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Ben Wolfgang

bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com

Ben Wolfgang is a National Security Correspondent for The Washington Times. His reporting is regularly featured in the daily Threat Status newsletter.
Previously, he covered energy and the environment, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016, and also spent two years as a White House correspondent during the Obama administration.
Before coming to The Times in 2011, Ben worked as political reporter at The Republican-Herald in Pottsville, Pa.
He can be reached at bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Ben Wolfgang

In this photo taken Dec. 8, 2016, the Capitol Building as seen in Washington. Congress wrapped up the 114th session early Saturday, a tumultuous two years marked by the resignation of a House speaker, a fight over a Supreme Court vacancy, bipartisan bills on health care and education and inaction on immigration and criminal justice. The new Congress will be sworn-in Jan. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

E15 ethanol debate reaches tipping point in Congress

For gasoline retailers, it's an annual tradition: Each summer, federal law requires them to swap out the higher-blend ethanol fuel E15 from their pumps to comply with EPA regulations that limit ground-level ozone.

June 14, 2017
George Dethlefsen (lef), CEO of Corsa Coal Corp., said President Trump's deregulation effort had brought jobs back to the struggling coal economy in western Pennsylvania. Last week, Corsa opened its first new deep mine in Pennsylvania in six years. (Associated Press)

Coal rebound under Donald Trump unlikely to last

Just five months into President Trump's tenure, signs show that the U.S. coal sector has begun a slight rebound from the historic lows reached during the Obama era -- but even the most ardent coal proponents say the revival will be short-lived.

June 11, 2017
A blanket of smoke filters the setting sun as young ragpickers search for reusable material at a garbage dump in New Delhi. India and a host of other countries are demanding payments as part of the Paris Agreement to reduce their levels of pollution. (Associated Press/File)

Paris climate agreement shares nations’ wealth

For many that remain in the Paris Agreement, the demands for cash are fueling the argument that the Paris agreement, at its core, is as much about redistributing international wealth as it is about saving the planet from climate change.

June 5, 2017
Despite President Trump's pledge to abandon U.S. commitments to the Paris climate agreement to reduce carbon emissions, Pittsburgh Democratic Mayor Bill Peduto said his city will still abide by the accord. (Associated Press)

U.S. economy, world already locked into lower-emission model

Green groups blasted President Trump for withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement Thursday, but predicted the U.S. economy and much of the rest of the world are already locked into a lower-emission model, even without the U.S. government's involvement.

June 1, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks about the shooting and explosion in Manila, Thursday, June 1, 2017, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump withdraws U.S. from Paris climate accord

President Trump's America-first mantra steamrolled over the objections of lawmakers, top CEOs, the Pentagon, the U.N. and even his own daughter, as he announced Thursday that he was withdrawing the U.S. from the landmark Paris climate accord to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

June 1, 2017
Former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad is now the ambassador to China, and he hopes to convince the Chinese that a tariff on ethanol is against their own interests. (Associated Press)

Terry Branstad, new ambassador, sent in to smooth over Chinese ethanol crisis

Seeking to boost its own renewable fuel production and achieve energy independence, China has declared war on the U.S. ethanol industry by instituting harsh tariffs on American products -- and the Trump administration is sending to Beijing the man best positioned to broker peace between the two sides.

May 29, 2017
President Trump boards Air Force One to Brussels on Wednesday for a Group of Seven summit. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump faces G-7 Paris accord pressure

As he heads to the Group of Seven summit and weighs whether to pull the U.S. from the Paris climate accord, President Trump is facing renewed pressure at home and abroad and from the Holy Father to remain a part of the deal.

May 24, 2017