Senators Press White House To Detail Plans For Curbing Fossil Fuel Finance

Half a dozen Democratic senators are pressing the Biden administration to further detail plans to fulfill a 2021 commitment made at global climate talks in Glasgow to curb public funding for “unabated” fossil fuel projects abroad, arguing that the U.S. has failed to follow through on this pledge. The senators “hope to protect taxpayer funding from fueling the climate crisis or increasing global instability,” says a Dec. 8 letter to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan from Senate environment...