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Later today, the Trump administration is expected to announce the approval of the highly controversial Keystone XL pipeline.

All is not lost for the climate test. A climate test could be applied at all levels of government, including at the state level. One state where such a policy appears ripe for formulation is California.

A closer look at the withdrawal of Arctic waters from offshore drilling shows a critically important detail to how the White House made this decision: They used a climate test as one of the rationales for ending drilling in the Arctic.

People power stopped Keystone XL in its tracks. Now we're seeing human resistance to fossil fuel projects spreading rapidly around the globe.

The White House just released an important document today: the final version of guidance for considering climate impacts within the NEPA process. While this document is merely guidance and “not a rule or regulation,” the updated version marks some important shifts in aligning our energy policy with our climate goals.

Last Saturday, news broke that the Democratic National Platform Committee formally adopted a “Climate Test” into their draft platform that will be adopted this month. This is big news, but it's just the start of what we need.

The oil industry is a market built on the old market fundamentals of supply and demand and the flux between the two will impact how much we pay for our oil or gas.

An enduring aspect of the EIA’s lack of attention to the urgency of the climate crisis is the lack of a projection of U.S. and/or global energy supply and demand that reflects the nation’s stated commitments to address climate change.

The Energy Information Administration should help, not hinder, policymaking on the energy transition - a critique of the International Energy Outlook 2016

In our latest briefing, we unravel why U.S. government agencies are setting themselves up for climate failure when assessing the climate impact of fossil fuel decisions, and what they should do about it.