastic makers' recycling push

The groups argue that the Break Free from Plastics Pollution Act would undermine their recycling efforts and disrupt critical supply chains.