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The Interior Department's decision to not move forward with the lease sale comes as gas prices soar.

Gina McCarthy, the White House national climate adviser, is preparing to leave her post, with Ali Zaidi likely to be her successor, according to two people familiar with plans.

Joe Biden’s long arc in public life has always had one final ambition: to sit behind the Resolute Desk of the Oval Office.

President Joe Biden has issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

It follows through on a law Congress passed last year and is intended to decrease U.S. production and use of HFCs by 85% over the next 15 years.

The new rule is intended to decrease the use of greenhouse gases known as hydrofluorocarbons by 85% over the next 15 years. The gases that are thousands of times more powerful than carbon dioxide.

Officials call the new rule a key step in fighting climate change. It has the strong support of both environmental and business groups.

The Environmental Protection Agency is sharply limiting domestic production and use of highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners.

The Environmental Protection Agency is sharply limiting domestic production and use of highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners.

The Biden administration is moving to protect workers and communities from extreme heat.

Are we there yet? No, but we’re definitely on the road. After decades of doubt, the world’s automakers have made up their minds about electric vehicles. The car world was rocked in January by General Motors Co.’s pledge to stop selling gas-burning vehicles by 2035, and industrywide EV investment plans now top $330 billion through 2025, according to AlixPartners, a consultancy. With governments wielding carrots for consumers and sticks for producers, EVs jumped to 11% of new car sales in Europe i

Are we there yet? No, but we’re definitely on the road. After decades of doubt, the world’s automakers have made up their minds about electric vehicles. The car world was rocked in January by General Motors Co.’s pledge to stop selling gas-burning cars by 2035, and industrywide EV investment plans now top $230 billion, according to AlixPartners, a consultancy. With governments wielding carrots for consumers and sticks for producers, EVs jumped to 11% of new car sales in Europe in 2020 and reache

Are we there yet? No, but we’re definitely on the road. After decades of doubt, the world’s automakers have made up their minds about electric vehicles. The car world was rocked in January by General Motors Co.’s pledge to stop selling gas-burning cars by 2035, and industrywide EV investment plans now top $230 billion, according to AlixPartners, a consultancy. With governments wielding carrots for consumers and sticks for producers, EVs jumped to 11% of new car sales in Europe in 2020 and reache

If the auto industry is to succeed in its bet that electric vehicles will soon dominate the roads, it will need to overcome a big reason why many people are still avoiding them: fear of running out of juice between Point A and Point B.

The president will suspend oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

A top Senate Democrat is urging U.S. anti-pollution standards that would follow a deal brokered by California with five automakers and then set targets to end sales of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035.

President Joe Biden and his team of climate experts used a virtual global summit this week to lay out Biden’s vision that fighting climate change not only can benefit the U.S. economy, but the world’s as well.

President Joe Biden and his team of climate experts used a virtual global summit this week to lay out Biden’s vision that fighting climate change not only can benefit the U.S. economy, but the world’s as well.

President Joe Biden faces a challenge as he convenes a virtual climate summit later this week.

John Kerry and Gina McCarthy worked together under former President Barack Obama.

Reganis taking steps to restore what he calls scientific integrity at the EPA. “Scientific integrity is a foundational value for EPA,'' Regan said. He said that “is very true," but added that "underpinning that is the importance of scientific integrity and transparency here at the agency. The actions we’re taking are indicative of how serious we are about repairing the scientific integrity at EPA.'' The overhaul announced Wednesday ousts more than 40 members of the two science advisory boards, including some whose terms do not expire this year.

In its “Infrastructure Report Card” released Wednesday, the group called for “big and bold” relief, estimating it would cost $5.9 trillion over the next decade to bring roads, bridges and airports to a safe and sustainable level. AdFour areas got Cs: bridges, which dropped from a C+ to a C in 2021, energy, drinking water and solid waste. Ad“This report card is a warning and a call to action,” Buttigieg told The Associated Press. In its report card, the group said years of inaction has had consequences. AdAccording to the report card, the nation is only paying about half of what it needs to lift overall U.S. infrastructure to an acceptable “B” level.

Airline officials are talking to the Biden administration about support for incentives to use cleaner fuels for airplanes. United Airlines said CEO Scott Kirby asked administration officials to support incentives for sustainable aviation fuel and technology to remove carbon from the atmosphere. A United Nations aviation group has concluded that biofuels will remain a tiny source of aviation fuel for several years. Some environmentalists would prefer the Biden administration to impose tougher emissions standards on aircraft rather than create breaks for biofuels. “We stand ready to work in partnership with the Biden administration.”

