US Election 2020 – Candidates Policies
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Kerry Named White House Climate ‘Czar’ as Analysis Shows U.S. Could Cut Emissions 38-54% by 2030
Paris Agreement architect John Kerry was appointed White House climate “czar”, a half-dozen other senior appointments signalled stability and continuity, and a few glass ... -
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Biden Seeks ‘Climate-Ambitious’ Personnel as New Administration Takes Shape
With Inauguration Day for U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris just 58 days away, and an initial round of cabinet appointments expected ... -
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Front-Line Communities Are Driving Force for Biden’s Climate Transformation, Salazar and Goloff Say
Adrien Salazar is Senior Campaign Strategist for Climate Equity at Dēmos, a U.S. racial and economic justice policy organization. Ben Goloff is Senior Climate ... -
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Indigenous Investor Offers $1B for Keystone XL Pipeline as Possible Cancellation Looms
Calgary-based pipeliner TC Energy and Natural Law Energy announced a tentative agreement yesterday that could bring up to C$1 billion in new investment and ... -
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Early Signs Show Biden Setting Up to Deliver on Bold Climate Action Agenda
It’s still the earliest of early days in the Biden administration’s transition process, with countless decisions to be made, cabinet appointments to be vetted, ... -
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Biden-Harris Win ‘Likely Spells the End’ for Keystone XL Pipeline [Sign-on]
President-elect Joe Biden’s convincing election win last week “likely spells the end of the Keystone XL oil pipeline,” The Canadian Press reports this week, ... -
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In Conversation: Biden-Harris Climate Plans Put Canada, U.S. ‘on the Same Pathway Together’, MacNab Says
Josha MacNab, National Director of Policy and Strategy at the Pembina Institute, recently published a Hill Times op ed on the Biden administration, Canada, ... -
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President-Elect Biden Brings ‘Clear Climate Mandate’ to White House
Even with Democrats unlikely to hold majority control of the U.S. Senate during the first two years of his administration, President-Elect Joe Biden enters ... -
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Biden-Harris Win Could Bring 1.5°C ‘Within Striking Distance’, Climate Think Tank Declares
With their promise to bring the United States back into the Paris Agreement on Day One of their new administration, and a US$2-trillion climate ... -
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Election Just ‘One Step Along the Way’ as U.S. Vote Counting Continues, Climate Community Awaits Results
With vote counting in Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election not nearly complete, climate campaigners were clear about two key points: that every ballot must be ... -
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Biden Presidency Could Trigger Lower Oil Prices by Easing Sanctions on Iran
Beyond Joe Biden’s declaration during the final U.S. presidential debate that he understands the need for a transition off oil, there’s something else for ... -
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Biden Win, Pandemic Economy Could End Keystone XL as Trudeau, O’Regan Pledge Pipeline Support
The Keystone XL pipeline may be coming to the end of a very long road, ultimately brought down by the combination of a Joe ... -
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Democrats Explore How Biden Climate Plan Would Navigate a Hostile U.S. Senate
With a bitter presidential campaign in the United States winding down to its last 100 or so hours, and Democratic candidates Joe Biden and ... -
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Quick Shift to 100% Renewables Could Slash U.S. Emissions, Save Households $2,500 Per Year
An aggressive shift to 100% renewable energy could produce up to US$321 billion for American ratepayers, or an average $2,500 per household per year, ... -
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Analysts See Peril and Promise in Biden’s Support for Transition Off Oil
A wave of alarmed and hopeful commentary has been building since the U.S. presidential debate last Thursday evening, when Democratic candidate Joe Biden acknowledged ...
