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After 25 Years of Futility, Democrats Finally Jettison Carbon Pricing in Favor of Incentives to Counter Climate Change

The $370 billion Inflation Reduction Act is the nation’s first comprehensive climate plan to curtail greenhouse gas emissions and boost renewable energy and green technology. It relies on tax credits and other “carrots,” not sticks.

By Marianne Lavelle

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) speaks during a rally to highlight the efforts of Congressional Democrats to legislate against climate change outside the U.S. Capitol in October 2021. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.
The 6-megawatt Stanton Solar Farm outside of Orlando, Florida is seen in this aerial view. Credit: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: ‘Solar Coaster’ Survivors Rejoice at Senate Bill

By Dan Gearino

Trucks buried in mud and debris after heavy rains in late July 2022 caused flooding in Kentucky. Credit: Wang Changzheng/Xinhua via Getty Images.

Strip Mining Worsened the Severity of Deadly Kentucky Floods, Say Former Mining Regulators. They Are Calling for an Investigation

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

Electric power lines are pictured on Aquasco Farm Road in Prince George's County, Maryland, on Thursday, April 8, 2021. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

A Controversial Ruling Puts Maryland’s Utility Companies In Charge Of Billions in Federal Funds

By Aman Azhar

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) speaks to reporters before a hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 19, 2022 in Washington, DC. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Senate Democrats Produce a Far-Reaching Climate Bill, But the Price of Compromise with Joe Manchin is Years More Drilling for Oil and Gas

By Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz

Protesters assemble around a giant constitution on June 30 outside of the Supreme Court at a protest held by the Climate Action Campaign. Credit: Samantha Hurley

After It Narrowed the EPA’s Authority, Talks of Expanding the Supreme Court Garner New Support

By Samantha Hurley

President Joe Biden addresses the crowd and gathered media at the closed Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts, United States on July 20, 2022. Biden spoke about climate change and declared he would use his powers soon to tackle climate change. Credit: Joseph Prezioso/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Climate Advocates Hoping Biden Would Declare a Climate Emergency Are Disappointed by the Small Steps He Announced on Wednesday

By Marianne Lavelle

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers brief remarks during the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 12, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Biden Is Losing His Base on Climate Change, a New Pew Poll Finds. Six in 10 Democrats Don’t Feel He’s Doing Enough

By Marianne Lavelle

The sun shines over towers carrying electrical lines August 30, 2007 in South San Francisco, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

California Released a Bold Climate Plan, but Critics Say It Will Harm Vulnerable Communities and Undermine Its Goals

By Kristoffer Tigue

An off-shore oil platform off the coast in Huntington Beach on Sunday, April 5, 2020. Credit: Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Biden Administration Opens New Public Lands and Waters to Fossil Fuel Drilling, Disappointing Environmentalists

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The Guardian or Authority of Law, rests on the side of the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. Credit: Al Drago/Getty Images

The Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling: A Loss of Authority for Federal Agencies or a Lesson for Conservatives in ‘Be Careful What You Wish For’?

By Marianne Lavelle

Aerial view of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge connecting the Maryland capital city, Annapolis, with Maryland Eastern Shore in Queen Anne County. Credit: Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images

With Increased Nutrient Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, Environmentalists Hope a New Law Will Cleanup Wastewater Treatment in Maryland

By Aman Azhar

An anthracite coal mine in Maizeville, Pennsylvania on March 3, 2022. Credit: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

Biden’s Been in Office for More Than 500 Days. He Still Hasn’t Appointed a Top Official to Oversee Coal Mine Reclamation

By James Bruggers

People walk down a flooded street as they evacuate their homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Red States Still Pose a Major Threat to Biden’s Justice40 Initiative, Activists Warn

By Kristoffer Tigue

Workers for an oilfield service company work at a drilling site in the Permian Basin oil field on Jan. 20, 2016 in the oil town of Andrews, Texas. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

A New GOP Climate Plan Is Long on Fossil Fuels, Short on Specifics

By Dan Gearino

An oil drilling rig is pictured on April 24, 2020 near Carlsbad, New Mexico. Credit: Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images

Why Won’t the Environmental Protection Agency Fine New Mexico’s Greenhouse Gas Leakers?

By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main

A worker with OC Waste & Recycling watches as a screening machine separates decomposed green waste at the new composting operation at a landfill in Irvine on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Credit: Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

California Gears Up for a New Composting Law to Cut Methane Emissions and Enrich Soil

By Grace van Deelen

Stacks emit steam at the Jim Bridger Power Plant Feb. 14, 2001 near Point of Rocks, Wyoming. Credit: Michael Smith/Newsmakers

In a Bid to Save Its Coal Industry, Wyoming Has Become a Test Case for Carbon Capture, but Utilities are Balking at the Pricetag

By Nicholas Kusnetz

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