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<title><![CDATA[Ellen Knickmeyer - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/22978.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Ellen Knickmeyer]]></description><category domain="22978">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Missing Deadline, Biden Delays Afghan Withdrawal Timeline to September]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellen Knickmeyer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Joe Biden will withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America that were coordinated from that country, several U.S. officials said.
Biden will lay out his vision for the way forward in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Back in Paris Pact, Biden Admin Preps Tougher Limits on Energy Industry]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/02/20/back_in_paris_pact_biden_admin_preps_tougher_limits_on_energy_industry_145281.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ellen Knickmeyer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' World leaders welcomed the United States'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' official return to the Paris climate accord Friday, but politically trickier steps lie just ahead for President Joe Biden, including setting a tough national target in coming months for cutting damaging fossil fuel...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Clamps Down on Energy Industry in Effort to Fight Climate Change]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/27/biden_clamps_down_on_energy_industry_in_effort_to_fight_climate_change_145135.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ellen Knickmeyer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' In the most ambitious U.S. effort to stave off the worst effects of climate change, President Joe Biden is aiming to cut oil, gas and coal emissions and double energy production from offshore wind turbines through executive orders Wednesday.
The orders awaiting his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Picks Regan for EPA Nominee, Haaland for Interior Head]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/12/18/biden_picks_regan_for_epa_nominee_haaland_for_interior_head_144887.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ellen Knickmeyer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President-elect Joe Biden says he had chosen North Carolina regulator Michael S. Regan as his nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency and New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his pick for interior secretary.
Biden said Thursday that the selections round out what he said would be an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In TX, Trump Downplays Energy Worries, Attacks Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/07/30/trump_downplays_west_texas_energy_worries_attacks_democrats_143838.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellen Knickmeyer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MIDLAND, Texas (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump took sweeping digs at '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'crazy left radical Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' on a trip Wednesday to the fracking fields of West Texas, launching unsubstantiated claims that a Democratic administration would destroy everything from the country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Releases Green Energy, Infrastructure and Jobs Plan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/07/15/biden_releases_green_energy_infrastructure_and_jobs_plan_143719.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellen Knickmeyer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Joe Biden released a $2 trillion plan on Tuesday to boost investment in clean energy and stop all climate-damaging emissions from U.S. power plants by 2035, arguing that dramatic action is needed to tackle climate change and revive the economy.
In remarks...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Proposes Sweeping Rewrite of Environmental-Impact Rules]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/01/10/trump_proposes_sweeping_rewrite_of_environmental-impact_rules__142120.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ellen Knickmeyer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' In a dramatic rollback of environmental oversight, President Donald Trump took action Thursday to clear the way and speed up development of a wide range of commercial projects by cutting back federal review of their impact on the environment.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The United...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Automakers Side With Trump in Legal Fight With California]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/10/30/automakers_side_with_trump_in_legal_fight_with_california_141620.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellen Knickmeyer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota and 10 smaller automakers are siding with the Trump administration in a lawsuit over whether California has the right to set its own greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy standards.
The companies said Monday they will...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Propose Spending Trillions Fighting Climate Change]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/04/democrats_propose_spending_trillions_fighting_climate_change_141165.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellen Knickmeyer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Democratic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' presidential candidates'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' are releasing their plans to address climate change ahead of a series of town halls on the issue as the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s base increasingly demands aggressive action.
California Sen. Kamala Harris unveiled her plans on Wednesday....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Promotes Environmental Record Despite Rollbacks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/07/09/trump_promotes_environmental_record_despite_rollbacks_140735.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellen Knickmeyer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump declared himself a champion of the environment Monday, working to boost his standing on climate change and pollution issues in advance of the 2020 election despite having launched some of the most sweeping rollbacks in air, water and other...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump EPA Rolls Back Obama Rule on Coal-Fired Power Plants]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/06/20/trump_epa_rolls_back_obama_rule_on_coal-fired_power_plants_140605.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellen Knickmeyer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C., USA '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The Trump administration on Wednesday completed one of its biggest rollbacks of environmental rules, replacing a landmark Obama-era effort that sought to wean the nation's electrical grid off coal-fired power plants and their climate-damaging...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[EPA Targets Obama Crackdown on Mercury From Coal Plants]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/29/epa_targets_obama_crackdown_on_mercury_from_coal_plants_139042.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ellen Knickmeyer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The Trump administration has targeted an Obama-era regulation credited with helping dramatically reduce toxic mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants, saying the benefits to human health and the environment may not be worth the cost of the regulation.
The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Proposes Major Rollback of Water Regulations]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/11/trump_administration_proposes_major_rollback_of_water_regulations_138900.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ellen Knickmeyer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Cabinet chiefs and GOP lawmakers celebrated alongside farm and business leaders Tuesday as the Trump administration made good on one of its biggest promised environmental rollbacks, proposing to remove federal protections for thousands of waterways...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Team Moves to Roll Back Obama-Era Mileage Standards]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/08/03/trump_team_moves_to_roll_back_obama-era_mileage_standards_137713.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellen Knickmeyer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Citing safety, the Trump administration on Thursday proposed rolling back car-mileage standards, backing away from years of government efforts to cut Americans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' trips to the gas station and reduce unhealthy, climate-changing tailpipe emissions.
If the proposed...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pruitt Is Out, Handing EPA Reins to Andrew Wheeler]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/07/07/pruitt_is_out_handing_epa_reins_to_andrew_wheeler_137449.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellen Knickmeyer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Bowing out after months of scandals, Scott Pruitt is turning the Environmental Protection Agency over to a far less flashy deputy who is expected to continue Pruitt'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s rule-cutting, business-friendly ways as steward of the country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s environment.
With...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paul Tells Tech-Heavy Crowd He's Against NSA Data Collection]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/05/10/paul_tells_tech-heavy_crowd_hes_against_nsa_data_collection_126549.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ellen Knickmeyer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul sparked applause from a tech-heavy audience Saturday when he criticized the government's bulk collection of data but drew a more tepid response for his opposition to so-called net neutrality.
Appearing at a tech start-up...]]></description>
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