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EPA wants your help spending $13B on ‘environmental justice,’ climate crisis

The Environmental Protection Agency is asking for public input on how it should spend more than $13 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act on fighting the "climate crisis" and advancing "environmental justice."

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U.S. spending for global climate response 'pitifully too low'

Ahead of global climate talks last year, President Biden said the United States would dramatically increase its international investments in combating climate change. But the money Congress approved last week as part of its $1.5 trillion spending package falls far short of Biden’s vision.

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Biden spending bill ignites debate over dairy methane pollution

As U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration seeks to revive its ambitious social spending and climate plan in Congress, environmental groups and the farm industry are at odds over proposed subsidies aimed at offsetting agriculture’s substantial contribution to global warming.
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House centrists: Only climate can get deficit spending

The latest negotiating tactic from House moderates could ease the path for Democrats to pass climate policy — even as party infighting escalates on other issues.
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Duckworth calls for Pruitt to resign or be fired immediately

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) is demanding that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resign or be fired immediately after a series of controversies over his spending and travel.

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The myth of Scott Pruitt’s EPA rollback

His ethics woes are overshadowing the central fact of his tenure: He hasn’t done much.
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Congress hears warnings that cutting renewable energy incentives could drive up costs

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Trump administration moves to end Army Corps’ Florida headquarters lease

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China urged to halt coal power expansion as approvals surge

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Major U.S. banks drop out of climate pledge, raising calls for regulation

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EPA urges White House to eliminate key climate rule

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UN climate talks face tensions over timing of next major report and U.S. withdrawal

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Plastic water pipes leach dangerous chemicals when damaged in wildfires

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Standing up for science: Around the world, scientists protest Trump threats to their work