Three major oil and gas firms ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron suffered hits in court and among their own investors Wednesday, amid pressure for businesses and governments to seriously curtail emissions that drive climate change. William Brangham explores the significance of the hits with Dr. Leah Stokes, a political scientist with expertise in environmental and energy policy.
President Joe Biden is expected to soon face crucial decisions over his domestic agenda as his commitment to aggressive action on climate change and care
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WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is expected to soon face crucial decisions over his domestic agenda as his commitment to aggressive action on climate change and care for the elderly collides with his push for a bipartisan infrastructure deal. In multiple rounds of talks, Republican lawmakers have held firm in opposition against key White House plans to address the changing climate, add $400 billion in funding for eldercare, and a slew of other domestic priorities the administration is pushing for families and children. The GOP is set to affirm its opposition around 9 a.m. Thursday, when lawmakers led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., are expected to present Biden their latest counter-offer. This could amount to a plan as large as $1 trillion that Republicans have said would be focused on roads, bridges, pipes and other forms of traditional infrastructure.
President Joe Biden has largely delivered on his campaign promise to make curbing climate change a top priority, delighting liberals but irking Republicans who expected a more centrist course given the deal-making profile he cast as a senator.