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Covering business and climate change Has covered energy, White House, China, diplomacy & economic policy steven.mufson[at]washpost[dot]com.

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  1. 4 hours ago

    Newly vaccinated Americans wonder what they can do safely after getting their shots - and how best to protect their adult children who won’t get coronavirus vaccines for months.

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  2. 6 hours ago

    Thanks for the opportunity to discuss this GM story further

    GM has a plan to go all green by 2035, thanks to for joining 7:20 AM east to break down your reporting.
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    Jan 29

    Our take: “Given ’s polluting track record, their promise to arrange some offsets for pollution” was “just blue smoke and mirrors,” said Dan Becker

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    Jan 28

    GM is a case study in how market forces nudge (along with regulation) It pushed to weaken tailpipe emissions under Trump, but said today it would go all electric for passenger cars and SUVs by 2035.

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    Jan 28

    Each year, 645,000 vehicles in the federal fleet are driven ~4.5 billion miles, using almost 400 million gallons of gas & spewing more than 7 billion pounds of planet-warming greenhouse gases. President Biden wants to cut those emissions down to zero.

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  6. Jan 27

    Biden is unveiling big climate plans today, but it's also important that a recent surge of private investment has been boosting all sorts of "green" finance -- bond offerings and equity funds aimed at slowing down change

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  7. Jan 27

    A surge in green financing is boosting the business of slowing change: Bonds linked to climate performance. Direct investment at earlier stages. "What we’re seeing is that the market has the appetite to accelerate the clean-energy revolution"

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  8. Jan 27

    As solar & wind costs drop and climate awareness grows, investors are pouring money into “green” finance, nearly doubling 2019 levels despite economic woes. "What we’re seeing is that the market has the appetite to accelerate the clean-energy revolution"

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    Jan 26

    New --> Ted Cruz pumps up Keystone job numbers

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    Jan 20

    1/ New scooplet, in my story with and : Biden will sign an executive order Jan. 27 elevating climate in domestic and national security policy. He'll also direct ‘science and evidence based decision-making’ in federal agencies...

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  11. Jan 20

    Buried beneath the inaugural pomp, there was this: a federal appeals court Tuesday rejected Trump EPA's rule for power plant CO2 emissions, putting Obama's Clean Power Plan back in center of policy debate

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  12. Jan 20

    Biden to overturn Trump’s climate legacy on dozens of fronts. Day 1 executive orders will block the Keystone XL pipeline, return the U.S. to Paris climate accord & kick-start efforts to move the nation away from fossil fuels w/

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    Jan 18

    "The move is one of a flurry of environmental actions Biden plans to take after being sworn into office Wednesday."

    Pres-elect Biden plans to kill the Keystone XL pipeline within days of taking office, reversing a decision to green light the project that President Trump shortly after he took office
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  14. Jan 18

    Pres-elect Biden plans to kill the Keystone XL pipeline within days of taking office, reversing a decision to green light the project that President Trump shortly after he took office

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    Jan 18

    Biden to squash a key permit for the Keystone XL pipeline "within days," reports, fulfilling a campaign promise made back in May

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    Jan 15

    NEW: Total is leaving the American Petroleum Institute, the industry's biggest lobbying arm in D.C., reports. Split fueled by disagreements on carbon pricing, methane regulations & electric car subsidies

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  17. Jan 15

    In leaving API, Total also complained about the group's support for members of Congress opposed to the Paris climate accord

    NEW: Total is leaving the American Petroleum Institute, report is the industry's biggest lobbying arm in Washington But the French oil giant and U.S. group disagree on carbon pricing, methane regulations & electric car subsidies
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  18. Jan 15

    French oil and gas giant Total today quit the American Petroleum Institute over carbon prices and API's opposition to subsidies for electric vehicles. Total also criticized API's support for US candidates opposed to the on climate

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    Jan 12

    If I started my annual WaPo self-evaluation 30 min before it was due, what do I give myself for “Meets Deadline”?

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