Energy & the Environment
Editors' Picks
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Atlantic Surging, Virginia Sinking
Feb 23, 2015Rising sea level in Norfolk threatens the town, the Navy, and a state in denial.
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Markets, States, and the Green Transition
Mar 05, 2015To get renewable energy technologies into broad use, government needs to promote both supply and demand. Markets are too risk-averse.
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Activists Fear Imminent Betrayal From DNC Quashing Climate Debate
Aug 21, 2019Tomorrow the DNC votes on a resolution to hold a climate debate, but Chair Tom Perez’s competing resolution would undermine that effort.
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Can the Appalachian Trail Block a Natural Gas Pipeline?
Aug 14, 2019The question of the trail’s ownership looms large in a case that may be headed to the Supreme Court. The answer could determine the fate of natural gas megaprojects on the East Coast.
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The Cost-Benefit Boomerang
Jul 25, 2019The right devised cost-benefit analysis to discredit regulation. Now this technique is showing massive net benefits, and the foes of environmental regulation are in a panic.
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National Grid Asks Customers to Help it Lobby for a New Fracked Gas Pipeline
Jul 12, 2019The utility company implemented a moratorium on new service in the NYC area after a billion-dollar fracked-gas pipeline project was rejected by New York and New Jersey governments, and is now pressing its customers in a last-ditch lobbying effort.
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Trump Uses Supporters as Props on the Environment
Jul 10, 2019Trump’s latest campaign ploy recruits ordinary people to sing his environmental praises.
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Climate Change and the Democrats
Jun 26, 2019If they have the smarts, Democrats can prevent a schism in the progressive coalition, and turn the Green New Deal into a jobs machine for workers displaced from the carbon economy.
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The Inslee Difference
Jun 06, 2019The Washington governor’s focus on the climate crisis is prodding his fellow presidential candidates to develop their own Green New Deals.
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Labor Champions a New Deal—with a Clean Environment and Good Jobs
Apr 30, 2019And a trade policy that doesn’t reward offshoring factories to nations that don’t curtail pollution
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Five Responses to Climate Change Deniers
Apr 30, 2019The climate emergency is undeniable. Here's how to make that case.
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With Hurricane Season Looming, Billions in Disaster Recovery for Puerto Rico Remain Unspent
Apr 15, 2019Congress approved $20 billion last year to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria in 2017. Less than $14,000 has been spent on the island.
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Labor Unions Must Lead a Just Transition from Fossil Fuels to Clean Energy
Apr 15, 2019Some labor leaders have already scorched proposals like the Green New Deal even as affected sectors continue to lose jobs.
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In Rural America, Farmers Reap What the President Sows
Apr 03, 2019Trump’s proposed USDA budget cuts send the wrong message to America’s struggling small farms.
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Yale's Endowment Won't Divest from Fossil Fuels. Here's Why That's Wrong.
Mar 08, 2019Two climate activists and Yale alumni confront the arguments of Yale's chief investment officer, arguing that he must summon the moral clarity to end support for fossil fuel companies.
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BlackRock’s ‘Greenwashing’ Threatens to Undermine Climate Action
Feb 26, 2019With $6 trillion in assets, BlackRock could make a real difference on the climate. Instead it's opted for half-measures and public relations schemes.
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Want a Green New Deal? Then Challenge Global Capitalism
Feb 07, 2019As climate change accelerates, communities of color suffer while corporations continue to rake in profits and the wealthy flee to safer locales.
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