Tag: Environmental concerns
Biden taps former Obama official as deputy at Interior Dept.
<p>WASHINGTON — The White House is naming Tommy Beaudreau, a former Obama administration official, to be deputy secretary at the Interior Department after dropping...
Powell defends Fed’s consideration of climate change risks
<p>WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday defended the Fed's increasing scrutiny of the threat that climate change could pose to the...
Groups take aim at New Mexico drilling plan amid US review
<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Environmentalists and Native American activists on Wednesday renewed their demands for more meaningful talks with Indigenous leaders and other communities on...
Conservation groups sue Engineer Corps over Yazoo Pumps
JACKSON, Miss. — A coalition of conservation groups is suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over a massive flood-control project in the south...
Biden taps former Obama official as deputy at Interior Dept.
WASHINGTON — The White House is naming Tommy Beaudreau, a former Obama administration official, to be deputy secretary at the Interior Department after dropping...
Powell defends Fed’s consideration of climate change risks
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday defended the Fed's increasing scrutiny of the threat that climate change could pose to the...
Groups take aim at New Mexico drilling plan amid US review
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Environmentalists and Native American activists on Wednesday renewed their demands for more meaningful talks with Indigenous leaders and other communities on...
Conservation groups sue Engineer Corps over Yazoo Pumps
<p>JACKSON, Miss. — A coalition of conservation groups is suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over a massive flood-control project in the south...
European lawmakers, executives urge US to halve emissions
BERLIN — Dozens of European lawmakers, business executives and union leaders on Tuesday urged the United States to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by...
EU lacking sufficient electric cars charging infrastructure
BRUSSELS — In line with its ambition to make Europe a greener place, the European Union wants to drastically reduce gas emission from transport...