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2. John Hickenlooper on Climate Change: Where the Candidate Stands; How do the 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls compare on their climate history and promises to solve the crisis? ICN is analyzing their records

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Environmental history -- Environmental aspects, Political campaigns -- Environmental aspects, Global temperature changes -- Environmental aspects, Presidential candidates -- Environmental aspects, Democratic socialism -- Environmental aspects, Scientists, Petroleum exploration, Governors, Oil and gas leases, Climate change, Opposition (Political science), Socialism, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. 'For some reason, our party has been reluctant to express directly its opposition to democratic socialism. In fact, the Democratic field has not only failed [...]

Published
2019

3. Election 2020: The Candidates' Climate Change Positions and Accomplishments; How do the Democratic presidential hopefuls compare on their climate actions and promises to solve the crisis? With the debates coming, ICN analyzes their records

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Campaign debates, Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- 2020 AD, Presidential candidates -- Environmental policy -- Political activity, Presidential elections (United States) -- 2020 AD, Environmental issues, Democratic Party (United States) -- Officials and employees
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. Anyone who views the climate crisis as a compelling issue can only be frustrated by how it has been handled in presidential debates over the [...]

Published
2019

4. Cory Booker on Climate Change: Where the Candidate Stands; How do the 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls compare on their climate history and promises to solve the crisis? ICN is analyzing their records

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
United States. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works, Legislators -- Political aspects, Environmental history -- Political aspects, Political campaigns, Global temperature changes -- Political aspects, Presidential candidates -- Political aspects, Glaciers, International negotiations, Oceans, Climate change, Agricultural land, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. 'The opposite of justice is not injustice, it's inaction, indifference, apathy.' --Cory Booker, (https://twitter.com/corybooker/status/1054688951167041543?lang=en) October 2018 Been There Sen. Cory Booker traveled to Paris during [...]

Published
2019

5. Trump's Weaker Clean Power Plan Replacement Won't Stop Coal's Decline; The EPA concedes its new plan for regulating power plant emissions would be only a tiny fraction cleaner than having no regulation at all

Author

Cushman Jr., John H. and Lavelle, Marianne

Subjects
Power plants, Electric power-plants, Coal-fired power plants, Global temperature changes, Air quality management -- Planning, Carbon dioxide -- Planning, Air pollution, Company business planning, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr., Marianne Lavelle The Trump administration on Wednesday executed its long-anticipated retreat from the Obama administration's signature plan to tackle climate change by cutting emissions from [...]

Published
2019

6. Biden's Climate Plan Embraces Green New Deal, Goes Beyond Obama-Era Ambition; The presidential candidate's plan aims for net zero emissions by 2050, clean energy investments and efforts at a just transition for fossil fuel-heavy communities

Author

Lavelle, Marianne and Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Green technology, Global temperature changes, Energy minerals, Fossil fuels, Presidential candidates, Air pollution, Investments, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: Marianne Lavelle , John H. Cushman Jr. Releasing his campaign's first (https://joebiden.com/Climate/) official platform on climate change on Tuesday, former Vice President Joe Biden moved well beyond the outdated [...]

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2019

7. Middle America's Low-Hanging Carbon: The Search for Greenhouse Gas Cuts from the Grid, Agriculture and Transportation; Reporters in 14 newsrooms across the Midwest teamed up with InsideClimate News to explore local solutions to climate change

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Electric vehicles, Coal fired power plants, Journalists, Air pollution, Global temperature changes, Renewable energy, Farmers, Automobile industry, Medical practice, Automotive industry, Electric cars, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. To read the stories in this series, (http://insideclimatenews.org/midwest-reporting-network) click here. The American Midwest is at a turning point as it confronts the global climate crisis. [...]

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2019

8. Humanity Faces a Biodiversity Crisis. Climate Change Makes It Worse. People are destroying the world's natural wealth so fast that society must change radically to meet development goals, the UN says in a landmark scientific report

Author

Shankman, Sabrina, Gustin, Georgina, and Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Biodiversity -- Reports, Global temperature changes -- Reports, Land use, Climate change, Introduced species, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: Sabrina Shankman, Georgina Gustin, John H. Cushman Jr. Humanity faces a biodiversity crisis just as profound as the climate crisis, and time is just as short for the urgent [...]

