A bipartisan bill could lower electricity costs and speed the green energy transition by targeting utilities.
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Why Won’t the Clean Energy Industry Play Dirty?
Since sweeping to power in 2025, Republicans have waged an all-out war on clean energy. Congress gutted major clean energy and electric vehicle subsidies enacted under Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, killed state-level rules to spur electric vehicle adoption, and blocked legislation to ease permitting for wind power projects. The Trump administration has gone further, […]
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Why Is Merrick Garland Sticking with Donald Trump on Climate Lawsuits?
Under Trump, the Justice Department sided with Big Oil against states and cities suing over climate change. Biden’s DOJ hasn’t changed course. Why?
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Are Global Summits on Climate Change Becoming Futile?
Why world leaders can’t settle for leaving the COP26 in Glasgow with major promises. They have to stick to them, too.
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Demanding Climate Courage Is Good, Actually
Why Matt Yglesias is wrong to urge environmental activists to moderate.
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Texas Blackout of 2021 Was Primarily a Human Failure
Easy answers on the left and right don’t cut it. Ultimately, it was bad leadership.
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Biden Plans a Whole-of-Government Approach to Climate Change
The Biden team believes fighting global warming is about more than passing laws, bolstering the EPA, or even executive orders. It’s about incorporating climate change concerns into every department and agency.
