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    Republican Platform Rejects Climate Regulations, Paris Agreement

    Republican Platform Rejects Climate Regulations, Paris Agreement

    A day before officially declaring Donald Trump as the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, the party released its 2016 platform that promises sweeping changes to climate and environmental policies. The platform calls for pulling the U.S. out of the Paris agreement, ending all renewable energy incentives and demoting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—set up by Republican […]

    Republicans Escalate War on Attorneys General Over Exxon Climate Change Probe

    Republicans Escalate War on Attorneys General Over Exxon Climate Change Probe

    Rep. Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Science Committee, has subpoenaed two state attorneys general to obtain records of their investigations into whether ExxonMobil misled investors and the public on climate change risks. Rep. Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Science Committee Smith is among a group of GOP lawmakers who say the oil giant’s […]