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2019

9. As Congress Launches Month of Climate Hearings, GOP Bashes Green New Deal; In their first House committee hearings since taking control, Democrats stressed the urgency of action on climate change. They still face long odds

Author

Kusnetz, Nicholas and Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Political parties -- Environmental aspects, Global temperature changes -- Political aspects -- Environmental aspects, Hearings -- Environmental aspects -- Political aspects, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: Nicholas Kusnetz , John H. Cushman Jr. With Democrats now in charge, two key committees in the U.S. House of Representatives used their first hearings of the year on [...]

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2019

10. The Farm Bureau: Big Oil's Unnoticed Ally Fighting Climate Science and Policy; While big oil and gas companies provided the cash for anti-regulation campaigns, the farm lobby offered up a sympathetic face: the American farmer

Author

Banerjee, Neela, Gustin, Georgina, and Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Carbon taxes -- Political aspects, Agricultural industry -- Political activity -- Political aspects -- Prices and rates, Lobbying -- Political aspects, Energy minerals -- Prices and rates, Fossil fuels -- Prices and rates, Farmers -- Political activity -- Political aspects, Company pricing policy, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: Neela Banerjee, Georgina Gustin, John H. Cushman Jr. When Republican Rep. Steve Scalise stepped to the dais in the U.S. House of Representatives in July and implored his colleagues [...]

Published
2018

11. 2017's Extreme Heat, Flooding Carried Clear Fingerprints of Climate Change; <a href='/news/28112018/health-climate-change-impact-lancet-medical-report-heat-dengue-malaria-pollution'>World Health Leaders: Climate Change Is Putting Lives, Health Systems at Risk</a>

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Extreme weather -- Forecasts and trends, Climate change -- Forecasts and trends, Hot weather -- Forecasts and trends, Rain, Global temperature changes, Dengue fever, Scientists, Public health, Malaria, Weather, Health care industry, Floods, Hurricanes, Global warming, Market trend/market analysis, Environmental issues, American Meteorological Society -- Reports
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr.Many of the world's most extreme weather events witnessed in 2017, from Europe's 'Lucifer' heat wave to Hurricane Harvey's record-breaking rainfall, were made much more likely [...]

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2018

12. How the Farm Bureau's Climate Agenda Is Failing Its Farmers; That agenda has left farmers ill-prepared to cope with effects of climate change--droughts, heat and storms--while neglecting a key climate solution

Author

Gustin, Georgina, Banerjee, Neela, and Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Agricultural industry -- Environmental aspects -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- Economic aspects, Environmental issues, American Farm Bureau Federation -- Political activity
Abstract

Byline: Georgina Gustin, Neela Banerjee, John H. Cushman Jr. The first in a series on agriculture, climate change and the American Farm Bureau's influence. Donald J. Trump's inaugural crowd may [...]

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2018

13. 5 Ways Trump's Clean Power Rollback Strips Away Health, Climate Protections; By redefining the 'best system' to control climate pollution from power plants, EPA is reversing course to boost coal at the expense of people and planet

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Laws, regulations and rules, Coal-fired power plants -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects, Climatic changes, Government regulation, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. The Trump administration has proposed to replace the nation's landmark climate regulations with a watered-down version that would do next to nothing to reduce greenhouse [...]

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2018

14. Carbon Tax and the Art of the Deal: Time for Some Horse-Trading; Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo has introduced a carbon tax bill in Congress. What would he have to trade to win enough votes for it to pass?

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Carbon taxes -- Political aspects, Bills, Legislative -- Political aspects, Tax policy -- Political aspects, Emissions (Pollution) -- Political aspects, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. When a Republican introduced legislation in Congress on Monday to put a tax on carbon dioxide emissions even those who spoke approvingly of the bill [...]

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2018

15. Zombie Coal Plants Show Why Trump's Emergency Plan Is No Cure-All; Two old Virginia power plants already operate under federal emergency authority. They don't meet pollution standards, and one failed and has been offline for weeks

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Power plants, Nuclear energy -- Standards, Pollution, Electric power-plants, Coal-fired power plants, Environmental law, Zombies, Emergency management, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. Yorktown, where Lord Cornwallis accepted General Washington's victory to end the American Revolution, would seem like an appropriate spot for a surrender in the war [...]

