President Biden's goal of cutting greenhouse gases more than 50% by 2030 is not feasible without a rapid transformation of the U.S. economy that would hit electricity generation, transportation, agriculture and manufacturing particularly hard, experts say. Published May 2, 2021
Republican lawmakers on Thursday demanded that the Environmental Protection Agency loosen rules that make it difficult for power plants to deploy technology that captures carbon dioxide emissions before the greenhouse gas enters the earth's atmosphere. Published April 29, 2021
Republican lawmakers on Thursday demanded that the Environmental Protection Agency loosen rules that currently make it difficult for power plants to deploy technology that captures carbon emissions before they enter the earth's atmosphere. Published April 29, 2021
The Senate used the Congressional Review Act on Wednesday to permanently overturn Trump-era guidelines on regulating methane, opening the door for President Biden to pursue a more aggressive stance. Published April 28, 2021
Congressional Democrats are pushing for the creation of a national climate bank to bolster investment in green energy projects and hasten the country's transition away from fossil fuels. Published April 27, 2021
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell lambasted Democrats on Monday for using "dishonest" messaging to sell the White House's $2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal. Published April 26, 2021
West Virginia's top law enforcement official warned the White House on Friday it would face strenuous legal challenges if it tries to push its climate change agenda solely through executive actions. Published April 23, 2021
Senate Republicans on Thursday called for spending upward of $568 billion to rebuild the nation's roads and bridges, in sharp contrast to the $2.25 trillion desired by President Biden. Published April 22, 2021
The nation's largest socialist advocacy group is taking credit for pressuring Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia into backing the PRO Act -- wide-reaching legislation that strengthens organized labor and overturns individual states' right-to-work laws. Published April 22, 2021
Congressional Republicans are accusing former Secretary of State John Kerry, the White House's special envoy for climate, of coercing financial institutions into discriminating against fossil fuel companies. Published April 21, 2021
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer argued Wednesday the guilty verdict in Derek Chauvin's trial underscored the need to confirm Vanita Gupta, President Biden's embattled nominee for associate attorney general. Published April 21, 2021
Far-left progressives revived their push for the Green New Deal on Tuesday, arguing that President Biden's ambitious $2.25 trillion infrastructure and energy package can be "bigger and bolder." Published April 20, 2021
Congressional Democrats this week redoubled efforts to pull President Biden to the left on his green energy agenda ahead of a two-day global climate-change summit that kicks off Thursday. Published April 19, 2021
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced Monday the creation of a new office within her department to tackle the financial consequences of climate change and hasten the nation's economic transition away from fossil fuels. Published April 19, 2021
Thirteen of the nation's leading electricity companies are pledging to work with President Biden to slash carbon emissions ahead of Thursday's international White House summit on climate change. Published April 19, 2021
House Democrats call it "environmental justice" -- the pumping of federal dollars into minority communities that proponents say are more severely impacted by climate change -- and it's being shoehorned into every possible spending item in President Biden's proposed $2.25 trillion infrastructure package. Published April 15, 2021
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell accused Democrats on Thursday of wanting to "threaten" the Supreme Court by introducing legislation to expand the institution's number of justices. Published April 15, 2021
President Biden so far has not named a single Republican to his Cabinet and has stacked his administration with liberal activists, despite a campaign for the White House on a pledge to restore unity and bipartisanship in Washington. Published April 14, 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency's abrupt firing of more than 40 outside science advisers has raised serious concerns that the Biden administration is politicizing policy-making, according to West Virginia's top law enforcement official. Published April 14, 2021
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday refused to address recent reports that former President Donald Trump called him a "dumb son of a b----." Published April 13, 2021
