Coral Davenport

New York Times reporter covering energy and environmental policy, and climate change

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Coral Davenport is an energy and environment policy reporter for the New York Times. She is a former environmental correspondent for National Journal.

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Ambitious climate change legislation is hanging by a thread. It’s part of the $3.5 trillion budget package Congressional democrats are debating.

Could West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin doom President Biden’s effort to curb climate change?

Ambitious climate change legislation is hanging by a thread. It’s part of the $3.5 trillion budget package Congressional democrats are debating.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

On Thursday, President Joe Biden unveiled an ambitious plan to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade.

Biden wants 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by end of decade. What will that take?

On Thursday, President Joe Biden unveiled an ambitious plan to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Tackling climate is a massive priority for President-elect Joe Biden, so there’s a lot of attention on who he’ll pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

Why California’s lead environmental official, Mary Nichols, will likely not run the EPA

Tackling climate is a massive priority for President-elect Joe Biden, so there’s a lot of attention on who he’ll pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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