The Climate 202

But Senate Democrats are confident the key climate provisions in their nearly $2 trillion social spending bill will pass muster with the Senate parliamentarian.

We talked to Patricia Espinosa, the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, on empowering youths and defining success at COP27.

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said no government in the world can fund clean energy at the scale necessary to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, but the private sector could help fill that gap in investment.

A new report illustrates that President Biden has been slow to reverse Trump's fossil-fuel-friendly agenda.

To environmentalists, it might seem strange that Cruz wants to sanction a gas pipeline, but the move makes perfect sense to some Democrats and foreign policy experts.

The offshore drilling provision in the version of the Build Back Better Act that passed the House last month might just have a chance in the Senate.

A battle is brewing in the Senate over another key climate provision in Democrats' roughly $2 trillion social spending bill: a tax credit for union-made electric vehicles.

A new peer-reviewed paper by Brown University researchers found that the fossil fuel industry has relied heavily on PR firms for more than three decades.

Jessica Cisneros is mounting another primary challenge against Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.), this time targeting fossil fuel industry donations.

The new energy division of OSTP is responsible for helping the nation meet President Biden's ambitious goal of reaching 100 percent clean electricity by 2035.

Environmental lawyers say some conservative justices might want to curtail the EPA's authority to regulate power plant emissions beyond the fence line.

That message that global warming contributes to public health risks resonated at COP26 more than it has at previous United Nations climate summits, according to experts who have been attending the talks for years.

President Biden's roughly $2 trillion social spending plan — a historic investment in addressing climate change — was delayed to this morning after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) spent hours bashing the bill on the floor.

The budget analysis evaluates the costs of legislation over 10 years, but climate advocates say it may not account for the benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which can take longer than a decade to materialize.

The oil and gas industry applauded the move as a boon for both the economy and the environment, but many climate activists argue it could set off a 'carbon bomb' in the Gulf.