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Why the Energy Transition Will Be So Complicated
To appreciate the complexities of the competing demands between climate action and the continued need for energy, consider the story…
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Nuclear Is Hot, for the Moment
This is an excerpt from The Atlantic’s climate newsletter, The Weekly Planet. Subscribe today. For years, the nuclear-power industry has…
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“Code Red” for climate means reducing US oil and gas production: Derrick Z. Jackson
This summer, the report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that keeping the increase in global…
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Peter Dykstra: Joe the Bummer
When the Democrats gained their razor-thin control of the Senate, they made Senior Senator Joe Manchin Chair of the Energy…
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Banks balk at Biden plan to collect clients’ tax data
The Biden administration is eyeing banks as a resource to force wealthy Americans to pay more taxes. Banks say they…
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Fed official tapped as interim OCC chief: Report
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reportedly plans to name a senior Federal Reserve official to lead the Office of…
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Biden climate efforts politicize banking system, Republicans say
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans criticized an effort in the U.S. and abroad to include banks in an international push to…
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Biden administration likely to cut FHA premiums despite credit risks
WASHINGTON — A little more than a week into President Biden’s term, mortgage industry experts and investors are already pricing…
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Will Biden, Democrats renew push to tax big banks?
As Democrats regain power in Washington, a tax that banks successfully opposed throughout the Obama administration is poised to get…
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What will incoming CFPB chief do with $570 million consumer aid fund?
As Democrats take control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, observers are questioning how a new director will tap a…
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Biden team lays groundwork to reverse Trump-era banking policies
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration appears to be wasting no time attempting to unravel Trump-era financial policies. The new president…
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