The bill will cut U.S. emissions, but not nearly enough. It’s “like losing 20 pounds when you need to lose 100 pounds” one expert said.
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Five Decades in the Making: Why It Took Congress So Long to Act on Climate
The Senate bill avoided the political pitfalls of past legislative attempts by offering only incentives to cut climate pollution, not taxes.
Coal vs. Wall Street
Republican state officials have found a new way to push back against “woke capitalism”— by punishing companies that distance themselves from fossil fuels.
How Republicans Are ‘Weaponizing’ Public Office Against Climate Action
A Times investigation revealed a coordinated effort by state treasurers to use government muscle and public funds to punish companies trying to reduce greenhouse gases.
Bigger Than Trump
Why election conspiracy theories have become central to the Republican Party.
The G.O.P.’s ‘Wildest Dream’
The election of Mayra Flores, a Republican and an immigrant, helps explain how Latino voters are shifting to the right.
A Bluer Picture
The midterm campaigns for the House and the Senate are shaping up quite differently.
Biden Endorses Ending Filibuster to Codify Abortion Rights
The president called the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade “destabilizing’’ and said Congress needed to act to codify it into law.
How an Organized Republican Effort Punishes Companies for Climate Action
Legislators and their allies are running an aggressive campaign that uses public money and the law to pressure businesses they say are pushing “woke” causes.
In the U.S., Backlash to Civil Rights Era Made Guns a Political Third Rail
Other countries changed course after massacres. But American political protection for guns is unique, and has become inseparable from conservative credentials.