Samantha Hawkins
Dismal jobs report gives oomph to Biden’s case for virus relief
President Joe Biden highlighted the January jobs report on Friday afternoon to demand broad backing of his $1.9 trillion pandemic-relief legislation.
In sweeping climate legislation, Manchin will be key vote
A Senate committee approved Biden’s choice to head the Department of Energy in a hearing that made it increasingly clear that the president’s climate change mitigation efforts must appease Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat from coal mining West Virginia.
With world watching, Biden takes aggressive action on climate
President Joe Biden took an aggressive stab at tackling climate change and preserving federal lands in a suite of executive actions signed Wednesday, moving quickly to reverse environmental and energy policies from the last administration.
Court slams Army Corps for skipping environmental review of Dakota Access Pipeline
The D.C. Circuit ruled against the government Tuesday for letting developers build a massive pipeline beneath Sioux lands in the Dakotas without an environmental impact study.