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UAW Strike Exposes Tensions Between Biden’s Goals Of Tackling Climate Change And Supporting Unions

Associated Press Two of President Joe Biden ‘s top goals — fighting climate change and expanding the middle class by supporting unions — are colliding in the key battleground state of Michigan as the United Auto Workers go on strike against the country’s biggest car companies.

Energy Department Grants Incentivize Construction Of Buildings That Pull CO2 From Air

CBS News The idea that buildings should be constructed with an eye to slowing climate change by making them carbon neutral is being superseded by the development of even more ambitious technologies that aim to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, making them carbon negative.

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Biden Administration Launches Plans To Replenish Strategic Petroleum Reserve

CBS News The Biden administration is initiating plans to replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the U.S. emergency oil supply that the country is currently tapping into at historic rates to boost the oil supply on the market and mitigate prices at the pump.

Biden Administration Launches Plans To Replenish Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Incandescent Light Bulbs Being Phased Out To Save Energy

Associated Press The Biden administration is scrapping old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs, speeding an ongoing trend toward more efficient lighting that officials say will save households, schools and businesses billions of dollars a year.

Incandescent Light Bulbs Being Phased Out To Save Energy

Light Bulb Rule Ensures Brighter Future, Energy Chief Says

Biden Launches $6B Effort To Save Distressed Nuclear Plants

Associated Press The Biden administration is launching a $6 billion effort to save nuclear power plants at risk of closing, citing the need to continue nuclear energy as a carbon-free source of power that helps to combat climate change.

Biden Launches $6B Effort To Save Distressed Nuclear Plants

Dan Brouillette Confirmed As Next Secretary Of The U.S. Department of Energy

News On 6 The Senate on Monday confirmed Dan Brouillette as the next U.S. energy secretary.

Dan Brouillette Confirmed As Next Secretary Of The U.S. Department of Energy

News On 6 The Senate on Monday confirmed Dan Brouillette as the next U.S. energy secretary.

Trump Says 'Coal Is Back,' But Use Of The Rock At A 41-Year Low

News 9 President Donald Trump likes to tout coal, calling it "indestructible" and proclaiming that "coal is back." Around the U.S., use of the fossil fuel shows a different trend: Coal consumption is at its lowest level in more than 40 years.

Trump Says 'Coal Is Back,' But Use Of The Rock At A 41-Year Low

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Report Shows President Trump Made Money From OK Wind Farms

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Several energy companies with Oklahoma ties, including wind power companies, helped President Donald Trump amass $1.4 billion in wealth, according to a newly released record of his finances by the Office of Government Ethics.

Report Shows President Trump Made Money From OK Wind Farms

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Atomic Scientists Move Doomsday Clock Closer To Midnight

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For the first time in the 70-year history of the Doomsday Clock, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board has moved the hands of the iconic clock 30 seconds closer to midnight, putting it at two and a half minutes to midnight.

Atomic Scientists Move Doomsday Clock Closer To Midnight

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Trump Contradicts Settled Science On Climate Change

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Donald Trump said again on Sunday that he is “open-minded” about climate change -- but also that “nobody really knows” the truth about the issue, which contradicts the fact that there is near-universal scientific agreement on the issue.