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Electric vehicles downside

Electric vehicles are bringing out the worst in us

The downside of heavy, overpowered trucks and SUVs.

Daniel Cohan: Big new incentives for clean energy aren't enough

Daniel Cohan: Big new incentives for clean energy aren't enough

To put the $370 billion in subsidies to work, the US needs to build new infrastructure and manage a lot of regulatory hurdles.
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​​​​​​​Biden’s biggest idea on climate change is remarkably cheap

A new analysis from researchers at the University of Chicago and the Rhodium Group, an energy-research firm, finds that one of President Joe Biden’s marquee energy proposals—the one of the most likely to make it through Congress—has a good chance of working.

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Environmentalists blast ‘shameful’ report on the Biden administration’s oil and gas leasing program

A Department of Interior report released recently found that taxpayers are being shortchanged by a federal oil and gas leasing program that consistently undercharges fossil fuel companies.

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How bad will climate change get?

What happens when we do something—but not enough—to stop climate change?
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Michael Oppenheimer: How Joe Manchin's support for natural gas could derail Biden's climate plan
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Michael Oppenheimer: How Joe Manchin's support for natural gas could derail Biden's climate plan

Natural gas was once widely seen as a bridge fuel to renewable energy. But the industry’s methane leaks make it a larger global warming threat than people realized, Michael Oppenheimer explains.
Biden approves Gov. Wolf's major disaster declaration for Ida

Biden approves Gov. Wolf's major disaster declaration for Ida

Governor Tom Wolf announced Friday that President Joe Biden has approved his declaration of a major disaster in Pennsylvania following last week's severe storms.
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