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2018

16. The Post-Kennedy Supreme Court: What 2 Dissents on Climate Rules Tell Us; What frightens environmental advocates is how far out of step conservative justices have been with science in the past. It showed in Massachusetts v. EPA

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Global temperature changes, Air quality management, Air pollution, Environmental protection, Environmentalists, Environmental issue, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. To see why environmentalists are panicking about who President Donald Trump may put in the Supreme Court seat being vacated by Justice Anthony Kennedy, just [...]

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2018

17. 4 Decades Out of Date, Federal Coal Lease Program's Impact Statement Lives On; The program's environmental review was in 1979, before coal's impact on climate change was well understood. A court just rejected activists' push for a new review

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Global warming, Leases, Environmentalists, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. A federal appeals court has dealt a setback to environmentalists trying to force the Interior Department to reconsider the climate impacts of its coal leasing [...]

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2018

18. There's No Power Grid Emergency Requiring a Coal Bailout, Regulators Say; The idea that the power grid is so frail it's become a national security crisis got little support from FERC commissioners testifying before Congress

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Nuclear energy -- Political aspects, Nuclear power plants -- Political aspects, National security -- Political aspects, Independent regulatory commissions -- Political aspects, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. The top regulators of the nation's power grid told Congress on Tuesday that they see no immediate national security emergency to justify propping up coal [...]

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2018

19. Pruitt Starts Rewriting How EPA Weighs Costs, Benefits of Regulation; The proposed changes would downplay human health and climate benefits of environmental regulations in favor of cutting costs for polluting industries

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Government regulation of business -- Economic aspects, Cost benefit analysis -- Economic aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pesticides policy -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Global warming -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Coal-fired power plants -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Energy minerals -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Fossil fuels -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Refuse and refuse disposal -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Government regulation, Cost benefit analysis, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. The Environmental Protection Agency took its first step on Thursday toward a comprehensive overhaul of the cost-benefit calculations that underpin the entire array of its [...]

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2018

20. Urgent Climate Action Required to Protect Tens of Thousands of Species Worldwide, New Research Shows; Limiting global warming to 2 degrees and not the more ambitious 1.5 degrees would put far more species at risk of extinction. Insects are especially vulnerable

Author

Cushman Jr., John H. and Banerjee, Neela

Subjects
Biological diversity conservation -- Research -- Protection and preservation -- Reports -- Environmental aspects, Global warming -- Reports -- Protection and preservation -- Environmental aspects -- Research, Extinction (Biology) -- Protection and preservation -- Research -- Environmental aspects -- Reports, Endangered species -- Reports -- Protection and preservation -- Environmental aspects -- Research, Air pollution -- Research -- Protection and preservation -- Environmental aspects -- Reports, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr., Neela Banerjee Humanity can powerfully improve the survival odds of tens of thousands of species, but only if nations dramatically raise their ambitions in the [...]

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2018

21. World Agrees to Cut Shipping Emissions 50 Percent by 2050; The new International Maritime Organization agreement to shrink shipping's climate impact is a first. Island states facing sea level rise say it's still too weak

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Greenhouse gases -- Control -- Environmental aspects, Shipping industry -- Environmental aspects, Air quality management -- Laws, regulations and rules, Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects, Emissions (Pollution) -- Environmental aspects -- Control, Government regulation, Environmental issues, International Maritime Organization -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. The UN's International Maritime Organization has approved the world's first broad agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions from worldwide ocean shipping and said it hopes [...]

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2018

22. Shell Knew Fossil Fuels Created Climate Change Risks Back in 1980s, Internal Documents Show; A trove of documents shows the oil company's scientists urged its leaders to heed the warnings. That could now play into lawsuits over global warming

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Global warming, Energy minerals, Fossil fuels, Atmospheric carbon dioxide, Scientists, Air pollution, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. Internal company documents uncovered by a Dutch news organization show that the oil giant Shell had a deep understanding, dating at least to the 1980s, [...]