In an interview with The Associated Press, Gina McCarthy said Friday that the storm that devastated Texas and other states “is not going to be as unusual as people had hoped. It is going to happen, and we need to be as resilient and working together as much as possible. McCarthy said she expects an “after-action” report on the Texas crisis and ways it can be avoided in the future. AdTexas is not connected to the rest of the nation's power grid, and McCarthy said the storm may be reason to rethink that. The aggressive plan is aimed at slowing human-caused global warming that is magnifying extreme weather events such as the Texas storm and deadly wildfires in the West.

(Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden's nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency pledged Wednesday to “move with a sense of urgency on climate change” and other priorities, while working with lawmakers from both parties to protect the environment. AdRegan, who has served as top environmental regulator in North Carolina since 2017, would be the first African American man to run the EPA. Regan told senators he learned the importance of preserving the outdoors while hunting and fishing with his father and grandfather in rural North Carolina. Regan told Capito he anticipates “healthy debates” on a variety of issues, adding that he reports to the president, not White House advisers. In a related development, Jennifer Granholm, Biden's nominee to be energy secretary, won approval from the Senate energy panel Wednesday.

Joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry and national climate adviser Gina McCarthy, Mr. Biden said his actions will "supercharge our administration's ambitious plan to confront the existential threat of climate change." "In my view, we've already waited too long to deal with this climate crisis and we can't wait any longer. Mr. Biden established climate as a key element of foreign policy and national security, instructing the director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, to prepare a "National Intelligence Estimate" on the security implications of climate change. In elevating climate in U.S. foreign policy, Mr. Biden's special presidential envoy for climate, Kerry, will sit on the National Security Council. "It's a whole-of-government approach to put climate change at the center of our domestic, national security and foreign policy," the president said of his actions.

Joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry and national climate adviser Gina McCarthy, Mr. Biden said his actions will "supercharge our administration's ambitious plan to confront the existential threat of climate change." "In my view, we've already waited too long to deal with this climate crisis and we can't wait any longer. Mr. Biden established climate as a key element of foreign policy and national security, instructing the director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, to prepare a "National Intelligence Estimate" on the security implications of climate change. In elevating climate in U.S. foreign policy, Mr. Biden's special presidential envoy for climate, Kerry, will sit on the National Security Council. "It's a whole-of-government approach to put climate change at the center of our domestic, national security and foreign policy," the president said of his actions.

Among those leading his climate agenda is Gina McCarthy, whom the president tapped as his national climate adviser. Gina McCarthy delivers remarks after being introduced as President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be his national climate adviser on December 19, 2020. ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty ImagesMcCarthy spoke to CBS News on Tuesday about Mr. Biden's climate initiatives and how he plans to address environmental justice and integrate his climate agenda into the financial sector. There's such opportunity today, on the cusp of the deployment of solutions that are cost-effective, that are exciting, that are really going to be groundbreaking. I want a financial sector that's on the hook for explaining why they're investing in things that are making our lives more risky or the financial sector more risky.

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is expected to deliver remarks on his agenda addressing climate change on Wednesday afternoon. The president is also expected to sign executive actions dealing with climate change, jobs and scientific integrity. In what would be the most ambitious U.S. effort ever to stave off the worst effects of climate change, President Joe Biden is aiming to cut oil, gas and coal emissions and double energy production from offshore wind turbines through executive orders. The orders awaiting his signature target federal subsidies for oil and other fossil fuels and halt new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters. Read more: Biden aims for most ambitious US effort on climate change

Joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry and national climate adviser Gina McCarthy, Mr. Biden said his actions will "supercharge our administration's ambitious plan to confront the existential threat of climate change." President Joe Biden delivers remarks on climate change and green jobs, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, January 27, 2021. Mr. Biden established climate as a key element of foreign policy and national security, instructing the director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, to prepare a "National Intelligence Estimate" on the security implications of climate change. In elevating climate in U.S. foreign policy, Mr. Biden's special presidential envoy for climate, Kerry, will sit on the National Security Council. "It's a whole-of-government approach to put climate change at the center of our domestic, national security and foreign policy," the president said of his actions.

