Latest from Steven Mufson
General Motors to eliminate gasoline and diesel light-duty cars and SUVs by 2035
General Motors became the first big U.S. automaker to announce it will produce only electric-powered passenger cars and SUVs, aiming for 2035.
- Jan 28, 2021
A surge in green financing boosts climate businesses
As the cost of renewable energy plummets and climate change awareness grows, investment in projects linked to climate change are becoming mainstream. Despite economic uncertainty in 2020, the amount of money invested in green or sustainable bonds doubled compared with 2019.
- Jan 27, 2021
Biden rejoins Paris climate accord, works to overturn Trump’s climate policies
President-elect Joe Biden plans to sign a slew of executive orders Wednesday afternoon aimed at unwinding President Trump’s environmental legacy, from restoring boundaries to national monuments to rejoining the Paris climate accord to reviving the government's role in protecting the air, water and endangered species.
- Jan 20, 2021
Federal circuit court scraps Trump administration’s power plant rule
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a Trump administration rule on carbon dioxide emissions, effectively restoring President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan, which limited those pollutants from power plants.
- Jan 19, 2021
The officials Joe Biden picked to fill his Cabinet
Here are the people Joe Biden chose to fill his Cabinet. Among his picks: White House veterans, but many historical firsts.
- Jan 19, 2021
President-elect Biden to end Keystone XL pipeline in fight on climate change
Biden is expected to soon reverse the efforts of the Trump administration and end a project proposed more than a decade ago.
- Jan 18, 2021
French oil giant Total quits American Petroleum Institute
French oil giant Total quits American Petroleum Institute over differences on subsidies for electric vehicles and carbon pricing.
- Jan 15, 2021
United Airlines aims to suck carbon dioxide from the friendly skies
When it comes to cutting greenhouse gases that are driving up global temperatures and threatening the planet, there are few ways to reduce the pollution caused by air travel.
- Jan 12, 2021
How the Georgia election results just raised Biden’s climate ambitions
With Democrats poised to take control of both houses of Congress, Biden's opportunities to tackle climate change and other major environmental problems have greatly expanded. But given the closely divided Senate, the question is by how much.
- Jan 7, 2021
Trump auctions drilling rights to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Trump officials auctioned off oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Wednesday, capping Republicans' decades-long quest to drill in one of the nation's best-known wild places.
- Jan 6, 2021