 Energy & Environment |
Energy & Environment |
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President to tout climate funds in heat-scorched West
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President Biden in August is set to visit three states blasted by record heat to tout his administration's work on counteracting climate change. |
The president is set to make stops in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico next week, highlight the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and its impact on renewable energy manufacturing. Biden will host a separate event commemorating the IRA's passage at the White House on Aug. 16. The bill passed Congress last year solely with Democratic votes. A number of Cabinet officials are also set to hit the road to promote the IRA and its effects in August, including Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, who will tout its broadband investments in Wisconsin, while Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will visit Oregon. Meanwhile, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and White House Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi will visit Puerto Rico, while Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will visit California. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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The city of Phoenix reached its 31st consecutive day with at least 110-degree heat Sunday, rounding out what many scientists believe will be the Earth’s hottest month on record. |
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| A group of senators affiliated with the progressive and climate-hawk wings of the Democratic party are calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to sue fossil fuel companies for misleading the public on climate change.
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An invasive fly species has prompted the quarantine of an upscale Southern California neighborhood, the first of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. |
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Branch out with a different read on The Hill: |
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Following the deaths of multiple wild horses during public land roundups in Nevada this summer, activists are pressing for urgent changes in the way the federal government controls the West's sprawling … |
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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Alaska's newest gold rush: Seaweed (The Washington Post)
U.S. quest for minerals leads to a remote nation surrounded by adversaries (E&E News) The One-Mile Rule: Texas' Unwritten and Arbitrary Policy Protects Big Polluters from Citizen Complaints (Inside Climate News)
- First new nuclear power plant in decades starts operations (The Augusta Chronicle)
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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Former Hunter Biden business associate Devon Archer said during closed-door testimony that Hunter included President Biden on a number of phone calls that presumably included business associates, according to one lawmaker's account of the testimony, a revelation that is likely to fuel Republican attempts to link the president to his son's business dealings. Read more |
| A popular narrative suggests young people are liberal and getting more liberal. Thus, social media buzzed when a chart surfaced in spring that seemed to suggest 12th-grade boys had become overwhelmingly conservative. Read more |
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