US Election 2020 – Trump Effect
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Exxon Wants You to Know that Trump Didn’t Shake Them Down for a $10-Million Campaign Donation
ExxonMobil was scrambling Monday to clarify that it never received pressure from Donald Trump for a US$10-million campaign donation, after the rapidly-fading presidential candidate ... -
Coney Barrett Refuses to State ‘Views on Climate Change’ En Route to U.S. Supreme Court Appointment
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett dodged and weaved through two days of questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee, but “created perhaps the ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasUnited States
Suppressed Study Shows Polar Bears at Risk from Alaska Oil and Gas Drilling
A senior Trump administration official is delaying release of a science study that shows how Alaska oil and gas drilling would encroach on the ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Hundreds of Toxic U.S. Superfund Sites at Heightened Risk of Climate Change Impacts
More than two-thirds of the 1,334 Superfund sites that currently blight the U.S. are increasingly at risk of serious climate change impacts—but that hasn’t ... -
Trump Tweets Plan for $22-Billion Freight Line from Alaska to Alberta
Canadian tar sands/oil sands producers are hoping for another export route to Asia after Donald Trump said he would issue a presidential permit to ... -
Opinion: Ginsburg’s Death Deals Another Blow to U.S. Climate Law
United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s uniquely untimely death on September 18, less than two months before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
‘Climate Arsonist’ Trump Addresses California Wildfires by Talking Down Climate Science
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden branded Donald Trump a “climate arsonist”, after the current occupant of the White House poured gasoline on his ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOceansOil & Gas
Fossils Feel ‘Ambushed’ as Trump Extends Florida Offshore Drilling Moratorium to 2032
U.S. fossil lobbyists say they received no advance notice before Donald Trump went to Florida this week to announce he was extending the state’s ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySolarUnited StatesWind
Trump Administration Suppresses Landmark Grid Study that Boosted Renewables, Undercut Coal
The Trump administration has spent the last two years suppressing a landmark study by the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) that showed the ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
U.S. Fossil Plans Giant Chillers to Refreeze Permafrost Under Alaska Pipeline
Colossal fossil ConocoPhillips has come up with a startling climate adaptation strategy for a new pipeline it wants to build on Alaska’s North Slope. ... -
BuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsUnited States
Gray: Canada Loses if Trudeau Bets on a Second White House Term for Trump
The Trudeau government appears to be betting on a second White House term for Donald Trump, Environmental Defence Executive Director Tim Gray observes in ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Canada, U.S. Pursue ‘Joint Interest’ in Getting Pipelines Built
Canada has opened discussions with the Trump administration to find a path forward for oil pipeline projects, Bloomberg News is reporting this week, citing ... -
Climate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearRenewable EnergySolarSouth & Central AmericaSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Ohio Plans Repeal of Coal, Nuclear Bailout After Bribery Scandal Snares House Speaker
The outsized political power of U.S. utilities has come into sharp focus over the last 10 days, with bribery scandals in Ohio and Illinois ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatoryMethaneUnited States
Judge Quashes Trump’s Methane Regulation Rollback as Global Emissions Hit All-Time High
In a decision last week, a U.S. judge called a halt to the Trump administration’s bid to roll back methane regulations enacted by President ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyMethaneOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
With U.S. Fossils ‘Hurtling Toward Bankruptcy’, Execs Get a Payout While Abandoned Wells Leak Methane
With U.S. fossils “hurtling toward bankruptcy at a pace not seen in years,” companies are already abandoning unprofitable oil and gas wells or leaving ...
