Americans are "connecting the dots" between climate and affordability strain, Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said Monday at an Axios House event on the sidelines of Climate Week and the UN General Assembly.
Why it matters: But as pocketbook issues dominate a critical midterm race, Schatz says that doesn't mean the first thing he mentions to constituents is climate. Still, climate-adjacent conversations — like utility prices and the data center boom — are looming over the polls.
The carbon removal company Vaulted Deep has secured up to $35 million in debt financing from the Italian bank Mediobanca to help expand its U.S. buildout.
Why it matters: This kind of financing has been rare in the carbon removal space to date.
Three Republican power players walk into a bar for a freewheeling conversation. They unwittingly sit next to a liberal comic. She then skewers them in an Instagram post recounting their chat.
Why it matters: It became no laughing matter for one of the Republicans —oilman Harry Sargeant — who's trying to improve his uneasy relations with the Trump administration, partly related to his business dealings in Venezuela.
