Thursday, November 12, 2026

Tag: climate policy

How a Secret Vote by U.N. Scientists Legitimized Carbon Capture and...

A U.N. report concluded carbon capture could offset fossil fuels’ effect on climate change. Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promises back.

Cut the Pentagon, save the planet: The $1.5 trillion climate solution...

The Pentagon budget is a clear target, with the potential to address rising environmental, economic, and public health crises globally.

Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ regulatory rollbacks fuel surge in protective climate lawsuits

With President Trump’s intensified attacks on climate policy during his second term, lawsuits challenging U.S. federal actions drove global climate litigation, a new analysis shows.

Trump’s wind blockade collapses after states force major court retreat

A federal appeals court dismissal leaves intact a ruling that found the Trump administration’s freeze on wind approvals unlawful, preserving state clean-energy investments as new data shows renewable power growing despite political and legal headwinds.

Trump invokes wartime powers to expand fossil fuel production amid rising...

Defense Production Act orders authorize federal support for oil, coal, liquefied natural gas, and grid infrastructure as industry profits increase during Iran conflict.

Big oil cashes in as Trump’s Iran war drives $30 million...

Analysis shows fossil fuel giants capturing massive gains as oil prices surge during conflict, intensifying scrutiny over war-driven economic impacts.

Oil executives reap record stock windfalls as Trump’s Iran war drives...

Record energy sector stock sales follow conflict-driven oil price spike as consumers face billions in additional fuel costs.

Big Oil profits surge as Democrats push windfall tax tied to...

Lawmakers and advocacy groups propose taxing fossil fuel windfalls as war-driven price spikes hit American households and deepen inequality.

Senate Democrats demand answers after EPA moves to drop monetized health...

Lawmakers say Trump administration policy could allow agency to sideline public health gains when weighing industry costs under the Clean Air Act.

Trump administration revokes EPA endangerment finding, unraveling foundation of US climate...

Rollback targets legal basis for greenhouse gas limits as environmental and public health groups prepare lawsuits.

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10 Reasons Hakeem Jeffries Should Not Be the Next Speaker of the House

“Here are ten reasons why Jeffries should not be Speaker.”
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The real Dem bombshell – the new coalition’s breakthrough fusion of agendas and values

“The times, they are a-changin’ and progressive Dems, new and old, lead the redemption of America.”
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Blue Tsunami, Meet the Senate Filibuster

Democrats will hold at least 54 Senate seats when the new Congress convenes on Jan. 3, 2027, but ending debate on a bill still takes 60 votes.

Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top...

Has this massive redistribution, driven by policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, reshaped the American economy?
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House moves to vote on impeaching Hegseth over Iran war, boat strikes

Rep. Thomas Massie's eight articles allege at least 243 deaths in strikes on suspected drug boats, and impeachment would need three Republican votes.