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A pipeline that moves methane gas from the Frank R. Bowerman landfill to an onsite power plant is shown in Irvine, California, on June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

Biden announces global goal to reduce planet-warming methane emissions

The Esso Fawley Oil Refinery, operated by Exxon Mobil Corp., stands in Fawley, U.K., on Thursday, May 14, 2020.

Lawmakers launch investigation into climate crisis disinformation by fossil fuel industry

President Joe Biden makes remarks during a press conference on the grounds of National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on September 14, 2021 in Arvada, Colorado.

First on CNN: White House economists say a clean energy transition will lower consumer costs

Wind turbines at the San Gorgonio Pass wind farm in Whitewater, California, on Thursday, June 3, 2021.

Climate measures in budget bill could cut nearly 1 billion tons of emissions per year by 2030, analysis finds

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, right, speaks to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, while arriving to a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on July 28, 2021. Senators negotiating the terms of a $579 billion infrastructure plan chipped away at some of the issues that had been holding up an agreement but have yet to find a breakthrough on other differences that would seal an agreement and lead to a vote on legislation.

Biden's spending bill could be Democrats' last hope of achieving meaningful climate action as crisis worsens

Wind turbines stand near Fort Stockton, Texas on Saturday, April 10, 2021. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images)

House lawmakers release early details of program that would overhaul electricity sector and slash fossil fuel emissions

Lemoore, CaliforniaJuly 2021Westlands Solar Park, near the town of Lemoore in the San Joaquin Valley of California, on July 11, 2021. The plant is the largest solar power plant in the United States and could become one of the largest in the world. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)

Biden administration says solar energy has the potential to power 40% of US electricity by 2035

A UAW worker assembles a 2018 Ford F-150 truck at the Ford Rouge assembly plant, in Dearborn, Mich., on Sept. 27, 2018. The Dearborn plant will assemble the all-electric Ford F150 Lightning, which will be available next year.

Biden wants an aggressive transition to electric vehicles. A surprising ally is pumping the brakes

Senator Cory Booker(C) (D-NJ) joins US President Joe Biden(CRight) as they tour a neighbourhood affected by Hurricane Ida in Manville, New Jersey on September 7, 2021. - President Joe Biden headed Tuesday to storm-ravaged New York and New Jersey, just days after inspecting the damage caused by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana. Biden -- who is pushing a giant infrastructure spending bill, including major funding for the green economy -- argues that extreme weather across the United States this summer is a harbinger of worse climate change to come. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden administration asks for billions in 'urgent' disaster and refugee funding in request to keep government running

FILE - This May 6, 2013 file photo shows a wind turbine farm owned by PacifiCorp near Glenrock, Wyo. While most states pursue ways to boost renewable energy, Wyoming is doing the opposite with a new program aimed at propping up the dwindling coal industry by suing other states that block exports of Wyoming coal and cause Wyoming coal-fired power plants to shut down. The law signed April 6 by Republican Gov. Mark Gordon creates a $1.2 million fund for an initiative that marks the latest attempt by state leaders to help coal in the state that accounts for the bulk of U.S. coal production, which is down by half since 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Young, File)

Environmental groups ask Congress to fund billions of dollars in climate measures in reconciliation

In this photo provided by the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry attends a meeting with Yang Jiechi, Director of China's Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs via video link in Tianjin, China, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. (U.S. Department of State via AP)

John Kerry is pushing China to do more on climate. Beijing is pushing back