Politics3
-
Cutting the Salt in Winter Road Maintenance
As the capital and environmental costs of road salt continue to mount, has the time come to ask whether we’re putting too much of it on our streets?
-
The Green New Deal and a Vision of Environmental Sustainability
The widespread and growing attention paid to environmental sustainability is difficult to ignore.
-
Climate Fact and Right Wing Fantasy
The Trump administration’s effort to bury the newest climate report isn’t working.
-
The Midterm Elections and Environmental Protection
Tuesday’s election could be key in deciding federal environmental protection moving forward.
-
The Post-Pruitt EPA
While it is possible to predict the most probable form the post-Pruitt EPA will take, we should strive for something better.
-
Saving the NYC Subways will Require Money and Political Courage
Both our governor and mayor need to place public service above political gain to save our mass transit system.
-
The Conservative Case for a Carbon Tax
Economist Glenn Hubbard explains why carbon pricing can appeal to people on both sides of the political aisle.
-
Funding Renewable Energy is Easier Than Taxing Carbon
Given the political infeasibility of a carbon tax to speed the transformation to a sustainable economy, we need to rapidly move on to another policy approach.
-
Trump’s Energy Dominance and the Future of Fossil Fuels
We have a presidency and an energy policy that is seeking to achieve fossil fuel dominance at the very moment that the rest of the world is desperately working to replace those fuels with renewable alternatives.
