For climate Progressives, Biden s $2.25 trillion isn t enough
Leslie Kaufman and Brian Eckhouse, Bloomberg
April 1, 2021
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President Joe Biden delivers a speech on infrastructure spending at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in Pittsburgh.Evan Vucci/AP
(Bloomberg) As a candidate, Joe Biden garnered nearly unanimous support from environmentalists, progressives, and clean energy advocates for his promise to reconfigure the U.S. economy for the fight against climate change.
But as president, his $2.25 trillion jobs-and-infrastructure blueprint released Wednesday and meant to fulfill much of that campaign pledge received a much less harmonious welcome.
“Today I find myself caught between two truths,” said Varshini Prakash, executive director of the youth climate activist group the Sunrise Movement. “This infrastructure plan is a historic step forward that would not have been possible without us,” she said, referring t
Cheniere to provide LNG cargo emissions data
Christine Buurma, Bloomberg
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Cheniere Energy s Sabine Pass export terminal in LouisianaLindsey Janies, stf / Washington Post
Cheniere Energy Inc. has become the latest big supplier of liquefied natural gas to say it will provide customers with emissions data as concern grows over the fuel’s contributions to climate change.
The data will quantify the estimated greenhouse gas emissions from wellhead to delivery point for LNG cargoes produced at Cheniere’s Sabine Pass export terminal in Louisiana and its Corpus Christi terminal in Texas, the company said Wednesday in a statement.
Suppliers of the fuel are under increasing pressure from investors and environmental groups to disclose emissions. Earlier this month, Chevron Corp. signed a long-term supply deal with Singapore’s Pavilion Energy Pte that details each cargo’s carbon footprint.
U.S. energy crisis leaves millions without power in big freeze
Brian K. Sullivan and Naureen S. Malik, Bloomberg
Feb. 16, 2021
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Pump jacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas, U.S, on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. The arctic freeze gripping the central U.S. is raising the specter of power outages in Texas and ratcheting up pressure on energy prices already trading at unprecedented levels. Photographer: Matthew Busch/BloombergMatthew Busch/Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) The energy crisis crippling power grids across the U.S. showed no sign of abating on Tuesday morning as blackouts left almost 5 million customers without electricity during unprecedented cold weather.
Biden to bar Keystone pipeline within hours of taking office
Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Ari Natter, Bloomberg
Jan. 20, 2021
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Canadian pipeline operator TC Energy is moving forward with plans to build the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline, a project to move heavy crude oil from the tar sands region of Canada to Nebraska where it will then move on to refineries in Illinois and along the Gulf Coast. TC Energy
Joe Biden will cancel the Keystone XL oil pipeline hours after becoming president on Wednesday, killing once again a cross-border project that had won a four-year reprieve under his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump.