Energy and Environment: Tracking Biden’s environmental actions

Planting crops — and carbon, too; Southern Ocean waters are warming faster than thought, threatening Antarctic ice; Biden selects NOAA political team as decision on next agency head looms; Biden rejoins Paris climate accord, works to overturn Trump's climate policies; Powerful Santa Ana wind event kindles January wildfires in California; Federal circuit court scraps Trump administration's power plant rule; President-elect Biden to end Keystone XL pipeline in fight on climate change ; In Trump's last days, a spree of environmental rollbacks; French oil giant Total quits American Petroleum Institute; Biden swells the ranks of his White House climate team ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

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.     Tracking Biden's environmental actions President Biden is already 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 »   Planting crops — and carbon, too President Biden wants to pay farmers to use agricultural methods that lock carbon in the soil. But can climate-friendly farming practices make a dent in global warming? By Gabriel Popkin ●  Read more »   Southern Ocean waters are warming faster than thought, threatening Antarctic ice The trend may speed the melting of parts of Antarctica. By Andrew Freedman ●  Read more »   Biden selects NOAA political team as decision on next agency head looms The new ocean-focused senior staff will provide support for the eventual NOAA administrator. By Jason Samenow and Andrew Freedman ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Biden rejoins Paris climate accord, works to overturn Trump's climate policies The new president signed a slew of executive orders Wednesday afternoon aimed at unwinding President Trump's environmental legacy. By Juliet Eilperin, Steven Mufson and Brady Dennis ●  Read more »   Powerful Santa Ana wind event kindles January wildfires in California January is usually the wet season, but wind-whipped wildfires are burning in parts of California. By Matthew Cappucci ●  Read more »   Federal circuit court scraps Trump administration's power plant rule The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals effectively restored President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan, which limited carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. By Steven Mufson ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   President-elect Biden to end Keystone XL pipeline in fight on climate change Biden moved to end a project proposed more than a decade ago. By Steven Mufson and Juliet Eilperin ●  Read more »   In Trump's last days, a spree of environmental rollbacks The outgoing administration sought to scale back standards for home heating equipment and protections for conservation lands in California and Utah. By Juliet Eilperin and Dino Grandoni ●  Read more »   French oil giant Total quits American Petroleum Institute The company departed over differences on subsidies for electric vehicles and carbon pricing. By Steven Mufson ●  Read more »   Biden swells the ranks of his White House climate team He named a raft of additional hires, forming what observers say is the most robust climate-focused group assembled in the West Wing. By Dino Grandoni and Juliet Eilperin ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out National News email alerts for breaking news email alerts for major national and political news whenever it breaks. Sign up »

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