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Lisa Friedman

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Uganda New York Times world
15 Nov 2019
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders’ $16 trillion vision for arresting global warming would nationalize the power sector and promise that, by 2030, the country’s electricity and transportation systems would run entirely on wind, solar, hydropower or geothermal energy, with the fossil fuel industry footing much of the bill much as Mexico was to pay for the border wall.
Sanders' Climate Goals Thrill Young Voters, but Experts Have Doubts
Uganda New York Times world
26 Sep 2019
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Thursday, pressing the president’s complaints about homelessness in California, demanded the state improve the way it deals with human waste, arsenic and lead in water as it escalated the administration’s war with the country’s most populous state.
EPA Accuses California of 'Significant' Air and Water Problems
Uganda New York Times world
22 Aug 2019
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday released a $16.3 trillion blueprint to fight climate change, the latest and most expensive proposal from the field of Democratic presidential candidates aimed at reining in planet-warming greenhouse gases.
Bernie Sanders' 'Green New Deal': A $16 Trillion Climate Plan
Uganda New York Times world
15 Aug 2019
WASHINGTON — A coalition of 29 states and cities on Tuesday sued to block the Trump administration from easing restrictions on coal-burning power plants, setting up a case that could determine how much leverage the federal government has to fight climate change in the future.
States and Cities Sue Trump Administration Over Rollback of Climate Rule
Uganda New York Times world
15 Aug 2019
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Monday announced it would change the way the Endangered Species Act is applied, significantly weakening the nation’s bedrock conservation law credited with rescuing the bald eagle, the grizzly bear and the American alligator from extinction.
U.S. Significantly Weakens Endangered Species Act
Uganda New York Times world
2 Aug 2019
WASHINGTON — When election time comes next year, Will Galloway, a student and Republican youth leader at Clemson University, will look for candidates who are strong on the mainstream conservative causes he cares about most, including gun rights and opposing abortion.
Climate Could Be an Electoral Time Bomb, Republican Strategists Fear
Uganda New York Times world
31 Jul 2019
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kamala Harris of California and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on Monday unveiled legislation aimed at ensuring that climate change plans benefit low-income communities. They described the measure as a key element of the Democrats’ Green New Deal.
Harris and Ocasio-Cortez Release Climate 'Equity' Plan
Uganda New York Times world
31 Jul 2019
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kamala Harris of California and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on Monday will introduce legislation aimed at ensuring that climate change plans benefit low-income communities. The congresswomen described the measure as a key element of the Democrats’ Green New Deal.
Kamala Harris and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Release Climate 'Equity' Plan
Uganda New York Times world
31 Jul 2019
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kamala Harris of California and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on Monday will unveil legislation aimed at ensuring that climate change plans benefit low-income communities. The congresswomen described the measure as a key element of the Democrats’ Green New Deal.
Harris and Ocasio-Cortez Release Climate 'Equity' Plan
Uganda New York Times world
19 Jul 2019
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration took a major step to weaken the regulation of toxic chemicals on Thursday when the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would not ban a widely used pesticide that its own experts have linked to serious health problems in children.
EPA Won't Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children's Health Problems
Uganda New York Times world
19 Jul 2019
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration took a major step to weaken the regulation of toxic chemicals on Thursday when the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would not ban a widely used pesticide that its own experts have linked to serious health problems in children.
Uganda New York Times world
12 May 2019
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s 2020 rivals and a group of progressive environmental organizations are attacking him as being weak on climate change, a sign of the central role global warming is shaping up to play as an issue in the Democratic primary.
Biden's 2020 Rivals Attack Him From the Left on Climate Change
Uganda New York Times world
12 May 2019
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s 2020 rivals and a group of progressive environmental organizations are attacking him as being weak on climate change, a sign of the central role global warming is shaping up to play as an issue in the Democratic primary.