A group of 139 Democratic lawmakers is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to "promptly" reinstate California's ability to set its own vehicle emissions standards — which is expected to increase electric vehicle adoption.
The economics of renewable energy drive the cost and feasibility of climate policy - and they have dramatically shifted for the better. But the Democratic Party still faces the same coalition issues that doomed its effort more than a decade ago.
The Trump administration in both obvious and nuanced ways is significantly affecting the national dialogue on climate change, and in doing so attempting to change opinions across the globe.
Speaking in a coffee shop in Keokuk, Iowa, O'Rourke painted a dour picture of the future, but urged those around him to "find a way to do this," noting that "literally the future of the world depends on us, right now."
Senate Democrats introduced a joint resolution Thursday meant to unify the party around a common climate change plan as Republicans seek to rip the party over the "Green New Deal."
