Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter In many regards, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is a story of contradictions. Narrowly passed over unanimous Republican opposition in the Senate last week, the bill is expected to pass the House of Representatives soon. The IRA bill devotes $369 billion to accelerate the transition to green energy, […]
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Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter Will the US Senate pass the new Manchin-Schumer bill, also known as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022? That’s the climate question of the week (and possibly the year). Given all 50 Senate Republicans’ lockstep opposition to serious climate action, the vote is expected to be close. It comes […]
Twice each month, Covering Climate Now speaks with different journalists about their experiences on the climate beat and their ideas for pushing our craft forward. This week, we spoke with Marianne Lavelle, who covers politics for Inside Climate News. Lavelle has reported on energy, the environment, and climate change from Washington, D.C. for more than […]
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Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter United States senator Joe Manchin’s surprise announcement on Wednesday that he and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer had reached a deal on a climate spending package brings fresh hopes for transformative climate legislation in Washington — more on that below. Manchin’s about-face comes as the crushing heat that has […]
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Each month, Covering Climate Now speaks with different journalists about their experiences on the climate beat and their ideas for pushing our craft forward. This month, we spoke with Brian Lehrer, longtime host of The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC in New York City. Earlier this year, Lehrer’s show committed to running at least one […]
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Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter Deadly heat across Europe shattering temperature records. Firefighters battling intense wildfires across Southern Europe and the US. One hundred million Americans under heat warnings and advisories. A heatwave on the horizon for central Asia. The world is consumed by extreme heat driven by climate change, which is unfolding faster […]
Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter A new global public opinion survey offers valuable insights for journalists as we tell the climate story. The poll, conducted by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and Meta, underscores the media’s key role in alerting people to the climate crisis and what can be done about it. […]
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Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter Last week’s US Supreme Court decision to limit the federal government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants will unquestionably make it harder to defuse the climate emergency. It’s not game over — President Joe Biden still has an array of executive actions he can take, and […]
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The Supreme Court has just ruled to constrict the federal government’s authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions in the West Virginia v. EPA case. Today’s decision is not just a blow to Biden’s agenda, it’s a blow to humanity, given our slim timeframe to keep temperatures from rising above 1.5 degrees C and avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Guidance: We’re cautioning […]
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