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Democrats float $6 trillion plan amid talks on narrower infrastructure deal

Democrats are considering moving unilaterally on a sweeping economic package even as bipartisan talks continue on a smaller infrastructure bill.

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Progressive lawmakers to unveil legislation on energy and public housing

The proposal, billed as the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act, offers a clear policy marker for liberals as Democrats seek to influence President Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan.

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6 takeaways from the Biden-Sanders joint task force proposals

Signature progressive programs like “Medicare for all” and the Green New Deal did not make it into the recommendations. But Senator Bernie Sanders’s allies pushed some policies to the left.

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Biden’s big climate decision: Will he embrace his task force’s goals?

The former vice president’s allies and some of the Democratic Party’s leading progressives have quietly started to forge common ground to shape a climate plan before Election Day.

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Where Biden and Sanders diverge on climate change

Democratic White House hopefuls Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders believe climate change is an existential threat, that the United States should immediately rejoin global climate talks, and that fossil fuel workers need help adjusting to a cleaner energy economy.

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The Super Tuesday survivors

Super Tuesday has narrowed the Democratic presidential contest to a two-man race between Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden. Here are the key differences between those candidates' plans to tackle global warming.

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Democrats float $6 trillion plan amid talks on narrower infrastructure deal

Progressive lawmakers to unveil legislation on energy and public housing

6 takeaways from the Biden-Sanders joint task force proposals

2020 election: Biden-Sanders unity task force releases bold progressive agenda

Biden’s big climate decision: Will he embrace his task force’s goals?

Where Biden and Sanders diverge on climate change

The Super Tuesday survivors

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Bogotá faces water rationing

Wisconsin oil spill fuels doubts over Enbridge’s pipeline safety

Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

Donald Trump wins US presidency. What that could mean for the environment.

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

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