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Louisiana Challenge to Biden ‘Cost of Carbon’ Policy Dismissed

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A lawsuit that Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states filed challenging figures the Biden administration uses to calculate damages from greenhouse gasses was dismissed Wednesday by a federal appeals court. The unanimous decision by three judges on …

Judge Blocks Biden Order on Calculating Climate Risks in Government Decisions

A federal judge on Friday blocked for now the Biden administration from restoring Obama-era values for calculating the cost of climate change in the government’s permitting, investment and regulatory decisions. The preliminary ruling by a U.S. District Court judge in …

U.S. Climate Pledge to Be Tested in Senate

After talking the climate talk at U.N. negotiations in Scotland, the Biden administration now tests whether a divided United States can walk the climate walk: push a massive investment for a new era of clean energy through the narrowest of …

White House Boosts Spending for Disaster, Extreme Weather Preparations

The United States will double its spending to $1 billion on preparations for extreme weather and other natural disasters as part of the battle against climate change, the White House said on Monday. It issued the statement just ahead of …

Biden Executive Order Initiates Broad Strategy to Assess, Mitigate Climate Change Risks

President Joe Biden on Thursday directed federal agencies to assess and mitigate the increasing and serious risks that climate change poses to individuals, businesses, the federal government and the U.S. financial system, the White House said. Biden issued an executive …