No Climate, No Deal: For Real?
The running joke in Capital City for the past four and a half years is that every week is infrastructure week. It’s agreed by both Republicans and Democrats that US infrastructure is in woeful condition.
American environmental policy
Voting Rights and Climate Policy—Not as Odd a Couple as You Might Think
Some things just seem to go together–Bogey and Bacall—for example. There are other things—voting rights legislation and the future of national climate policy—not so much.
Infrastructure Negotiations and the Fate of National Climate Policy—Will There Be a Chance to Make a Second Impression?
Until trust and civility are restored, governing the nation will continue to be beyond anyone’s grasp. Talk about an unsustainable environment.
US Climate Policy Caught Between Two Worlds—Are We Smarter Than Buridan’s Ass?
Are fossil fuels and clean energy alternatives equally attractive choices as Aristotle’s food and water, Al-Ghazali’s dates, or Buridan’s bales of hay?
The Truth Be Damned and What It Means for the Future of US Climate Policy
We know what climate and clean energy policies by presidential order mean for the nation—a perpetual cycle of feast and famine that creates uncertainty in the marketplace and crowded court calendars.
Earth Day 2021: Awakened Not Woke
It’s Earth Day 2021, and I hope the world’s leaders will boldly go where none have gone before. I am optimistic.
The Affairs of States: In the Greening of America (Part 2)
In a more perfect union, the federal government would be a better partner with state and local governments in the effort to slow, forestall, and adapt to Earth’s changing climate.
The Affairs of States: In the Greening of America
This first installment looks to provide a bit of historical and political context on the federal-state relationship regarding environmental matters and how it has changed over the past half-century.
New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Climate Action as Congress Weighs Big Infrastructure Bill
Americans support the steps taken by the Biden administration thus far to tackle climate change by large margins, according to a new poll.
Painting the world green
The fate of the United States has never been more linked—virally, environmentally, economically, and existentially—to the fate of the rest of the world.
A Blue Dog Night: What It Might Mean for a Green New Deal
A year more of gridlock on climate matters, including green infrastructure, would not only bring the nation closer to crossing the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold scientists warn of, but it could well fracture the Democratic Party.
Here’s a Civil Notion: Save the RINOs for the Sake of Democracy and the Environment
Without at least some bipartisan backing, the on-again/off-again climate policy cycle will continue. Absent collaboration today, the future transition to a low-carbon economy will be desperate rather than measured.