Lesley Clark
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Climate on trial: Montana youth take on state energy policy
Young people nationwide are suing government officials for failing to protect them from climate change. A lawsuit in Montana — where the state constitution → Read More
How a Philippine inquiry could shape global climate litigation
A human rights report from the Philippines could provide the basis for courts to hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate change, legal experts say. → Read More
ENERGY POLICY: 3 issues to watch with Biden and oil prices
A spike in oil and gasoline prices is touching off concerns about inflation and other long-term energy effects — and putting President Biden in a challenging political spot as he navigates between advocating for affordable pump prices and enacting climate policy. → Read More
GEOPOLITICS: Climate change could spark clashes between China, India
Climate change threatens to increase the potential for conflict between India and China, a new report warns. → Read More
DOE: 5 takeaways from the Granholm hearing
Senators yesterday pressed President Biden's nominee for Energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, on what his ambitious climate plans will mean for energy-rich states. → Read More
TRUMP LEGACY: Fossil-focused policies failed to hit brash energy goals
As President Trump leaves office tomorrow, former department chiefs, White House officials and analysts assess his energy legacy. → Read More
WHITE HOUSE: Trump eyes midnight energy rules at DOE, Interior
Analysts are anticipating a potential flurry of last-minute energy rollbacks, permitting decisions and new rules that could impinge on a Biden administration. → Read More
ENERGY POLICY: Trump 'no windows' comment draws fire
President Trump has tried to paint his presumptive Democratic presidential challenger as a radical environmentalist, including with a dark warning last week that under former Vice President Joe Biden, there would be "no windows" across the United States. → Read More
‘Part of the problem.’ With Senate in sights, Democrats plot run against how GOP runs D.C.
Democrats need to gain 4 seats, 3 if President Donald Trump loses reelection, to take control of the Senate away from Mitch McConnell & the Republican Party. This is how they plan to challenge incumbents. → Read More
Joe Biden gets defensive during debate over his work with Mitch McConnell
As Democrats debated Thursday, Joe Biden defended his propensity for insisting that he can work with Republicans, citing deals he struck with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell → Read More
In debate, Democrats turn to a popular target who’s not Donald Trump
Mitch McConnell got nearly as many mentions as Donald Trump at the first 2020 Democratic presidential primary, but none of the Democrats offered a way to deal with the influential Kentucky Republican → Read More
Under fire from Jon Stewart, Mitch McConnell tells 9/11 first responders he will help health bill
Mitch McConnell tells Sept. 11 first responders that the Senate will vote in August to reauthorize heath care benefits → Read More
Amid questions about Chao-McConnell influence, Kentucky road projects flourish under Trump
Kentucky, where Donald Trump won all but two of 120 counties in the 2016 election, has prospered under the Trump White House when it comes to transportation projects, landing 4 under Trump -- half as many as it landed under the Obama administration → Read More
McConnell to say he’s ‘confident’ Kelly Craft will deliver as UN ambassador
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he’s “confident” Kentucky’s Kelly Craft will make an excellent U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, despite skepticism in some quarters that the Republican fundraiser has a thin foreign policy resume → Read More
Dem-affiliated group wants to know if McConnell’s state got a sweetheart deal
A Democratic-affiliated group is asking for an investigation into whether Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao steered millions of dollars of federal grants to Kentucky road projects that could politically benefit her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is up for reelection in 2020 → Read More
Andy Barr goes to court to help defend Donald Trump’s border wall
Kentucky Republican Rep. Andy Barr is taking his support for Donald Trump to court. Barr, who represents the Lexington area, has filed briefs arguing that Trump got it right when he signed an emergency declaration to steer Pentagon to help build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. → Read More
Kentucky Republicans usually loyal to Trump warn him on tariffs against Mexico
Kentucky Republicans support President Donald Trump — but not his proposal to slap tariffs on Mexican exports. They warn the state’s auto industry, including Toyota, could be hurt → Read More
Kentucky aluminum mill says it’s not subject to national security review
The Treasury Department acknowledged national security concerns over Russian involvement in a Kentucky aluminum mill but Braidy Industries says its project is not subject to review by the multi-agency federal committee that looks at foreign involvement in the U.S. → Read More
Treasury gives nod to Democrats’ national security concerns over Ky. aluminum mill
Treasury won’t say if a controversial Kentucky aluminum plant that got an infusion of money from a Kremlin-linked company will undergo a national security review. But it notes it has expanded reviews to address “growing national security concerns.” → Read More
To beat Matt Bevin, Andy Beshear will have to take on Donald Trump
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin is tying himself to Donald Trump in order to win reelection despite his low approval numbers. → Read More