The party has largely moved beyond denying the existence of climate change but continues to oppose dramatic action to halt it, worried about the short-term economic consequences.
Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia led his party and his president through months of tortured talks, with nothing to show for it as the planet dangerously heats up.
A Supreme Court ruling, combined with an energy crunch and intraparty politics, makes it nearly impossible for President Biden to achieve his climate goals.
The European oil company has been expanding into green energy even as many U.S. energy giants have kept their focus on fossil fuels.
Rates have jumped because of a surge in natural gas prices and could keep rising rapidly for years as utilities invest in electric grids.
The Biden administration is planning a major shift to electric vehicles, but experts say it requires a secure, resilient supply of critical minerals.
A major new scientific report offers a road map for how countries can limit global warming, but warns that the margin for error is vanishingly small.
Under an executive order, the federal government would phase out the purchase of gasoline-powered vehicles, and its buildings would be powered by wind, solar or other clean energy.
En una zona de Francia, la preocupación por los altos precios de la energía supera la ansiedad por el aumento de las temperaturas, lo que fomenta los temores de un resurgimiento del levantamiento social de los “chalecos amarillos”.
In one area of France, worries about rising energy prices trump anxiety about rising temperatures, raising fears of a resurgence of the Yellow Vest social uprising.
