Senate Majority Leader John Thune is blazing forward with a controversial move to repeal California's EV mandate — and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is warning it will come back to bite him.
Why it matters: Schumer (D-N.Y.) all but threatened to deploy similar strategies to get around opinions by key, nonpartisan rule makers if and when he grabs back control of the chamber.
U.S. electricity needs are slated to rise 25% by 2030 and 78% by 2050 compared to 2023, sinus-clearing estimates from the consulting firm ICF seen first by Axios show.
Why it matters: The projections are higher than a number of other studies. It also estimates sharply rising demand peaks where grid strains are most acute, as the chart above shows.
Hot, dry and windy weather that helps wildfires spread is becoming more common across much of the U.S. amid climate change, a new analysis finds.
Why it matters: What used to be several months of "fire season" is stretching in some places into a yearlong phenomenon, straining fire departments and others tasked with controlling or containing wild blazes.
A deadly, tornado-spawning storm system was slamming the Central U.S. into Tuesday, as the Southeast braced for a fresh round of severe weather on the heels of a tornadoes.
The big picture: The National Weather Service confirmed at least four tornadoes in Oklahoma and Nebraska and some 8.7 million people in half a dozen states were under tornado watches on Monday night. Tornado warnings were in effect in Arkansas and Missouri.
The Interior Department has lifted a stop-work order on a major wind project under construction off New York's coast, developer Equinor and state officials said Monday.
Why it matters: The multi-billion dollar project's halt last month sent shock waves through the industry.
Extreme weather worsened by climate changeand insurance market gaps together create systemic jeopardy for mortgage providers, the risk modeling group First Street finds.
Why it matters: Its granular new report is the "first national-scale analysis of the relationship between physical climate risk and mortgage defaults," First Street said.
After targeting dyes and other chemicals allowed for use in food, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is zeroing in on the active ingredient in Roundup in his bid to root out what he calls environmental toxins that contribute to chronic disease.
Why it matters: The herbicide glyphosateis expected to feature prominently in a report due out this week from President Trump's Make America Healthy Again Commission, which was charged with identifying top contributors to America's chronic health problems.
Former President Biden is being praised following his prostate cancer diagnosis for his efforts in spearheading Cancer Moonshot, an initiative that's designed to improve treatments and combat rates of the disease.
The big picture: Former President Obama, who appointed Biden to lead the drive a year on from his son Beau Biden's 2015 death from brain cancer, said after it was announced that his VP has an aggressive for of cancer that's spread to his bones: "Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe."
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