POLITICO4 days agoThey died with the AC off: Why the government pays for heating but not coolingPOLITICO - By Thomas FrankFederal agencies are racing to address climate change. But the government does almost nothing to prevent thousands of people from dying of extreme heat. Millions of Americans are endangered by extreme heat due to federal policies that steer billions of dollars away from the nation’s hottest …
POLITICO6 days agoTrump’s ‘meme-level’ energy attacks aren’t landing, fossil fuel supporters concedePOLITICO - By Ben Lefebvre and Zack ColmanThe GOP nominee has made dubious claims about U.S. oil output, pipelines and Vice President Kamala Harris’ plans for fracking, experts say, ignoring some easy targets. Donald Trump’s jumble of claims about energy policy is muddling what could be a winning attack on one of Kamala Harris’ biggest …
POLITICO6 days agoBig steelmaker weighs abandoning $500M Biden climate grantPOLITICO - By Zack ColmanCleveland-Cliffs wariness comes amid growing headwinds to President Joe Biden’s efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector. The CEO of a leading U.S. steelmaker said he is considering ditching production of low-carbon “green” steel and forgoing a $500 million Biden …
POLITICOHere are our debate questions for Harris and TrumpPOLITICOHere are some of POLITICO’s top policy questions for the two nominees at possibly their only debate. Tuesday night’s presidential debate offers voters their first-ever opportunity to watch Kamala Harris and Donald Trump take questions on the same stage about the ins and outs of their policy …
POLITICOWhy Harris and Trump are debating the F-wordPOLITICO - By Ben LefebvreAll the campaign chatter about a “ban” on fracking is masking a much bigger divide about climate and energy policy. The energy feud between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is reviving a nearly two-decade-old debate over fracking — the technology that set off today’s …