Progressives eye halt to ANWR drilling in reconciliation billEmma Dumain, E & E News, August 25, 2021 Congressional Democrats and their environmentalist allies are increasingly confident they’ll be able to stop drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the reconciliation process. According to several sources who spoke to E&E News this week, conversations were taking place at the highest … read more

‘Seriously flawed’: Experts clash over social cost of carbonMaxine Joselow, CLIMATEWIRE, August 24, 2021  An academic debate over a key metric for greenhouse gases is heating up, just as a high-profile courtroom battle is scheduled to begin. Prominent economists are clashing over the Biden administration’s approach to the social cost of carbon, which assigns a dollar value to the harm … read more

NEWS OF THE DAY: From the Washington Examiner, Daily on Energy:  LATEST ON DEMOCRATS’ INFRASTRUCTURE FIGHT:  Democrats’ massive infrastructure and social spending package stalled yesterday after House centrists threatened to vote against part of the deal, the Washington Examiner’s Susan Ferrechio reports. A group of roughly 10 Democrats engaged in a standoff with top leaders last night over a planned … read more