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2018

23. Why EPA's Effort to Weaken Fuel Efficiency Standards Could be Trump's Most Climate-Damaging Move Yet; Weakening the CAFE auto standards could delay action on climate change for a generation -- and launch a legal battle with California now

Author

Lavelle, Marianne and Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Global temperature changes, Energy efficiency, Energy management systems -- Standards -- Energy use, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: Marianne Lavelle , John H. Cushman Jr. By hitting the brakes on the decades-long drive to reduce automotive carbon emissions, President Donald Trump's administration has taken its most consequential [...]

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2018

24. Utility Giant FirstEnergy Calls for Emergency Subsidy, Says It Can't Compete; FirstEnergy echoed Rick Perry's 'grid reliability' argument, saying its coal and nuclear plants can't be allowed to lose out to cheaper renewables and natural gas

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Business plans, Nuclear power plants -- Planning, Natural gas -- Planning, Coal-fired power plants, Business planning, Alternative energy sources, Company business planning, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. Deep in debt and undercut in the marketplace by renewable power, the big utility company FirstEnergy appealed to the Trump administration on Thursday to use [...]

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2018

25. Judge Rejects Exxon's Attempt to Shut Down Climate Fraud Investigations; The federal judge called Exxon's claim that its free speech rights were being violated by the state investigations 'a wild stretch of logic.'

Author

Cushman Jr., John H. and Hasemyer, David

Subjects
Global temperature changes -- Investigations, Freedom of speech -- Investigations, Fraud investigation -- Investigations, Financial misrepresentations -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr., David Hasemyer With a sharp rebuke, a federal judge rejected Exxon's attempt to shut down two state investigations into whether the oil giant misled investors [...]

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2018

26. 8 Answers to the Judge's Climate Change Questions in Cities vs. Fossil Fuels Case; San Francisco and Oakland want to hold fossil fuel companies liable for sea level rise costs. In an unusual move, the judge ordered a climate tutorial for the court

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Toxic torts -- Cases, Petroleum industry -- Environmental aspects -- Cases, Briefs, Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- Economic aspects, Company legal issue, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. Judicial review is about to meet peer review in a federal courtroom in San Francisco, where sparring cities and fossil fuel companies have been called [...]

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2018

27. Climate Contrarians Try to Slip Their Views into U.S. Court's Science Tutorial; The judge in the cities' lawsuit against fossil fuel companies has ordered the contrarians to reveal who paid for their research and any connections to the case

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Meteorologists -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Briefs, Petroleum industry -- Environmental aspects -- Cases, Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- Economic aspects, Company legal issue, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. Prominent climate contrarians are seeking to insert their views into an unusual science tutorial scheduled to be held in federal court on Wednesday by offering [...]

Published
2018

28. No Drop in U.S. Carbon Footprint Expected Through 2050, Energy Department Says; <a href='/news/06022018/carbon-capture-storage-geoengineering-no-silver-bullet-global-warming-eu-science-academy'>We Can Pull CO2 from Air, But It's No Silver Bullet for Climate Change, Scientists Warn</a>

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
United States. Energy Information Administration -- Reports, Emissions (Pollution) -- Forecasts and trends, Ecological footprint -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. The carbon footprint of the United States will barely go down at all for the foreseeable future and will be slightly higher in 2050 than [...]

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2018

29. Exxon Reports on Climate Risk and Sees Almost None; <a href='/news/31052017/exxon-shareholder-climate-change-disclosure-resolution-approved'>Exxon Shareholders Approve Climate Resolution: 62% Vote for Disclosure</a>

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Exxon Mobil Corp. -- Reports -- Company forecasts, Petroleum industry -- Reports -- Company forecasts, Fossil fuels -- Forecasts and trends, Emissions (Pollution) -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Company business forecast/projection, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. In a new climate risk report that had been (https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31052017/exxon-shareholder-climate-change-disclosure-resolution-approved) requested by its investors, ExxonMobil writes that keeping global warming below 2 degrees Celsius might [...]

