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Republicans could get behind a green jobs program. Just not this one.
The Civilian Climate Corps was a broadly popular idea. How did it become so polarizing?
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![a series of circles with images inside. On the left, Joe Manchin illustrated. Then two bills, Infrastructure and Build Back Better, then Joe Biden]()
![a series of circles with images inside. On the left, Joe Manchin illustrated. Then two bills, Infrastructure and Build Back Better, then Joe Biden]()
What happened to Biden’s climate policy plans? A visual guide.
RIP Build Back Better (probably)
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EPA cuts through the smog with the strongest-ever clean car standards
While Build Back Better stalls, Biden tightens emissions on US cars.
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Build Back Better is stalled, and so are Biden’s ambitious climate plans
Americans were supposed to get clean energy tax credits for Christmas. Instead they're getting another shelved climate bill.
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![Animation: bear from California flag holding a net over smoke from smokestacks with smoke escaping net]()
How a debate over carbon capture derailed California’s landmark climate bill
The failed net-zero bill highlights some of the biggest tensions plaguing climate action around the world.
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The Biden administration said its drilling-lease spree in the Gulf was court-ordered. It wasn’t.
Leases that could lead to 600 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions didn't have to happen.
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Beyond reusing and recycling: How the US could actually reduce plastic production
Whether it’s a cap on production or a market mechanism, it’s likely to meet industry opposition.
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![Joe Biden sitting at a desk with a christmas tree in the background with a wink on his face]()
![Joe Biden sitting at a desk with a christmas tree in the background with a wink on his face]()
The U.S. has officially stopped financing new coal plants abroad
But it might keep propping them up at home.
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In a red-state first, Nebraska plans to decarbonize power sector by mid-century
There are some caveats, but it’s an ambitious goal for a state that currently gets more than half of its electricity from coal.
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Virginia’s governor-elect wants to get rid of cap-and-trade. There’s just one problem.
Glenn Youngkin's plan to ditch a regional carbon-cutting program could hit a roadblock.
