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The White House is seen on July 3, 2021 in Washington, DC. - Washington, DC prepares to host the annual Independence Day fireworks display on the National Mall on July 4 as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic

White House creates new climate-focused division within Office of Science and Technology Policy

CHARLOTTE, VERMONT - NOVEMBER 5: A 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime electric car recharges its batteries November 5, 2021 at a charging station next to the town hall in Charlotte, Vermont. The starting price for a RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid is $38,350. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

How Biden's infrastructure funding could push more Americans into the electric vehicle 'revolution'

The Kobe Chouest platform supply vessel sits anchored next to the Chevron Corp. Jack/St. Malo deepwater oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico in the aerial photograph taken off the coast of Louisiana, U.S., on Friday, May 18, 2018. While U.S. shale production has been dominating markets, a quiet revolution has been taking place offshore. The combination of new technology and smarter design will end much of the overspending that's made large troves of subsea oil barely profitable to produce, industry executives say. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Why the Biden administration is reopening oil and gas leasing in the Gulf of Mexico

A boat motors by as the Bidwell Bar Bridge is surrounded by fire in Lake Oroville during the Bear fire in Oroville, California on September 9, 2020. - Dangerous dry winds whipped up California's record-breaking wildfires and ignited new blazes Tuesday, as hundreds were evacuated by helicopter and tens of thousands were plunged into darkness by power outages across the western United States. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

How Biden's infrastructure funding will help the US prepare for future climate disasters

The ruins of Pueblo del Arroyo house built by Ancient Puebloan People is seen at Chaco Culture National Historical Park on May 20, 2015. AFP PHOTO / Mladen ANTONOV (Photo credit should read MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden proposes 20-year ban on new oil drilling near Native American site in New Mexico

A woman walks past a COP26 sign covered with plants inside the Action Hub during the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on November 11, 2021. - Experts on Thursday cautiously welcomed a joint pact by China and the United States to accelerate climate action this decade, as COP26 negotiations edged towards their end with no clear plan to limit heating to 1.5C. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Takeaways from Thursday at COP26: A fight is brewing over a critical piece of the final agreement

Xie Zhenhua, China's special envoy for climate change, receives an interview in Glasgow, Scotland, the United Kingdom on Nov. 2, 2021. The withdrawal of former U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from the Paris Agreement has wasted the world nearly five years in its multilateral process to tackle climate change, Xie has said.TO GO WITH "U.S. withdrawal from Paris Agreement wastes world 5 years to tackle climate change: Chinese envoy" (Photo by Han Yan/Xinhua via Getty Images)

China surprises climate summit with pledge to work with US, but doesn't budge on climate goals