Energy and Environment: How well do you know Biden’s environmental track record? Take our quiz.
| Biden officials push to hold up $11.3 billion USPS truck contract, citing climate damage; Cracking down on methane 'ultra emitters' is a quick way to combat climate change, researchers find; Biden's focus on environmental justice led to a year of progress — and burnout ; Snowstorms trap displaced Syrians between frost and dangerous fires; Fed nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin wants the Fed to tackle climate change risks. It's making her a target.; E.U. labels natural gas and nuclear energy 'green,' prompting charges of 'greenwashing'; Landslide and floods in Ecuador's capital kill 24, cover neighborhoods in mud after punishing rain; Climate change may be fueling increase in major Northeast snowstorms; U.S. flooding losses will spike 26 percent by 2050 due to climate change, researchers say; Biden begins crackdown on power plant pollution; Biden administration proposed protecting 910 acres of critical habitat for a rare Nevada wildflower; After eight centuries of Murano glassmaking, a gas crisis is threatening its future; Biden administration to give states $1.15 billion to plug orphaned wells, which leak planet-warming methane; Judge throws out massive Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale |
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| | | |  |  | | Climate and environmental stories that impact our lives. | | | | | |  How much do you know about Biden's environmental record? Take this quiz on what he's done so far. By John Muyskens, Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin ● Read more » | | | | The Environmental Protection Agency warns Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to halt his plan to replace the aging delivery fleet with thousands of gas-powered vehicles. By Anna Phillips and Jacob Bogage ● Read more » | | | | A growing constellation of methane-detecting satellites is giving researchers new and disturbing insights into "super emitters" around the globe — from pipelines in Russia to North America's oil fields. By Brady Dennis ● Read more » | | | | Biden's top environmental justice official resigned two weeks before the White House marked the one-year anniversary of his ambitious climate agenda By Darryl Fears ● Read more » | | | Displaced Syrians are grappling with the effects of an onslaught of severe weather that put thousands at risk. By Sarah Dadouch ● Read more » | | | | That conflict will be front and center when Raskin testifies today before the Senate Banking Committee for her confirmation hearing. By Rachel Siegel, Maxine Joselow and Douglas MacMillan ● Read more » | | | | The plan is dividing Europe and could shape the global climate fight. By Emily Rauhala ● Read more » | | | | A muddy deluge engulfed the streets, washing away cars and tree trunks in the neighborhoods of La Gasca and La Comuna. By Ellen Francis ● Read more » | | | Scientists say the recent surge of intense Northeast winter storms is likely tied to rising ocean temperatures and changes in the Arctic. By Jacob Feuerstein ● Read more » | | | | Researchers say the forecast assumes nations meet emissions reduction targets set at the COP26 climate summit. By Aaron Gregg ● Read more » | | | | Move reaffirming EPA's right to curb mercury from smokestacks starts push to shift power sector toward cleaner energy. By Dino Grandoni ● Read more » | | | | President Biden is unwinding Donald Trump's environmental legacy while forging his own. The Washington Post is chronicling every step. By Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis and John Muyskens ● Read more » | | | The gas-fueled blazes needed to produce Murano's famous creations have become a luxury the glassmakers can scarcely afford. By Stefano Pitrelli ● Read more » | | | | 'It's a pretty big problem that's flown under the radar for a long time,' one environmental advocate says. By Tik Root ● Read more » | | | | The decision cancels 1.7 million acres of drilling leases, citing a flawed analysis completed during the Trump administration. By Anna Phillips and Maxine Joselow ● Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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