Greenhouse Gas
Republican senators fled the state last week to prevent Democrats from voting on an expansive cap-and-trade bill to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
The oil industry hatched a plan to recruit scientists to sow doubt about the climate change threat. The White House carries that torch.
The lawmakers haven't accepted a militia's offer of defense from state troopers sent to look for them. But the specter of violence remains.
Gov. Kate Brown (D) authorized the Oregon State Police to retrieve Republican lawmakers after they walked out to avoid voting on a climate bill.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich and MIT found the virtual currency is responsible for the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions as a large Western city.
“Standing by is not an option," Theresa May, who will soon be replaced as prime minister, said late Tuesday.
As lawsuits seeking climate damages from fossil fuel giants ramp up, a new carbon-pricing plan looks to protect them.
The White House stepped in when the State Department refused to cut comments about "potentially catastrophic" warming from an analyst's House testimony.
"Yes, Mr. Trump, sir, thank you for another sweet breath of freedom gas," he imagines the vice president telling his boss.
But it's not too late to act, according to a new report.