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2018

30. 1.5 Degrees Warming and the Search for Climate Justice for the Poor; <a href='/news/26122017/climate-change-science-2017-year-review-evidence-impact-faster-more-extreme'> Climate Change Is Happening Faster Than Expected, and It's More Extreme </a>

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Environmental policy -- Forecasts and trends, Climate change -- Forecasts and trends -- Environmental aspects -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects, Environmental justice -- Reports -- Forecasts and trends -- International aspects, Market trend/market analysis, Environmental issues, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2015, United Nations -- Reports
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. A far-reaching report being drafted by the United Nations' authoritative climate science panel explores in comprehensive detail the (https://insideclimatenews.org/topic/environmental-justice) environmental justice, poverty and other human [...]

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2018

31. U.S. Regulators Reject Trump's 'Multi-Billion-Dollar Bailout' for Coal Plants; <table class='sticky-enabled'> <thead><tr><th>Attachment</th><th>Size</th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr class='odd'><td><img class='file-icon' alt='PDF icon' title='application/pdf' src='/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png' /> <a href='https://insideclimatenews.org/sites/default/files/20180108-3061-32617655.pdf' type='application/pdf; length=88269' title='20180108-3061-32617655.pdf'>FERC Grid Reliability Decision January 2018</a></td><td>86.2 KB</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
United States. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission -- Powers and duties, Fossil fuels -- Supply and demand, Coal fired power plants -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Energy security -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects, Electric utilities -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Government regulation, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday unanimously rejected a Trump administration gambit that would have favored the coal industry by rewarding electric companies for [...]

Published
2018

32. Exxon Agrees to Disclose Climate Risks Under Pressure from Investors; <a href='/news/15092015/Exxons-own-research-confirmed-fossil-fuels-role-in-global-warming'>Exxon's Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels' Role in Global Warming Decades Ago</a>

Author

Cushman Jr., John H. and Hasemyer, David

Subjects
Exxon Mobil Corp. -- Records and correspondence -- Public relations, Petroleum industry -- Records and correspondence -- Public relations, Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Air pollution control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects, Global temperature changes -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects, Government regulation, Company public relations, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr., David Hasemyer Under pressure from investors, prosecutors and global regulators, ExxonMobil Corp. agreed on Monday to strengthen its analysis and disclosure of the risks its [...]

Published
2017

33. As Climate Talks Open, Federal Report Exposes U.S. Credibility Gap; <a href='/news/21092017/states-paris-trump-climate-change-alliance-leadership-jerry-brown-cuomo-inslee-nrdc-2050'>14 States: We're on Track to Meet Paris Climate Goals, Despite Trump</a>

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Environmental policy -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Climate change -- Reports -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Market trend/market analysis, Environmental issues, National Academy of Sciences -- Reports
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. As global (https://cop23.unfccc.int) climate talks resume this week, the U.S. is straddling a climate credibility gap, with the Trump administration's policies on one side of [...]

Published
2017

34. Coal War Games: How Pruitt and Perry are Working the System to Save Dirty Energy; <a href='/news/23082017/rggi-northeast-states-tighten-power-plant-emissions'>9 Eastern States Agree to Cut Power Plant Emissions an Extra 30%</a>

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Clean Power Plan -- Laws, regulations and rules, Coal fired power plants -- Laws, regulations and rules, Administrators (Management) -- Environmental policy, Secretaries of energy -- Energy policy, Government regulation, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. In two important policy moves, Scott Pruitt and Rick Perry are both seeking to defend the same fiefdom: coal's dwindling domain as the ruling fuel [...]

Published
2017

35. Court Orders New Climate Impact Analysis for 4 Gigantic Coal Leases; <a href='/news/28032017/trump-executive-order-climate-change-paris-climate-agreement-clean-power-plan-pruitt'>Trump's Executive Order: More Fossil Fuels, Regardless of Climate Change</a>

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
United States. Bureau of Land Management -- Cases, Federal courts -- Cases, President of the United States -- Energy policy -- Environmental policy, Coal industry -- Cases -- Environmental aspects, Company legal issue, Environmental issues, National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. A federal appeals court in Denver (http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/15/15-8109.pdf) told the Bureau of Land Management on Friday that its analysis of the climate impacts of four gigantic [...]

