Author: Steven Cohen32
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New York’s Overly Political Approach to Mass Transit
The time for a comprehensive fix for this region’s mass transit is long overdue.
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Stepping Back From the Hatred in the Air
The two alternative universes of red and blue America have far more in common than they seem to know. It is time to focus our attention beyond these differences and focus on the far greater areas of agreement.
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The Politics of a Green New Deal
Tying economic development to environmental protection is a winning political strategy.
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Anti-Government Ideology and the Federal Government Shutdown
Building infrastructure, providing emergency services, maintaining social safety nets, and ensuring public safety require an open and capable government.
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The New House of Representatives Must Compel EPA to Enforce our Environmental Laws
We are at the end of two years witnessing the awful spectacle of an Environmental Protection Agency and Interior Department more interested in exploiting natural resources than protecting them. But starting today, the unified control of the national government by President Donald Trump and his enablers has ended.
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The Wall and Trump’s Anti-Immigration Policy Folly
The wall, growing limits on visas, children separated from their parents and the Muslim ban are all examples of Trump’s immigration policy folly.
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The Climate Talks Struggle While California Forges Ahead
The contrast between the climate talks in Poland and progress by California is illuminating and provides a clear indication of how the climate crisis will actually be addressed.
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Promoting but Regulating Electric Bikes in New York City
We need to be as creative in regulating new technologies and business models as the people who are making and selling these products and services.
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The Green New Deal and a Vision of Environmental Sustainability
The widespread and growing attention paid to environmental sustainability is difficult to ignore.
