United States Government Archives - Page 25 of 29 - Renew Economy

Conservatives push carbon tax to address climate crisis
A group of prominent US Republicans has proposed a carbon tax that pays cash dividends to Americans.
John Upton

Feb 9, 2017

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Tesla drops ‘Motors’ from name in bid for clean energy supremacy
Elon Musk is now at sweet spot of 3 big trillion-dollar energy ‘tsunamis’ that team Trump hopes to stop.
Joe Romm

Feb 6, 2017

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How China could take climate leader role the US is giving up
With Trump at the reins, China is poised to eat America’s lunch in the renewable energy sector.
Larry Buhl

Feb 3, 2017

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Will electric cars thrive, survive, or die under president Trump?
The electric car has already been killed once. Will Trump kill it again, or jump on for the ride?
Josh Goldman

Jan 31, 2017

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Policy & Planning

Climate tweets deleted as Trump bans agencies from communicating with public
Badlands National Park has tweeted about climate change before — this time they were taken down.
Kiley Kroh

Jan 25, 2017

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Coal

Trump vows to revive coal industry as China dumps 100GW of coal plants
In stark contrast to the US, China this month suspended more than 100 coal-fired plants totaling more than 100GW of capacity that were either approved or under construction.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Jan 25, 2017

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Policy & Planning

California isn’t backing down on ambitious climate goal, despite Trump reversal
California shows it isn’t messing around when it comes to climate action, even in the face of federal rollbacks.
Natasha Geiling

Jan 24, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

Trump White House distorts energy impacts on wages on first day
Trump administration’s first statement on energy, used to justify the elimination of environmental rules, was a distortion.
John Upton

Jan 23, 2017

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New York aims to replace nuclear power with clean energy
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo promises declining carbon emissions even as the state closes the Indian Point nuclear power plant.
Jeremy Deaton

Jan 16, 2017

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Malcolm Roberts joins Trump’s climate deniers in fight for “freedom”
Senator Malcolm Roberts has met with some of world’s most notorious and longest-serving climate science deniers to help put their stamp on the new Trump administration.
Graham Readfearn

Dec 15, 2016

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Policy & Planning

Global emissions fall for first time on shift away from coal in China, US
The growth in global production of greenhouse gases has decelerated over the past few years, with 2015 seeing the first actual reduction, of 0.1% compared to 2014 levels.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Dec 14, 2016

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The climate impacts of Trump’s ExxonMobil pick for chief diplomat
President-elect Trump on rounds out a potential dream team of anti-environment cabinet members with the chief executive officer of ExxonMobil.
John Upton

Dec 14, 2016

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