Energy and Environment: How the Georgia election results just raised Biden’s climate ambitions

Drought is the sleeper weather story you'll hear more about in 2021; Trump auctions drilling rights to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; A new Trump rule says it's okay to unintentionally kill scores of birds. Biden can overturn it.; EPA finalizes rule to limit science behind public health safeguards; Researchers unveil new method for converting carbon dioxide into jet fuel; Climate News quiz: Zero waste and clam gardens; In Indian Country, tears, hope and defiance over nomination of first Native Cabinet secretary; Trump administration keeps existing smog limits, rejecting calls to toughen them ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Limited time offer: Get one year of digital access for just $29.   View offer Sign up for this newsletter Read online Climate and environmental stories that impact our lives.     How the Georgia election results just raised Biden's climate ambitions President-elect Joe Biden's opportunities to tackle climate change and other major environmental problems have expanded. The question is by how much. By Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis and Steven Mufson ●  Read more »   Drought is the sleeper weather story you'll hear more about in 2021 About half the Lower 48 states are in some form of drought conditions, with some areas likely to see worsening water woes this winter. By Andrew Freedman and Hannah Dormido ●  Read more »   Trump auctions drilling rights to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge It was the culmination of Republicans' decades-long quest to drill in one of the nation's best-known wild places. By Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   A new Trump rule says it's okay to unintentionally kill scores of birds. Biden can overturn it. The administration finalized the rule in spite of a federal judge's rejection of a legal opinion on which it is based. By Darryl Fears ●  Read more »   EPA finalizes rule to limit science behind public health safeguards The regulation places a limit on which scientific studies the agency can use in crafting public health protections. By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis ●  Read more »   Researchers unveil new method for converting carbon dioxide into jet fuel The novel scientific process would transform carbon dioxide from the air into an alternative fuel that could power existing aircraft. By Dalvin Brown ●  Read more »   Climate News quiz: Zero waste and clam gardens Test your knowledge of climate change news with this Post quiz. By Lyndsey Layton ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   In Indian Country, tears, hope and defiance over nomination of first Native Cabinet secretary Native Americans hope that Deb Haaland, nominated by president-elect Biden to become the first Native American cabinet secretary, could help reset the fraught relationship between the U.S. government and Indigenous peoples. By Darryl Fears, Dana Hedgpeth and Reid Singer ●  Read more »   Trump administration keeps existing smog limits, rejecting calls to toughen them The administration declined to impose stricter limits on smog-forming pollutants, arguing that national ozone standards set in 2015 are sufficient. By Juliet Eilperin and Dino Grandoni ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The Energy 202 for PowerPost's daily guide to energy and environment policy, by reporter Dino Grandoni. Sign up »

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