Environmental Politics

Harris, Pence Spar Over Climate Science, Fracking, and Green New Deal

"Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) sparred over their commitment to the science of climate change, with the vice president repeatedly falsely asserting a Biden administration plans to ban fracking and adopt the Green New Deal."

Source: The Hill, 10/08/2020

"Democrats Allege EPA Plans To Withhold Funding From 'Anarchist' Cities"

"Senate Democrats’ top Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) watchdog is warning that the agency plans to withhold funds to clean contaminated land and drinking water sources in Seattle, Portland, New York and Washington, D.C., citing a directive from President Trump to withhold federal funds from “anarchist” jurisdictions."

Source: The Hill, 10/07/2020

"‘The Coal Industry Is Back,’ Trump Proclaimed. It Wasn’t."

"For decades, waves of electricity poured from this behemoth of a power plant on the high desert plateau of the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona, lighting up hundreds of thousands of homes from Phoenix to Las Vegas as it burned 240 rail cars’ worth of coal a day."

Source: NYTimes, 10/06/2020

"Boris Johnson: Wind Farms Could Power Every Home By 2030"

"Offshore wind farms will generate enough electricity to power every home in the UK within a decade, Boris Johnson has pledged. Speaking to the Conservative party conference, the PM announced £160m to upgrade ports and factories for building turbines to help the country "build back greener"."

Source: BBC News, 10/06/2020

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