“UAW members feel abandoned by the Democratic Party,” former UAW President Bob King said in an interview, citing President Bill Clinton’s signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the failure of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act to ensure that clean energy funds flow to union workers. “I think there’s a segment of the Democratic … Read more
A POLITICO analysis of federal data and interviews with a dozen security, extremism and electricity experts revealed that despite a record surge in attacks on the grid nationwide, communication gaps between law enforcement and state and federal regulators have left many officials largely in the dark about the extent of the threat. They have also … Read more
Trump’s campaign could not immediately be reached for a response on Thursday. The report found that vehicle barriers in remote areas were changed to pedestrian barriers, which makes migration more difficult, including for endangered species like wolves, ocelots and the Sonoran pronghorn, an antelope-like animal. The bigger barriers also had larger footprints and often included … Read more
The lake first hit a record low in the summer of 2021, fueling renewed attention from Utah’s Republican-led Legislature. But lawmakers’ actions have not been enough to assuage the concerns of a coalition that includes Earthjustice, the Utah Rivers Council and Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, among others. The risks of a diminished Great … Read more
The Interior Department will also pledge no new leasing for oil development on 10 million acres in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, an area to the west of ANWR that has long been home to oil and gas drilling, according to the sources. Former President Donald Trump had bragged about his success in opening ANWR to … Read more
But in 16 states, including some with significant heat risk, not a single household received money to pay cooling costs from 2001 through 2021, according to E&E News’ analysis of federal records. The program, run by the Department of Health and Human Services, has focused instead on providing heating assistance. Every state helps eligible residents … Read more
Europe has 345 radar facilities. North America, 291. “The continent, at large, is in a climate risk blind spot,” said Asaf Tzachor, a researcher at the Center for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge. In August, he and colleagues warned in a commentary for the journal Nature that climate change will … Read more
New wind turbines, solar panels and batteries played a major role in propping up the grid on the hottest days, but natural gas and coal plants remained a bedrock. Grid operators and utilities say they’re better prepared than in past years for extreme weather. And a dash of luck played a role, suggesting that the … Read more
The weather extremes are costly, deadly and probably coming faster and faster — but, perhaps even more worrying, they should not come as a surprise. “There’s not a ‘weird’ acceleration happening” in the Earth’s climate, said Noah Diffenbaugh, a scientist at Stanford University. “There’s an expected acceleration happening.” The impacts have crept into the corners … Read more
“If I can’t do that, I’m going to point out why,” Biden said, without explicitly saying he would blame lawmakers for stalling or rejecting his $12 billion request. “How can we not respond? My God.” Biden added, “I’m confident — even though there’s a lot of talk from some of our friends up on [Capitol] … Read more