The incoming Biden team will try to undo or block many of the current administration’s initiatives. In his remarks, Biden stressed the diversity of an emerging team that he described as “brilliant, qualified, tested and they are barrier-busting." The nominees Biden introduced Saturday had compelling personal stories that they cited as guiding them if confirmed by the Senate. The office oversees environmental reviews for virtually all major infrastructure projects and advises the president on major environmental issues. Two other members of the team introduced Saturday do not need Senate confirmation.

Biden is expected to pick his former rival Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation and Granholm as energy secretary. Progressives, energy lobbyists, environmental groups and auto workers on Wednesday welcomed Biden’s choice of popular former Mayor Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary. Jennifer Granholm for energy secretary and former Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy as leader of domestic climate efforts also were met with general applause. Among those on his climate team, Granholm as Michigan's governor helped nudge auto workers toward accepting a switch to production of more electric vehicles. The climate effort laid out in Biden's plan would take a series of heavy lifts.

Biden is expected to pick his former rival Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation and Granholm as energy secretary. Progressives, energy lobbyists, environmental groups and auto workers on Wednesday welcomed Biden’s choice of popular former Mayor Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary. Jennifer Granholm for energy secretary and former Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy as leader of domestic climate efforts also were met with general applause. Among those on his climate team, Granholm as Michigan's governor helped nudge auto workers toward accepting a switch to production of more electric vehicles. The climate effort laid out in Biden's plan would take a series of heavy lifts.

FILE - In this April 29, 2019 file photo, then Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg, from South Bend, Indiana, listens during a lunch meeting with civil rights leader Rev. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to pick former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg to head the transportation department. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, Pool)President-elect Joe Biden nominated his former rival Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation on Tuesday and intends to choose former Michigan Gov. All three will be central to Biden’s plan to remake the country’s automobiles and transportation systems to quickly cut climate-damaging petroleum emissions. Biden’s plan includes overhauling the nation’s transportation and power sectors and buildings to eliminate fossil fuel emissions by 2050.

Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler on Thursday defended the Trump administration's record on protecting the nation's air and water and said a second term would bring a greater focus on pollution cleanups in disadvantaged communities and less emphasis on climate change. Some of the nation's bedrock environmental laws, such as the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, were enacted during his administration. Wheeler, an EPA and Senate staffer in the 1990s and a former coal industry lobbyist, said the agency had accomplished much. "Americas environment today is cleaner than its ever been in our lifetimes, he said, adding that during the Trump administration, air pollution has fallen while Superfund cleanups have accelerated and EPA programs have pumped $40 billion into clean-water infrastructure upgrades. Instead of confusing words with actions, and choosing empty symbolism over doing a good job, we can focus our attention and resources on helping communities help themselves, Wheeler said.

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building is shown in Washington. Six former Environmental Protection Agency chiefs are calling for an agency reset after President Donald Trumps regulation-chopping, industry-minded first term. The group is presenting a detailed action plan drafted by former EPA staffers for whoever wins the Nov. 3 presidential election. Most living former EPA heads joined in Wednesday's appeal, with Trumps first EPA chief, Scott Pruitt, being the notable exception. The group said the road map was meant to guide whatever administration the Nov. 3 presidential election puts in place, although many of the proposals are implicitly or explicitly critical of Trump EPA actions.

TAIPEI U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar arrived in Taiwan on Sunday in the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since the break in formal diplomatic relations between Washington and Taipei in 1979. Beijing has already protested Azars visit as a betrayal of U.S. commitments not to have official contact with the island. China claims Taiwan as its own territory, to be brought under its control by military force if necessary. Azar is the first health secretary to visit Taiwan and the first Cabinet member to visit in six years. That, in turn, has increased already considerable bipartisan sympathy for Taipei in Washington and prompted new measures to strengthen governmental and military ties.

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy were the targets of relentless bipartisan criticism during a Congressional hearing Thursday about the Flint water crisis. CBS News Correspondent Adriana Diaz joins CBSN with the latest details.

EPA head defends ambitious climate strategy against Republican attacks EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy talks with CBS News about navigating a hostile Republican Congress and facing off with critics who say tougher environmental regulations will hurt the economy.

EPA head: Critics of carbon limits sound like "a broken record" Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy rolls out a new proposal to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants, challenging critics who claim the new rules will hurt the economy.