Ramsey Touchberry

Biden to ban inefficient incandescent light bulbs, reversing Trump-era rule

The Biden administration will soon prohibit the sale of inefficient light bulbs, a reversal of a Trump-era policy that officials have billed as a money-saving endeavor that will also reduce climate-changing emissions and advance the president's clean energy agenda.

April 27, 2022

Biden on defense on Earth Day, calls for Congress to get climate bills ‘to my desk’

President Biden reasserted himself Friday as a global leader on climate change, delivering a speech in Seattle commemorating Earth Day and rebutting left-wing activists who say he's ceded ground in the climate change fight.

April 22, 2022

Flagship Starbucks in Seattle becomes the latest in the coffee chain to unionize

Workers at a flagship Starbucks roastery in Seattle, Washington, have successfully unionized, making it the latest store of the famous coffee giant to go against its company's warnings about forming a collective bargaining unit.

April 22, 2022

Domestic energy projects fall victim to opposition from communities and politicians

It took all of 30 seconds for Ohio state regulators to deliver another nail in the coffin of a $92 million wind farm proposal that had been years in the making.

April 22, 2022

Environmentalists struggle with Biden’s broken climate promises

Environmental advocates never expected to find themselves in this position. They're still fighting for the same policies they were on President Biden's first day in office and seeing him roll back the meager wins they thought they scored. Many now question Mr. Biden's commitment to climate change.

April 22, 2022

Climate activists see redistricting battles as linchpin for environmental policies

Environmental advocacy groups believe they have discovered a missing piece of the puzzle to passing climate-friendly policies: challenging state political maps.

April 19, 2022

Biden reverses Trump climate policy, restores environmental rules for infrastructure projects

The Biden administration announced Tuesday it reimplemented core protections to an environmental law on infrastructure projects, a climate-related regulation that former President Donald Trump had rolled back.

April 19, 2022

16 states urge Biden to resurrect Keystone pipeline over report U.S. wants more Canadian oil

Sixteen Republican state attorneys general want the Biden administration to reverse course and resume construction of the Keystone XL pipeline following a report that U.S. officials want to increase oil imports from Canada to blunt prices at the pump, but without a new pipeline.

April 18, 2022

Biden blasted from left and right for opening more federal land to oil, natural gas drilling

The Biden administration is under fire for opening the door to selling new leases on public lands for oil and natural gas drilling but at a higher cost to producers, resulting in opposition from climate groups and the energy industry alike.

April 16, 2022

For the first time, wind turbines produced more electricity than nuclear and coal power

Wind turbines just achieved a major milestone: out-producing coal and nuclear electricity generation for the first time in U.S. history.

April 15, 2022

Biden climate czar’s future unclear as agenda stalls in Congress

Gina McCarthy, President Biden's climate czar, will reportedly depart from her White House role as soon as next month in the wake of Democrats' inability to pass ambitious climate change plans due in part to opposition from centrist lawmakers within their own ranks.

April 15, 2022

Dr. Oz’s advocacy for environmental policies undercuts fracking flip-flop

Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz's past positions on energy and the environment embraced a liberal outlook, putting him at odds with his pro-drilling campaign for the Republican nomination in a state at the forefront of natural-gas fracking.

April 15, 2022

Manchin says Biden would be ‘foolish’ not to revive Keystone XL pipeline

Sen. Joe Manchin III has reiterated his grievances with the Biden administration over a major energy project that the president canceled on his first day in office: the Keystone XL pipeline.

April 13, 2022

GOP flashes warning lights after Trump endorses Mehmet Oz for Pennsylvania Senate seat

Some Republicans are none too pleased with former President Donald Trump's endorsement of TV celebrity and surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz over David McCormick, a former hedge fund executive and spouse of ex-Trump Deputy National Security Adviser Dina Powell, for an open Senate seat in Pennsylvania.

April 11, 2022

Voters blame Putin, oil companies for inflated gas prices, poll says

The majority of voters are blaming increased prices at the pump on Russian President Vladimir Putin and oil companies more than energy policies from President Biden and Democrats, according to a new poll.

April 11, 2022

Plastic is everywhere except in Democrats’ plans for a fossil fuel-free future

It's the overlooked -- often forgotten -- petroleum product left out of Democrats' clean energy agenda: plastics.

April 8, 2022

Trump slams N.Y. attorney general as Dem ‘operative’ for seeking contempt charge, fines against him

Former President Donald Trump came out swinging against New York Attorney General Letitia James for asking a state judge to hold him in contempt and hit him with a $10,000 per day fine.

April 8, 2022

N.Y. attorney general asks judge to hold Trump in contempt, impose $10,000 daily fine

New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a state judge Thursday to hold former President Donald Trump in contempt of court and impose a $10,000 fine for each day that he allegedly continues to withhold documents that were ordered to be turned over in the state's probe of his company's financial dealings.

April 7, 2022

McConnell says GOP majority would block Biden nominees to force new energy policies

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is ready to strong-arm the Biden administration to advance GOP priorities on several policy fronts -- including energy -- if Republicans retake control of the upper chamber next year.

April 7, 2022

Dems, Big Oil execs tangle on Capitol Hill, trade blame for high gasoline prices

Democrats on Capitol Hill ripped into executives from major oil companies at a contentious hearing Wednesday, accusing them of price gouging and pressuring them to invoke their inner "patriotism" to lower gasoline prices by sacrificing shareholder returns and ramping up production.

April 6, 2022