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This Tariff Could Be Biden’s Best Climate Change Tool

President Joe Biden has plans to fight climate change with clean energy mandates, investments in electric vehicles and tough new limits on greenhouse gas emissions. But his most potent weapon against global warming may be a so-called border adj.....»»

Category: topSource: washpostMay 21st, 2021

Capitol Report: Biden orders federal climate-risk financial strategy, with implications for homeowners, pensions and government contracts

President Biden is mandating a federal government strategy to quantify climate-change risks to public and private financial assets......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMay 20th, 2021

Viewpoint: Biden"s big infrastructure, climate plan breeds hope

One local CEO finds hope in the president's plan and what it could mean for climate change. Here's his arguments......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 13th, 2021

Biden’s climate change plan may not nix cheeseburgers, but science says beef should be on the chopping block

Biden’s climate change plan does not suggest cutting beef consumption by 90 percent......»»

Category: topSource: washpostApr 26th, 2021

The Margin: No, Biden isn’t coming for your burgers as he pushes climate-change agenda

No, President Biden has not banned beef as part of an updated policy to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchApr 26th, 2021

: Biden’s Earth Day summit: New 2030 emissions target and all that’s expected in push to restore climate credentials

Climate change has been a key topic in President Joe Biden's first 100 days in office and now the administration looks to reclaim a leadership position in the fight to slow man-made global warming with a closely watched global summit......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchApr 21st, 2021

: As Kerry secures climate pledge with China, here’s what else to watch for at Biden’s Earth Day summit

Climate change has been a key topic in President Joe Biden's first 100 days in office and now the administration looks to reclaim a leadership position in the fight to slow man-made global warming with a closely watched global summit......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchApr 18th, 2021

Why the World Awaits Biden’s Pledge on Climate Change

The U.S. is developing a new goal for reducing greenhouse gases, a required step after President Joe Biden rejoined the Paris Agreement. Biden says America’s new commitment -- officially known as a nationally determined contribution, or NDC -- .....»»

Category: topSource: washpostApr 6th, 2021

Biden’s climate order prompts GOP Senator to demand answers from Export-Import Bank

Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania is demanding answers about how the Export-Import Bank plans to implement President Biden’s climate change orders, FOX Business has learned......»»

Category: topSource: foxnewsMar 22nd, 2021

Biden advisors reportedly plan $3 trillion more spending on infrastructure, universal pre-K, climate change initiatives

Biden may split up a massive infrastructure bill into separate legislative pieces to fulfill his economic agenda, according to a report. President Joe Biden. Evan Vucci/AP Joe Biden's econ.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 22nd, 2021

Market Extra: The clean-energy ETF sell-off may be a buying opportunity

Clean-energy funds have sold off in recent weeks but have long-term growth potential, especially under the Biden Administration, which will prioritize tackling climate change and infrastructure spending......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMar 11th, 2021

America has a valuable chance to reimagine our food system as a force to combat climate change

Under a more progressive administration, now is the time to rethink our food and agriculture industries into a tool that fights climate change. .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderFeb 27th, 2021

Capitol Report: Biden matches Obama’s ‘social cost of carbon’ for now — it’s a figure roughly 50 times greater than Trump’s

President Biden’s climate-change team is temporarily returning to numbers used by the Obama administration to assign monetary value to curbing greenhouse gas emissions --- at $51 per ton......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchFeb 26th, 2021

Key Words: ‘No sturm und drang of Beltway debates,’ let cities and states push own climate-change innovation, say Bloomberg and Pope

One of the most important steps the Biden administration can take is to empower cities and states to pursue their own climate agendas --- and don’t allow industry to block them, Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope write......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchFeb 24th, 2021

Capitol Report: Biden focuses on climate and COVID in meeting with Canada’s Trudeau

President Joe Biden unveiled a new “roadmap” with Canada during his meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as the two allies agreed to cooperate on combating the coronavirus pandemic and climate change......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchFeb 23rd, 2021

Capitol Report: Biden to focus on climate and COVID in meeting with Canada’s Trudeau

President Joe Biden is set to unveil a new “roadmap” with Canada during his meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as the two allies plan to cooperate on combatting the coronavirus pandemic and climate change......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchFeb 23rd, 2021

Why Biden Is Reviving Climate Change’s Magic Number

It’s a number with a name its inventors concede is baffling. But it may also be, as many in the field have called it, the most important number you’ve never heard of. The “social cost of carbon,” or SCC, was created to show policy makers the g.....»»

Category: topSource: washpostFeb 13th, 2021

Biden climate change fight to fuel commodities supercycle

Loose monetary and fiscal policy and President Biden's climate change fight will boost commodities prices......»»

Category: topSource: foxnewsFeb 12th, 2021

Market Extra: Energy stocks and bonds shine after brutal slump, even as Biden moves to curb fossil fuels

The Biden administration wants to steer the American economy away from fossil fuels that contribute to climate change. So why are oil prices and energy stocks and bonds rallying?.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchFeb 4th, 2021

USDA Secretary of Agriculture nominee Tom Vilsack clears first hurdle, says he will focus on climate change

Biden's USDA nominee Tom Vilsack will focus on climate change, racial equity and combatting the effects of the pandemic.....»»

Category: topSource: washpostFeb 2nd, 2021

With hunger surging and farms in crisis, Biden’s controversial USDA nominee lays out his plans

Biden's USDA nominee Tom Vilsack will focus on climate change, racial equity and combatting the effects of the pandemic.....»»

Category: topSource: washpostFeb 2nd, 2021