Lawmakers on the House Committee on Energy & Commerce have begun debate over billions in funding “relating to air pollution,” defined to include carbon and carbon dioxide, with the many climate- and environment-related provisions—including new electric vehicle incentives—as well as $20 billion toward a “greenhouse gas reduction fund,” which Republicans called a “national climate bank.”…
Republicans, Democrats Spar Over $20 Billion ‘National Climate Bank’
Pennsylvania’s Participation in Greenhouse Gas Initiative Advances to Legislature
September 2, 2021
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The battle over whether Pennsylvania will join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has intensified as the plan cleared a pivotal hurdle on Wednesday, gaining approval by the state Independent Regulatory Review Commission. “Climate change is one of the most critical issues we face, and I have made it a priority to address ways to…
UN Climate Report Reveals the Crisis Is About Truth, Not Climate
Commentary The United Nations’ latest climate change report sparked predictable hyperventilating. You’ve seen the headlines crying, “Code Red for Humanity” and clamoring about “extreme” and “unprecedented” warming likely to be “irreversible”—accompanied by fear-mongering images of raging wildfires and flooded towns. Fortunately, the true state of our climate is far from disastrous. In fact, both climate…
UK Government Defends Climate Minister’s Quarantine-Free World Tour
The UK government has rejected criticisms of the quarantine exemption given to climate minister Alok Sharma, saying that face-to-face meetings with foreign leaders are “key to success” in climate negotiations. The Daily Mail reported that Sharma travelled tens of thousands of miles to at least 30 foreign destinations over the past seven months to prepare…
US Reliance on Russian Oil Surges to Record Highs Amid Tensions
WASHINGTON—Russian oil imports have set a new record in the United States despite the strained relationship between Washington and Moscow. Industry experts believe the Biden administration’s climate policies will make the country more dependent on foreign oil producers. The United States imported record levels of crude oil from Russia in March and is expected to…
US Reliance on Russian Oil Surges to Record High Amid Tensions
WASHINGTON—Russian oil imports have set a new record in the United States despite the strained relationship between Washington and Moscow. Industry experts believe the Biden administration’s climate policies will make the country more dependent on foreign oil producers. The United States imported record levels of crude oil from Russia in March and is expected to…
Where’s the Detail? G-7 Nations Agree to Boost Climate Finance
CARBIS BAY, England—Group of Seven (G-7) leaders agreed on Sunday to raise their contributions to meet an overdue spending pledge of $100 billion a year to help poorer countries cut carbon emissions and cope with global warming, but campaigners said firm cash promises were missing. Alongside plans billed as helping speed infrastructure funding in developing…
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Thousands of pages of Doctor Fauci’s emails from the early days of the pandemic are published, the Biden administration officially ends the Trump-era Remain in Mexico policy, and an energy expert predicts that Pennsylvania households might have to spend a thousand dollars more on energy per year, if their state joins the RGGI climate compact.
Pompeo Sees Through ‘CCP Logic’ From Biden’s Climate Summit
Commentary U.S. President Joe Biden invited 40 world leaders to attend a two-day virtual climate summit last month. On April 22, the first day the climate summit kicked-off, Bill Hemmer, the co-anchor of the Fox News Channel’s “American’s Newsroom,” interviewed former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. He asked Pompeo about the meaning behind Chinese…
Banks’ Trillions in Climate Financing Pledges Are a Bailout Hazard, Experts Warn
News Analysis Trillions in financing pledged by banks to climate change projects present an unprecedented gamble that could end up in potentially the largest government bailout ever seen, warned several experts on environmental policy and investment. Many of the world’s largest banks have recently made pledges to direct trillions in investments to projects meant to…
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