Published
2017

36. Energy Forecast Sees Global Emissions Growing, Thwarting Paris Climate Accord; <a href='/news/29062017/trump-american-energy-dominance-oil-gas-drilling-obama-climate-change-analysts'>Trump's 'Energy Dominance' Push Ignores Some Important Realities </a>

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Environmental policy -- Forecasts and trends, Emissions (Pollution) -- Environmental aspects, Market trend/market analysis, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. The U.S. government's energy forecasting branch issued its formal international prognosis on Thursday, and it paints a picture of a world still so addicted to [...]

Published
2017

37. Harvey's Damage in Heart of Texas Oil Country Creates Quandary for Congress; <a href='/news/11082017/climate-change-record-year-2016-drought-sea-level-co2-noaa'>Hot, Dry and Worrisome: 2016 Was a Record-Breaking Year for Climate</a>

Author

Lavelle, Marianne, Cushman Jr., John H., and Gustin, Georgina

Subjects
Hurricane Harvey, 2017 -- Political aspects -- Casualties, Natural disaster damage -- Political aspects, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: Marianne Lavelle , John H. Cushman Jr., Georgina Gustin Even as the floodwaters continue to rise in East Texas, it's clear that Hurricane Harvey will force a new reckoning [...]

Published
2017

38. Perry's Grid Study Calls for Easing Pollution Rules on Power Plants; <a href='/news/29062017/trump-american-energy-dominance-oil-gas-drilling-obama-climate-change-analysts'>Trump's 'Energy Dominance' Push Ignores Some Important Realities </a>

Author

Cushman Jr., John H. and Gustin, Georgina

Subjects
Electric power plants -- Environmental aspects, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr., Georgina Gustin A rush study on the reliability of the nation's electric grid ordered by Secretary of Energy (https://insideclimatenews.org/topic/rick-perry) Rick Perry concedes that the rapid [...]

Published
2017

39. Harvard Study Finds Exxon Misled Public about Climate Change; <a href='/content/Exxon-The-Road-Not-Taken'>Exxon: The Road Not Taken</a>

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Exxon Mobil Corp. -- Public relations, Petroleum industry -- Public relations, Climate change -- Forecasts and trends, Emissions (Pollution) -- Environmental aspects, Company public relations, Market trend/market analysis, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. A comprehensive, peer-reviewed (http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa815f) academic study of ExxonMobil's internal deliberations, scientific research and public rhetoric over the decades has confirmed empirically that the oil giant [...]

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2017

40. Speaking Truth to Power on Climate Change: Why the Report Leaked; <a href='/news/23122016/climate-change-effects-global-warming-science-donald-trump'>On Climate Change, Obama Lays Down a Scientific Gauntlet for Trump Administration</a>

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
United States. Global Change Research Program -- Reports, Climate change -- Environmental aspects -- Reports, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. The final draft of the U.S. Global Change Research Program's Climate Science Special Report, prepared and meticulously peer reviewed by dozens of federal climate scientists [...]

Published
2017

41. EPA Science Integrity Panel Says Pruitt's Climate Denial Is Permissible; <a href='/news/20072017/whistleblower-trump-intimidation-abuse-power-climate-scientists-joel-clement-zinke'>Whistleblower Case Shows How Trump Tries to Silence Science</a>

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Officials and employees, Global warming -- Causes of, Carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspects, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. An internal review by the Environmental Protection Agency has found that its administrator did not violate its scientific integrity policy when he contradicted a fundamental [...]

Published
2017

42. Climate at the G20: Six Degrees of U.S. Isolation; <a href='/news/06072017/g20-trump-merkel-climate-change-energy-action-plan-diplomacy'>G20 Summit: Climate Change Diplomacy in the Age of Trump Gets Complicated</a>

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
President of the United States -- Environmental policy -- Energy policy, Energy policy -- Environmental aspects, Environmental issues, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2015, G-20 -- Environmental policy
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. Why did the United States remain aloof last week from the climate change and energy policy (http://www.g20.utoronto.ca/2017/2017-g20-climate-and-energy.html) declaration that was agreed to by the rest [...]

