This story was originally published by the HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Biden administration has launched a $1 billion program to advance its goal of conserving 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030. The program, called the America the Beautiful Challenge, will serve as a “one-stop-shop” for states, tribes, territories, non-governmental organizations, […]
Author: Chris D’Angelo
Republican Lawmakers to Oil CEOs: Stop Apologizing and Keep the Fossil Fuels Coming
This story was originally published by the HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Executives from six major oil and gas companies testified during a congressional hearing this past week as gasoline prices neared record highs and a calamitous report on the urgency of fighting climate change was released. The hearing before a House Committee on […]
The GOP’s Four Biggest Lies About Joe Biden and Fossil Fuels
This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Republican lawmakers and right-wing media have responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by waging a misinformation campaign about the Biden administration being “at war with fossil fuels.” The goal, of course, is to leverage the crisis in Eastern Europe to provide […]
Virginia Senate Panel Rejects Trump EPA Chief for Top Environmental Post
This story was originally published by Huffpost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Democratic state senators in Virginia took a first step Tuesday toward blocking Andrew Wheeler, Donald Trump’s controversial second head of the Environmental Protection Agency and a former coal lobbyist, from becoming the state’s top environmental official. A Senate committee that considers […]
Biden Administration Revokes Mining Leases Near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters
This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A Chilean mining giant’s bid to construct a massive underground copper-nickel mine just a few miles from Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has hit another major snag. On Wednesday, the Biden administration canceled a pair of mineral leases that date back […]
EPA Employees Are Livid Over Youngkin’s Pick for Virginia’s Top Climate Post
This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Federal employees at the Environmental Protection Agency are fighting to keep Andrew Wheeler, Donald Trump’s controversial second head of the EPA and a former coal lobbyist, from becoming Virginia’s top environmental official. Earlier this month, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) announced Wheeler as […]
Big Oil Climate Denial Hearing Features Even More Denial
This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of Climate Desk. A landmark congressional hearing to probe the extent to which the oil industry misled the public about global climate change featured executives of some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies and industry trade groups further downplaying climate science. […]