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GOP lawmakers target banks' refusal to fund fossil fuel projects
Sen. Dan Sullivan. | Getty Images Congressional Republicans are planning to launch a counter pressure campaign against the country’s largest banks after several of them ruled out financial support for oil drilling projects in the Arctic, two Senate Republicans told POLITICO. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) says a group of House and Senate Republicans will send a letter to … [Read more...] about GOP lawmakers target banks' refusal to fund fossil fuel projects
'Whack-a-mole stuff': Trump's oil rescue hits a slippery path
The latest idea floated last week by President Donald Trump's administration calls for the Treasury Department to create a fund to lend money to struggling oil producers. | Doug Mills/The New York Times/Pool/Getty Images President Donald Trump and his advisers are offering a barrage of increasingly urgent ideas for propping up faltering oil producers — but people in the … [Read more...] about 'Whack-a-mole stuff': Trump's oil rescue hits a slippery path
“An even deeper emergency”: United Nations chief says there's a bigger threat than coronavirus
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. | Fiona Goodall/Getty Images NEW YORK — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will use a speech marking the 50th Earth Day on Wednesday to confront President Donald Trump and directly link coronavirus with climate change. The stark language of Guterres’ prepared remarks, obtained by POLITICO, … [Read more...] about “An even deeper emergency”: United Nations chief says there's a bigger threat than coronavirus
Trump pledges financial aid to oil industry
President Donald Trump. | Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images President Donald Trump said today he has ordered his administration to rescue U.S. oil companies that have been battered by record low oil prices because of the coronavirus pandemic. “We will never let the great U.S. Oil & Gas Industry down,” Trump said on Twitter. “I have instructed the Secretary of … [Read more...] about Trump pledges financial aid to oil industry