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Past articles by Jean:

Why EPA's huge social cost of carbon might fail to halt CO2

The agency’s proposal to quadruple the value of carbon might not strengthen regulations, cut fossil fuel production on federal lands or make buying → Read More

Meet Richard Revesz, Biden's choice for rules czar

The NYU law professor, who was nominated this month to head the White House's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, is expected to strengthen → Read More

Is Kigali the key to future climate legislation?

The climate amendment to the Montreal Protocol sailed through committee yesterday with GOP support. It raises tantalizing questions about whether future → Read More

EPA power plant rules could be part of bigger initiative

When EPA proposes its power plant rules for CO2 they might land as part of a larger package. → Read More

WHITE HOUSE: Climate to get first National Intelligence Estimate

U.S. spies, analysts and policymakers will write the country's first National Intelligence Estimate on climate change under an executive order President Biden plans to issue today. → Read More

TRANSITION: John Kerry brings gravitas, muscle to climate diplomacy

Former Secretary of State John Kerry would become the highest-ranking U.S. official ever to have a portfolio exclusively devoted to climate change when he joins President-elect Joe Biden's White House next year. → Read More

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: 'America is still segregated, and so is pollution'

Residents of Africatown, Ala., trace industrial pollution in their community to the last ship that brought Africans to slavery in the U.S. in 1860. Local activist Joe Womack says land deals by the descendants of the slave ship's captain have direct links to dirty air and water today. "I imagine," he says, "that's probably the same thing in a lot of areas where Blacks live." → Read More

GEOPOLITICS: In Britain, it's nationalism minus the climate denial

Denials of climate change have frequently hitched a ride with nationalism. Britain, it turns out, is an exception to that rule. → Read More

New Trump rule would allow government to ignore climate impacts of major projects

Proposal aims to unravel years of work by Obama administration → Read More

ANALYSIS: Trump expands attack on Calif. climate programs

The Trump administration yesterday expanded its campaign to neutralize California's political leadership on climate change, this time by taking aim at its global influence. → Read More

EPA: Here's how emissions could rise under the methane rule

Most of the oil and gas sector's methane emissions would fall outside of regulation if EPA carries out plans to weaken Obama-era rules for the sector. → Read More

EPA: Here's how emissions could rise under the methane rule

Most of the oil and gas sector's methane emissions would fall outside of regulation if EPA carries out plans to weaken Obama-era rules for the sector. → Read More

EPA: Trump's changes to science might not last

The Trump administration's attempt to overhaul the way EPA does science may not have a long shelf life, according to former officials. → Read More

REGULATIONS: EPA found a 'typo' in its carbon rule. Why it matters

When EPA released its Affordable Clean Energy rule last month, it appeared to leave Alaska, Hawaii and U.S. territories out of its cost-benefit analysis. → Read More

EPA: Here comes the carbon rule. What to know

EPA is expected to finalize its power plant carbon rule next week, according to multiple sources. It completes a two-year process to replace an Obama-era regulation with an industry-friendly substitute. → Read More

EMISSIONS: What Brexit means for the climate

The United Kingdom's struggle to leave the European Union is disrupting most aspects of public life, including the policies that underpin its goals on climate change. → Read More

ENERGY TRANSITIONS: Germany wants to phase out coal. Is it moving fast enough?

Germany is pulling the plug on coal. But Europe's top carbon emitter now faces questions about whether it is moving fast enough to scrap the carbon-intensive fuel. → Read More

COP 24: U.N. talks deliver 'fragile balance' on Paris rules

KATOWICE, Poland — In the waning hours of Saturday night, nations agreed to the 156-page "rulebook" for the Paris Agreement. The results were met with more relief than jubilation. → Read More

GREEN CLIMATE FUND: Inside a foiled plan to use climate cash to help oil

The nation of Bahrain tried to get money from the Green Climate Fund to help its oil industry. It shows how susceptible the global program is to political interference. → Read More

SAUDI ARABIA: Oil kingdom and a 'high priest' stall action for 30 years

Over the last 28 years, since the first Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report was adopted in August 1990 in Sundsvall, Sweden, Saudi Arabia has given a master class in how to participate in negotiations -- if you want to see them fail. → Read More