Category: Politics

The rally would happen just weeks after pro-Trump rallies in D.C. this month were followed by a chaotic night of violence in the city.

The president’s orbit has grown more extreme as his more mainstream allies, including Attorney General William P. Barr, have declined to endorse his increasingly radical plans to overturn the will of the voters.

In recent days Joe Biden has shown he is prepared to deliver on his promise to pursue a more ambitious environmental agenda than any of his predecessors — one that aspires to rapidly shrink the nation’s carbon emissions, give voice to the vulnerable communities hit hardest by pollution and create more jobs in clean energy..

President-electt Biden said in his position platform that he would marshal $2 trillion over four years for climate related programs/activities. This story will look at where he might get that money. Most likely it will come from a combination of places: infrastructure, science and research, loan guarantees, and tax credits such as the 45Q carbon capture provision that has bipartisan support already. Other possibilities are things like cash for clunker programs to reward people who buy high fuel efficiency vehicles. There might be a cap-and-trade for utilities. And perhaps a cap-and-dividend program that would tax carbon and refund the tax in a way people would be rewarded for reducing carbon dioxide output.

Environmentalists say President-elect Biden needs has no time to waste when it comes to restoring protections for endangered wildlife that were removed under President Trump.

President-elect Biden is set on making climate change a central part of his agenda. How do big oil and gas companies feel about that?

The president-elect is mapping out a more aggressive strategy to deal with the crisis than any of his predecessors.

President-elect Joe Biden will deliver remarks Tuesday afternoon, on the heels of Congress’s passage of a bill with $900 billion in new emergency economic relief.

The emperor has strict instructions on what clothes you are to see.

Trump’s allies claim that states tainted credibility in their election results. Then so did many other states.