View: Mr Biden, don’t blame us for calling coal coolNext time when John Kerry, Biden’s climate chargé d'affaires, flies in to lecture us about our side of the bargain, we should politely tell...
04 Sep, 2022, 11.37 PM IST
Bill Gates and the secret push to save Joe Biden’s climate billBill Gates started wooing Joe Manchin of West Virginia and other senators who might prove pivotal for clean-energy policy in 2019 over a me...
17 Aug, 2022, 02.02 PM IST
Biden to sign massive climate and health care legislationPresident Joe Biden will sign Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill on Tuesday, delivering what he has called the "final ...
17 Aug, 2022, 11.48 AM IST
US President Joe Biden to sign massive climate and health care legislationThe legislation includes the most substantial federal investment in history to fight climate change - some $375 billion over the decade - a...
16 Aug, 2022, 03.15 PM IST
What's in Joe Biden's big climate and health bill?$370 billion for clean energy, climate- If the legislation is passed, it will mark the biggest investment in US history in the fight agains...
06 Aug, 2022, 01.57 PM IST
Biden dials House Democrats to push $1.75 trillion billDemocrats want to pass the $1.75 trillion spending bill and a $1 trillion infrastructure measure that has already been approved by the Sena...
05 Nov, 2021, 07.30 AM IST
China hits back after Biden criticises Xi's COP26 no-showXi -- who leads the planet's largest emitter of the greenhouse gases responsible for climate change -- has not travelled outside of China s...
03 Nov, 2021, 02.56 PM IST
Biden signs bill ending furlough of 3,700 transportation workersSenators approved by unanimous consent a motion from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. and the chairman of the Finance Committee, to extend the expiri...
03 Oct, 2021, 08.02 AM IST
As deadline looms, Democrats scramble to avert US government shutdownThe Senate could vote on Wednesday or Thursday on a bipartisan resolution to fund federal operations through early December, Senate Democra...
29 Sep, 2021, 11.47 PM IST
US President Biden, world leaders try to hammer out next steps on climateEver-grimmer findings from scientists this year that the world is nearing the point where the level of climate damage from burning oil, gas...
17 Sep, 2021, 10.33 PM IST
Biden urges climate action: ‘We don’t have much more than 10 years’Centrist concerns over the size and scope of some proposed tax increases could force party leaders to pare back incentives for low-carbon e...
15 Sep, 2021, 12.30 PM IST
Bill Gates offers $1.5 bn in climate help, but has one requestGates wants US government to enact a program to cut carbon emissions currently working its way through Congress.
13 Aug, 2021, 06.32 PM IST
US senate passes sweeping $ 3.5 trillion spending planWith narrow majorities in both chambers of Congress, Democrats will need to craft a package that will win the support of both progressives ...
12 Aug, 2021, 07.53 AM IST
Climate Summit Day 2 message: Invest big for big payoffThe closing day of the two-day summit on climate change showcased Bill Gates and Mike Bloomberg, steelworker and electrical union leaders a...
23 Apr, 2021, 08.03 PM IST
US President Joe Biden pressed on emissions goal as climate summit nearsThe climate crisis poses a complex political challenge for Biden, since the problem is harder to see and far more difficult to produce meas...
19 Apr, 2021, 10.45 AM IST
President Joe Biden's first 50 days: Where he stands on key promises and goalsHe hits his 50th day in office on Wednesday as his administration eyes a major milestone: final congressional passage of his massive $1.9 t...
10 Mar, 2021, 11.08 AM IST
Joe Biden adjusting agenda to reflect narrow divide in CongressRather than immediately pursue ambitious legislation to combat climate change, the incoming administration may try to wrap provisions into ...
04 Dec, 2020, 12.04 PM IST