×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementits Advertisement“The speed and direction of deployment of these technologies can’t be up to private industries, can’t be up to Chevron, and can’t be up to Exxon. We need public management and non-market control.”- Georgetown University political philosopher Olúfẹ́mi TáíwòAdvertisementThat has fueled growing calls for technological solutions to pull carbon from the air. The leading technology so far is called direct air capture, essentially giant vacuum fans that suck carbon from the...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementits Advertisement“The speed and direction of deployment of these technologies can’t be up to private industries, can’t be up to Chevron, and can’t be up to Exxon. We need public management and non-market control.”- Georgetown University political philosopher Olúfẹ́mi TáíwòAdvertisementThat has fueled growing calls for technological solutions to pull carbon from the air. The leading technology so far is called direct air capture, essentially giant vacuum fans that suck carbon from the...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementOn a private call with activist groups Tuesday evening that HuffPost listened to, White House climate policy czar Gina McCarthy acknowledged that the spending package may disappoint climate advocates hoping to see a more ambitious budget, but said it marked only one area of the administration’s decarbonization plans.“I don’t know if we’re going to meet your expectations on size, but it’s certainly going to be transformational to our economy,” she said. Advertisement“Deficit politics are getting in...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementOn a private call with activist groups Tuesday evening that HuffPost listened to, White House climate policy czar Gina McCarthy acknowledged that the spending package may disappoint climate advocates hoping to see a more ambitious budget, but said it marked only one area of the administration’s decarbonization plans.“I don’t know if we’re going to meet your expectations on size, but it’s certainly going to be transformational to our economy,” she said. Advertisement“Deficit politics are getting in...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement. If that plan is carried out within just the next three to four years, it would essentially amount to about $1 trillion per year. If the administration instead doles it out over a decade, as a source familiar with the White House’s plans told HuffPost is likely, it would amount to roughly one-third of the spending and jobs progressives are demanding. Advertisement“Coming out of COVID, people are seeing how much people are hurting, where the fractures are, and this is an...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement. If that plan is carried out within just the next three to four years, it would essentially amount to about $1 trillion per year. If the administration instead doles it out over a decade, as a source familiar with the White House’s plans told HuffPost is likely, it would amount to roughly one-third of the spending and jobs progressives are demanding. Advertisement“Coming out of COVID, people are seeing how much people are hurting, where the fractures are, and this is an...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Advertisement“The local elections this year are a golden opportunity to start building a green wave for 2022.”- Nathaniel Stinnett, excutive director of the Environmental Voter ProjectAdvertisementIn Anchorage, Alaska, where voters are set to pick a new mayor on April 6, Stinnett and his team have already begun calling and texting some 12,000 registered voters. In New York City, where the mayor and a majority of the city council were term-limited this year, Stinnett found some more than 1 million potential...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Advertisement“The local elections this year are a golden opportunity to start building a green wave for 2022.”- Nathaniel Stinnett, excutive director of the Environmental Voter ProjectAdvertisementIn Anchorage, Alaska, where voters are set to pick a new mayor on April 6, Stinnett and his team have already begun calling and texting some 12,000 registered voters. In New York City, where the mayor and a majority of the city council were term-limited this year, Stinnett found some more than 1 million potential...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementWithout realizing it, she’d stepped over an invisible border and had officially trespassed into a construction site. Advertisement.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe Montana bill, introduced last month, is more standard. The legislation labels virtually any coal, natural gas or oil facility “critical infrastructure” and makes trespassing “without permission by the owner of the critical infrastructure, on conviction” a misdemeanor “punishable by a fine of not more than $1,500...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementWithout realizing it, she’d stepped over an invisible border and had officially trespassed into a construction site. Advertisement.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe Montana bill, introduced last month, is more standard. The legislation labels virtually any coal, natural gas or oil facility “critical infrastructure” and makes trespassing “without permission by the owner of the critical infrastructure, on conviction” a misdemeanor “punishable by a fine of not more than $1,500...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Scott Stringer, an early front-runner for New York City mayor, pledged to completely phase out fossil fuels, drive private utility companies out of the nation’s largest metropolis, and “electrify everything” in a near total embrace of climate activists’ demands ahead of this year’s election. The Stringer laid out Sunday would transform the five boroughs, glazing the rooftops with solar panels and battery units, prioritizing bike lanes and pedestrian walkways over highways, and providing new programs to make...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Scott Stringer, an early front-runner for New York City mayor, pledged to completely phase out fossil fuels, drive private utility companies out of the nation’s largest metropolis, and “electrify everything” in a near total embrace of climate activists’ demands ahead of this year’s election. The Stringer laid out Sunday would transform the five boroughs, glazing the rooftops with solar panels and battery units, prioritizing bike lanes and pedestrian walkways over highways, and providing new programs to make...WW…

US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.“Water quality is just something really concrete and really material that helps voters of any background and any ideological persuasion understand why who you have in government matters and why you need people who are ready to stand up to powerful corporate interests,” Nebraska, a major farming state, has long struggled with water contamination largely stemming from chemicals and fertilizer that runs...…US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.“Water quality is just something really concrete and really material that helps voters of any background and any ideological persuasion understand why who you have in government matters and why you need people who are ready to stand up to powerful corporate interests,” Nebraska, a major farming state, has long struggled with water contamination largely stemming from chemicals and fertilizer that runs...WW…

US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.It isn’t, at least not for the vast majority of Americans or scientists going back nearly two centuries. the industry hired some ofIf confirmed, Barrett would be the fifth of nine Supreme Court justices nominated by a president who lost the popular vote. Yet her apparent views on climate science may be the most jarring example of how her lifetime appointment represents minority rule.Should the...…US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.It isn’t, at least not for the vast majority of Americans or scientists going back nearly two centuries. the industry hired some ofIf confirmed, Barrett would be the fifth of nine Supreme Court justices nominated by a president who lost the popular vote. Yet her apparent views on climate science may be the most jarring example of how her lifetime appointment represents minority rule.Should the...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Environment. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“It has slashed current emissions, but it has extended the runway, and the tradeoffs are negating each other.”- Steven Davis, earth systems scientist at University of California, IrvineAdvertisementCORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the total decrease in economy-wide emissions. U.S. output of carbon dioxide fell 10% between 2000 to 2018, not 23%, and the electricity sector’s emissions dropped 23%, not 34%.See GallerySuggest a...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Environment. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“It has slashed current emissions, but it has extended the runway, and the tradeoffs are negating each other.”- Steven Davis, earth systems scientist at University of California, IrvineAdvertisementCORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the total decrease in economy-wide emissions. U.S. output of carbon dioxide fell 10% between 2000 to 2018, not 23%, and the electricity sector’s emissions dropped 23%, not 34%.See GallerySuggest a...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementThe lack of money in the Superfund gives polluters an advantage in negotiations with the EPA. With enough funding, the agency could fund cleanups on its own and stick companies that refuse to make a deal with hefty bills.AdvertisementBut companies know there isn’t enough in the Superfund to do that, so they drag talks with EPA enforcement out five, 10, even 20 years, said Judith Enck, a former regional EPA administrator in New York. And at a certain point, regional agency offices and...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementThe lack of money in the Superfund gives polluters an advantage in negotiations with the EPA. With enough funding, the agency could fund cleanups on its own and stick companies that refuse to make a deal with hefty bills.AdvertisementBut companies know there isn’t enough in the Superfund to do that, so they drag talks with EPA enforcement out five, 10, even 20 years, said Judith Enck, a former regional EPA administrator in New York. And at a certain point, regional agency offices and...WW…