Joe Biden

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A fly fisherman casts on the Kootenai River, downstream of the Koocanusa Reservoir, near the Montana-Idaho boundary and Leonia, Idaho, on Sept. 19, 2014. File photo by The Associated Press/The Spokesman Review, Rich Landers

Canada asked to join probe of selenium flowing from B.C. into U.S.

The agency that mediates disputes between Canada and the United States over shared waters is pleading with the federal Liberals to join an investigation into contamination from British Columbia coal mines before the Americans move on their own.

By Bob Weber | News, US News, Politics | June 2nd 2022

Gunman entered Texas school unchallenged

Law enforcement officials described in chilling detail on Thursday, May 25, 2022, the time it took for tactical officers to finally gun down an 18-year-old attacker after he shot and killed 19 students and two teachers inside a fourth-grade classroom in small-town Texas.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | May 27th 2022

Democrat Beto O"Rourke, who is running against Abbott for governor this year, interrupts a news conference headed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Photo by The Associated Press/Dario Lopez-Mills

Tears and finger pointing in Texas, Congress after mass shooting horror

Over two days, in two acts, the small southwest Texas town of Uvalde has been the unwitting global stage for a real-world illustration of the defining tension in American life.

By James McCarten | News, US News | May 26th 2022

Jason Kenney speaks in Calgary, Alta., on Friday, March 25, 2022. The Alberta premier is urging the U.S. government to convince Michigan to abandon its legal campaign against the Line 5 pipeline. File photo by The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

Jason Kenney speaks out against Line 5 shutdown at Capitol Hill

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney found mostly allies on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, as he brought his pro-pipeline pulpit to Capitol Hill, urging a largely Republican cadre of U.S. senators to get behind the idea of new cross-border energy conduits and to speak out in defence of Line 5.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | May 18th 2022

Attorney General Merrick Garland. Photo by United States Department of Justice/Wikimedia Commons

U.S. Office of Environmental Justice aims to crack down on polluters in hard-hit communities

A new office in the U.S. Department of Justice will take on polluters in hard-hit communities.

Race Against Climate Change

By Julia Kane | News, US News | May 18th 2022

Many U.S. politicians have 'sympathy' for Canada's Line 5 position: Wilkinson

White House officials, Capitol Hill lawmakers and the U.S. secretary of energy have all expressed "significant sympathy" for the plight of Canada's Line 5 pipeline, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said on Thursday, May 12, 2022, after a day of meetings in the U.S. capital.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | May 13th 2022

A crowd of people gather outside the Supreme Court early on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Washington. Photo by The Associated Press/Alex Brandon

Biden says basic U.S. rights at risk if Supreme Court draft abortion decision holds

Rescinding the constitutional right to an abortion would be just the beginning, President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, as the world confronted anew the possibility that women in the United States are poised to lose the right to choose.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | May 4th 2022

This photo provided by California State Parks shows the Pioneer Tree one of the few remaining old-growth coastal redwoods at Samuel P. Taylor State Park, Calif., on Thursday, March 24, 2022, after it collapsed from a fire. (California State Parks via AP)

Biden passes order to help protect old-growth forests from wildfire

President Joe Biden is taking steps to restore national forests that have been devastated by wildfires, drought and blight, using an Earth Day visit to Seattle to sign an executive order protecting some of the nation’s largest and oldest trees.

By Matthew Daly & Josh Boak | News, US News, Politics | April 22nd 2022

Canada to send Ukraine heavy artillery, but PM won't give details

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't going to provide more details about his government's pledge to send a new round of military aid to Ukraine — at least not yet.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | April 21st 2022

President Joe Biden speaks at POET Bioprocessing in Menlo, Iowa, on April 12, 2022. Biden plans to mark Earth Day in Seattle on Friday, but he's struggled to make progress on a sweeping environmental agenda. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

This Earth Day, Biden's climate agenda is stalled

One year ago, Joe Biden marked his first Earth Day as president by convening world leaders for a virtual summit on global warming that even Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping attended. Biden used the moment to nearly double the United States’ goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, vaulting the country to the front lines in the fight against climate change.

By Matthew Daly & Chris Megerian | News, US News, Politics | April 21st 2022

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