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Weak GOP Performance in Midterms Blunts Possible Attacks on Biden Climate Agenda, Observers Say

Even if Republicans eke out a narrow majority in one or both chambers of Congress, the fossil fuel industry will need to win Democrats to advance their top agenda item—speeding permitting of pipelines, ports.

By Marianne Lavelle

U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) speaks at a House Republican news conference on energy policy at the U.S. Capitol on March 8, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Left: Georgia Republican Senatorial candidate Herschel Walker speaks at a campaign event on Oct. 11, 2022 in Carrollton, Georgia. Credit: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images. Right: Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) speaks to the media after casting his ballot on the first day of early voting on Oct. 17, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. Credit: Megan Varner/Getty Images

In Georgia, Warnock’s Climate Activism Contrasts Sharply with Walker’s Deep Skepticism

By James Bruggers

At least three separate analyses by think tanks and academic institutions agree that the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 would cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions some 40 percent by 2030

Deep in the Democrats’ Climate Bill, Analysts See More Wins for Clean Energy Than Gifts for Fossil Fuel Business

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino, Georgina Gustin, Phil McKenna

John Fetterman speaks with supporters during his meet and greet campaign stop while running for Senate at the Interstate Drafthouse in Philadelphia on Sunday, April 3, 2016. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call

John Fetterman’s Evolution on Climate Change, Fracking and the Environment

By Kiley Bense

Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks during a Republican leadership forum at Newtown Athletic Club on May 11, 2022 in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

In the Race for Pennsylvania’s Open U.S. Senate Seat, Candidates from Both Parties Support Fracking and Hardly Mention Climate Change

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Dr. Mehmet Oz attends The 2022 Champions Of Jewish Values Gala at Carnegie Hall on Jan. 20, 2022 in New York City. A TV personality, Dr. Oz is running as a Republican for an open Senate seat in Pennsylvania. Credit: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images

As a Senate Candidate, Mehmet Oz Supports Fracking. But as a Celebrity Doctor, He Raised Significant Concerns

By Kiley Bense

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) catch and an elevator to go to the Senate Chamber to vote, in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

With Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s Snubbing of the Democrats’ Reconciliation Plans, Environmental Advocates Ask, ‘Which Side Are You On?’

By Judy Fahys

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) arrives at the Capitol Building on Aug. 4, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The Senate’s Two-Track Approach Reveals Little Bipartisanship, and a Fragile Democratic Consensus on Climate

By Marianne Lavelle

Tracy Stone-Manning, President Joe Biden's nominee for Director of the Bureau of Land Management, swears-in during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in Washington on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Credit: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

A Key Nomination for Biden’s Climate Agenda Advances to the Full Senate

By Judy Fahys

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (right) (R-Ky.) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) shake hands after Schumer delivered a speech and answered questions at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center Feb. 12, 2018 in Louisville, Kentucky. Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Even With a 50-50 Split, a Biden Administration Senate Could Make Big Strides on Climate

By Marianne Lavelle

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) speaks alongside a bipartisan group of Democrat and Republican members of Congress as they announce a proposal for a Covid-19 relief bill on Capitol Hill on Dec. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

The Senate’s New Point Man on Climate Has Been the Democrats’ Most Fossil Fuel-Friendly Senator

By James Bruggers

Congress Passed a Bipartisan Conservation Law. Then the Trump Administration Got in its Way

By Judy Fahys

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon appoint a replacement to the U.S. Senate for the remaining two years of Vice president-elect Kamala Harris's term. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Newsom’s Top Five Candidates for Kamala Harris’s Senate Seat All Have Climate in Their Bios

By Evelyn Nieves

Joe Biden takes off his face mask to speak during a drive-in campaign rally at Bucks County Community College on Oct. 24, 2020 in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

A Bipartisan Climate Policy? It Could Happen Under a Biden Administration, Washington Veterans Say

By Marianne Lavelle

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly speaks to supporters during the Election Night event at Hotel Congress on Nov. 3, 2020 in Tucson, Arizona. Kelly defeated Republican Sen. Martha McSally (R-Arizona) for Arizona's Senate seat. Credit: Courtney Pe

The Polls Showed Democrats Poised to Reclaim the Senate. Then Came Election Day.

By James Bruggers, Judy Fahys

With several tight Senate races, Democrats may have control of the Senate within reach, needing a net gain of just three seats—four if President Trump is reelected. Credit: Samuel Corum/Getty Images

Analysts See Democrats Likely to Win the Senate, Opening the Door to Climate Legislation

By James Bruggers

Planes waiting to take off at JFK Airport.

Senate Confronts EU over Aviation Emissions

By Jason Plautz

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

An Uphill Battle on Ethanol Subsidy

By Elizabeth McGowan, SolveClimate News

Sen. Jeff Bingaman

'Green' Fed Bank Has Support, But No Money

By Elizabeth McGowan, SolveClimate News

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