Articles by Haris Alic
Congressional Democrats want no part in expanding nuclear energy, even as they contemplate large-scale and radical measures to tackle climate change.
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March 25, 2021
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Senate Democrats are eyeing an obscure federal law as means to permanently overturn Trump-era regulations on methane, a chemical compound that makes up natural gas.
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March 25, 2021
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The renewed push for a carbon tax is coming from an unexpected player in the climate change game: Big Oil. It's a strategic maneuver by oil and gas companies to head off tougher regulatory actions by President Biden and the Democratic-run Congress.
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March 24, 2021
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday lambasted Democrats for spearheading a "coordinated campaign" to smear the Senate filibuster as a "racist relic" in order to hasten its destruction.
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March 23, 2021
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Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer is pledging to act on gun control after a shooting at a Colorado supermarket left 10-individuals dead earlier this week.
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March 23, 2021
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California's senators are urging President Biden to hasten the country's transition away from fossil fuels by phasing out gasoline-powered vehicles.
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March 22, 2021
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An ideological rift has opened up among Democrats over the party's key environmental overhaul, with the far left demanding that any "legislative solution" to climate change exclude natural gas and nuclear energy.
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March 19, 2021
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday lambasted the Biden administration and Democrats for sending "mixed signals" to migrants seeking to enter the country illegally.
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March 18, 2021
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The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will begin weighing how much new oil and natural gas pipelines contribute to climate change when deciding whether to approve the projects.
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March 18, 2021
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Congressional Democrats are working on an infrastructure plan that not only would rebuild America's highways and bridges but also would undertake a Green New Deal-style transformation of transportation, energy and the entire economy.
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March 16, 2021
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House Republicans are pushing back on President Biden's climate change agenda by proposing their own environmental overhaul that would expand nuclear power, make energy easier to transport and invest in new technology.
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March 15, 2021
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Gasoline prices topped $3 a gallon Sunday in nine states and the District of Columbia, part of a steady national rise since November that some analysts expect to hit the $4 mark soon.
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March 14, 2021
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President Biden is facing growing bipartisan backlash over his order to pause new oil and gas drilling on federal lands, including from some Democrats who also support the Green New Deal environmentalist makeover of the economy.
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March 11, 2021
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Congressional Democrats on Wednesday prodded the Environmental Protection Agency to expand its enforcement actions to help President Biden's "whole of government" approach to combatting climate change.
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March 10, 2021
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced his opposition on Wednesday to President Biden's nominees to helm the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency.
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March 10, 2021
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President Biden and his Democrats trumpet the bill, known as the CLEAN Future Act, as a "jobs bill" and the backbone of his Build Back Better agenda.
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March 9, 2021
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell lambasted Democrats on Tuesday for suggesting the GOP was being unfair in holding up President Biden's nominees.
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March 9, 2021
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Sen. Ted Cruz has held up President Biden's nomination of William Burns for director of the Central Intelligence Agency until the administration acts tougher to stop a liquid natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany.
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March 8, 2021
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Sen. Joe Manchin III on Friday knocked President Biden for canceling the Keystone XL pipeline and urged environmentalists activists and fellow Democrats to make peace with oil and natural gas pipelines.
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March 5, 2021
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A senior Democratic congressman broke ranks Wednesday night to oppose House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's signature legislation to overhaul how America votes, saying the bill wasn't good for the constituents of his majority-Black district.
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March 4, 2021
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