Published
2017

43. Trump's 'Energy Dominance' Push Ignores Some Important Realities; <a href='/news/06012017/us-energy-climate-change-paris-agreement-exxon-donald-trump'>U.S. Energy Outlook: Sunny on the Trade Front, Murkier for the Climate </a>

Author

Lavelle, Marianne and Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
President of the United States -- Energy policy, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: Marianne Lavelle , John H. Cushman Jr. Mainstream experts in energy policy and finance reacted skeptically to the White House's carefully orchestrated energy policy hootenanny this week, as President [...]

Published
2017

44. Trump Names BP Oil Spill Lawyer, Climate Policy Foe as Top DOJ Environment Attorney; <a href='/topics/politics' typeof='skos:Concept' property='rdfs:label skos:prefLabel' datatype=''>Politics</a>

Author

Lavelle, Marianne and Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
United States. Department of Justice -- Officials and employees, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: Marianne Lavelle , John H. Cushman Jr. Jeffrey Bossert Clark, a lawyer who has repeatedly challenged the scientific foundations of U.S. climate policy and was part of a legal [...]

Published
2017

45. Paris Agreement: Trump's Climate Exit Risks U.S. Economy, World's Welfare; The U.S. backing out of its climate change commitments threatens to lock in prolonged and dangerous warming, raising the cost for future generations

Author

Cushman Jr., John H. and Hirji, Zahra

Subjects
Environmental policy -- Economic aspects, Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects, Climate change -- Environmental aspects -- Economic aspects, President of the United States -- Environmental policy -- Energy policy, Environmental issues, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2015
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr., Zahra Hirji By pulling the United States out of the (https://insideclimatenews.org/tags/paris-climate-agreement) Paris climate agreement, President (https://insideclimatenews.org/tags/donald-trump) Donald Trump has rolled a pair of dice, with [...]

Published
2017

46. Obama's Clean Power Plan: What to Know About the Newest Legal Showdown; If the Trump EPA gets its way, the Clean Power Plan could be left to die. Supporters of climate change action urged the court to give it a chance

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Environmental policy, Environmental policy -- Cases, Environmental associations -- Cases, Electric utilities -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects, Ex-presidents -- Environmental policy, Company legal issue, Government regulation, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. The litigious factions wrangling over the Clean Power Plan jockeyed for position in legal briefs filed at a federal appeals court on Monday, trying to [...]

Published
2017

47. Inside the White House War Over the Paris Climate Treaty; Reject or revise? Two factions within the Trump administration are battling it out, with Obama's Clean Power Plan at the heart of the debate

Author

Cushman Jr., John H. and Lavelle, Marianne

Subjects
Environmental policy -- Political aspects, President of the United States -- Environmental policy, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr., Marianne Lavelle Like Jean Valjean in the sewers, the White House is racing to elude the authorities of Paris, the city that gave its name [...]

Published
2017

48. Huge Climate March Crowds Protest Trump's Anti-Environment Actions; The People's Climate March, timed to Trump's 100th day as president, came amid a flurry of pro-fossil-fuel policy actions from the White House

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Environmental activists -- Demonstrations and protests, President of the United States -- Environmental policy, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. It might not be the largest crowd ever assembled on the National Mall, or the hottest spring day ever recorded in the nation's capital, but [...]

Published
2017

49. Trump's EPA Wins Advantage in Campaign to Dismantle Clean Power Plan; An appeals court agreed to delay ruling on the Obama plan to rein in global warming emissions

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
President of the United States -- Environmental policy -- Energy policy, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. A federal appeals court on Friday (https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/content/2017.04.28_order_granting_abeyance_cpp.pdf) temporarily granted the Trump administration's request to defer ruling on the validity of the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, [...]

Published
2017

50. Tens of Thousands March for Science and Against Threats to Climate Research; Scientists and their supporters who gathered to demonstrate in D.C. and in cities nationwide want government policies built on evidence and reason, not ideology

Author

Cushman Jr., John H.

Subjects
Climate change -- Research, President of the United States -- Environmental policy, Scientists -- Demonstrations and protests, Environmental research -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Environmental issues
Abstract

Byline: John H. Cushman Jr. WASHINGTON, D.C.--Tens of thousands of science supporters streamed through a steady rain to rally at the foot of the Washington Monument Saturday to demonstrate their [...]

Published
2017

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