The plan to unite Biden and Bernie is finally here
13 Jul 2020
ONCE UPON A TIME, many moons ago — ie back in April — Democratic presidential primary candidate Bernie Sanders agreed to exit the race and join forces with his mortal frenemy Joe Biden to help the former vice-president take the White House.
California, Connecticut preparing 'attack' against Trump's repeal of basis of US climate regulation
Fri 20 Feb 2026
California and Connecticut are working together on a multi-state "plan of attack" against President Donald Trump's repeal of the foundation of federal climate regulation of vehicles, the states' attorneys general told Reuters on Tuesday.
US pressures global energy body to drop net zero modelling
Thu 19 Feb 2026
The United States is calling on the world's most influential energy organisation to abandon net zero emissions scenario modelling that has informed much of the global green transition, arguing the targets are unrealistic.
Newsom to world leaders: 'Donald Trump is temporary'
Wed 18 Feb 2026
California Governor Gavin Newsom has long positioned the state as a durable counterweight to Trumpism, particularly on climate policies that California has expanded as the White House retreats.
EPA boss offers forceful defence for scrapping landmark Obama climate policy
Tue 17 Feb 2026
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is just following the law, he said Saturday in Munich, where he defended the Trump administration’s move this week to disengage the United States from decades of efforts to regulate climate change.
Trump has overseen larger coal decline than any other US president
Tue 17 Feb 2026
His administration’s latest efforts to roll back US climate policy have been presented by interior secretary Doug Burgum as an opportunity to revive “clean, beautiful, American coal”.
Trump is wiping out all climate regulation. Big Oil may regret it.
12 Feb 2026
For decades, oil majors fought climate regulation. Now, they’re afraid Trump’s extreme rollbacks could leave them on the hook to pay for what they’ve done.
Trump set to gut US climate change policy and environmental regulations, White House official says
11 Feb 2026
The Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, according to a White House official.
US-driven gas turbine crunch may speed global clean power uptake
9 Feb 2026
A rush by U.S. utilities and tech giants to snap up as many gas turbines as possible to boost local power output is causing a global shortage of gas-power equipment and may spur other power systems to fast-track cleaner alternatives.
U.S. could issue general license for oil companies to produce in Venezuela this week
5 Feb 2026
The Trump administration could issue a general license as soon as this week for companies to produce oil and gas in Venezuela, a person familiar with the plan told CNBC on Tuesday.
Actually, I do know how to do this
5 Feb 2026
COMMENT: In retrospect, paying attention to polluters may be one of the best ways to understand what’s currently happening in the United States.
