Tag: Energy and Environment

This May 21, 2018, photo shows a row of dishwashers for sale at Lowe's Home Improvement store in East Rutherford, N.J.

Energy and Environment

Frustrated users back agency move to allow dishwashers that clean and dry in an hour

Abby Smith · October 19, 2019 4:00 am

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Friday that told EPA head Gina McCarthy that the "war on coal" needs to stop. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

3 Democrats help sink Chuck Schumer effort to kill EPA repeal of Obama power rule

Abby Smith · October 17, 2019 5:10 pm

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., center, speaks to reporters following the weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 9, 2019.

Energy and Environment

Schumer to force vote on Trump gutting of Obama Clean Power Plan

Josh Siegel · October 10, 2019 8:30 pm

In this July 31, 2015 photo, a lone saguaro looms over the entrance of the Picacho Peak State Park in Picacho, Arizona.

‘Saguaros are very close to humans’: Outrage as cacti bulldozed for border wall

Tim Pearce · October 7, 2019 8:28 pm

Beltway Confidential

The Trump administration should end, not expand, the ethanol mandate

Nicolas Loris · October 6, 2019 11:00 am

This shows equipment inside a pilot plant in Scotland, South Dakota, that turns corn cobs into cellulosic ethanol, a precursor to a commercial-scale biorefinery planned for Emmetsburg, Iowa.

America first? Biofuel proposal would increase imports & threaten US jobs

Chet Thompson · September 27, 2019 2:25 pm

Protesters block the intersection of K and 16th Street NW, near the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. A broad coalition of climate and social justice organizations are disrupting the morning rush hour commute.

Energy and Environment

You don’t need to block DC traffic to slash pollution

Ross Marchand · September 26, 2019 12:00 am

Protesters block traffic near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Climate protesters: If you want to save the planet, you should support capitalism not socialism

Jason Pye · September 25, 2019 7:53 pm

Radiohead held a concert in Israel on Wednesday. (Photo by Grant Pollard/Invision/AP)

‘You’re right, I’m a hypocrite’: Rock star confesses climate change sins

Julio Rosas · September 24, 2019 1:37 am

Protesters block traffic near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019.

‘More than worth it’: Climate protesters justify snarling DC traffic and forcing cars to idle

Julio Rosas · September 23, 2019 9:08 pm

People participate in a Youth Climate Strike march in Washington D.C, Friday, September 20, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

The climate change protests are a Trojan horse for socialism

Brad Polumbo · September 23, 2019 7:54 pm

Brett Kavanaugh, appeals court judge, speaks after being nominated as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, July 9, 2018. TrumpÂ said he would nominate Kavanaugh for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, a choice that could create the most conservative court in generations and threaten landmark rulings including the Roe v. Wade abortion-rights decision.

‘More important than a low-income worker’s job’: Climate protests ‘infuriate’ commuters

John Gage · September 23, 2019 5:23 pm