Trump Cabinet picks pressed on climate change, wildfires and campaign promises: 4 takeaways
Senators quizzed Trump's Interior secretary nominee, proposed EPA administrator and Treasury secretary nominee.
Transition Highlights: Trump’s Picks Are Quizzed on Tax Cuts, Tariffs and Climate Change
Senate confirmation hearings for the Trump cabinet continue on Thursday. They will include Doug Burgum for interior secretary, Scott Turner for housing secretary and Lee Zeldin for Environmental Protection Agency administrator at 10 a.m. Eastern, and Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary at 10:30 a.m.
Trump Pick For Environment Says Climate Change Is 'Real'
Donald Trump's nominee to lead the US Environmental Protection Agency acknowledged Thursday that man-made climate change is real in his Senate confirmation hearing.
Trump’s pick for energy secretary rejects linking climate change and wildfires
Chris Wright’s arguments are set to draw scrutiny from Senate Democrats during his confirmation hearing for the Energy Department post.
Trump’s Treasury Pick Defends Plans to Cut Taxes and Raise Tariffs
Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to be Treasury secretary, will be in charge of steering the president’s economic agenda if confirmed by the Senate.
Voters wary of Trump’s tax cuts and tariff policy, new poll says
Americans have mixed feelings about key parts of Donald Trump’s economic agenda, though the president-elect returns to the White House with greater enthusiasm from supporters than his previous term, according to a new poll.
Tech giants sounded the alarm about climate change. Now they're warming up to Trump
Some industry observers told ABC News that the ostensible softening toward Trump by big-tech corporations reflects a new ...
Fed Quits Global Climate Risk Group Ahead of Trump Presidency
The central bank said it had decided to leave the network after the group’s work “increasingly broadened in scope.” ...
Trump's EPA nominee stays vague on plans as senators press him on climate views
Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, is promising to preserve a ...
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Trump and the latest climate change red flag
Like a three-pack-a-day smoker who blames their chronic cough on allergies, or a recent flu shot — everything but their ...
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Is the EPA Obligated to Regulate Greenhouse Gases? Trump’s Pick Can’t Say.
At a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday, Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, ...
Top Canadian banks quit global climate coalition ahead of Trump inauguration
Four of Canada's biggest lenders said on Friday they were withdrawing from a global banking sector climate coalition, joining ...
Credit cards, climate change and electric cars: Team Trump confirmation hearings
Trump's picks to lead four federal agencies testified without the flashes of anger that marked Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi's ...
How Trump-proof is Biden’s environmental legacy? See our analysis.
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to reverse dozens of President Joe Biden’s environmental rules and policies. But ...
Federal Reserve withdraws from global regulatory climate change group
The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Friday it had withdrawn from a global body of central banks and regulators devoted to ...