An update on the COP29 Climate Change Conference The U.K., Brazil and China are stepping up as climate leaders as the incoming Trump administration picks heads for key agencies who may increase U.S. climate pollution. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: With the new Trump administration coming in, there's not as much expectation for the U.S. setting a big climate goal, but at …
The government may store carbon dioxide under the nation's forests Capturing carbon dioxide pollution and storing it underground is a controversial climate solution. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Both big industries and the Biden administration are promoting a possible climate solution that involves trapping carbon dioxide from smokestacks and storing it underground. JULIA SIMON, BYLINE: To understand why the U.S. Forest Service …
The U.S. is expanding CO2 pipelines. Sponsor Message John Satterfield, the director of regulatory affairs for Summit Carbon Solutions, a company that's constructing CO2 pipelines across the Midwest, says the incident in Satartia speaks to problems with the pipeline operator, Denbury, and not problems regulating the wider industry. "It's not as if there's some huge gap in the regulatory schema," …
Biden's climate agenda is stalled in Congress. "If you look back at some of the old sepia-toned pictures of cities from those days, there was like a crow's nest of wires on every street corner," says utility regulatory consultant Karl Rábago. Enlarge this image toggle caption Julia Simon Julia Simon But today, amidst pledges to get the electricity sector off …
