Climate
Scalia’s Ghost Can’t Save Oil, Gas, and Coal
The Clean Power Plan probably got a reprieve when the arch-conservative jurist died.
How Badly Did The Supreme Court Damage Obama's Climate Plan?
Defenders of the climate have to worry that the Supreme Court will sent the EPA back to the drawing board in 2017. Just one more reason why who gets elected president could literally change the course of the world.
A Nation of Flints
We are living in a nation of Flints, thanks to racial bias, economic inequality, austerity, and conservative governance. We can’t afford to kid ourselves about what it will take to fix it.
Political Poison
The Flint lead disaster exposed the callousness of people like Michigan’s governor, who blame the poor for all of their misfortune.
Greening the Global Economy: A Plan for Climate Change – And for Jobs
To stop climate change we have to take back Congress. Progressives need to launch a campaign to win back a congressional majority committed to a bold agenda for stopping climate change and creating new green jobs.
Nevada's Right Wing Could Get Burned Trying to Shut Solar Power Down
"It's going to be a campaign issue," says an activist and homeowner who is among those who will be hurt by a Koch brothers-backed push to make home solar power adoption prohibitively expensive.
A Green and Dirty Gift
As lawmakers scurried to keep the government open and head home for the holidays, they wrapped spending and tax deals into a costly measure that highlighted our nation’s mismatched energy policies.
Budget Deal: GOP In Service To Corporations and Big Oil, Not The Public
With a Republican Congress, every budget battle is about ratcheting down the things our government does to make our lives better. This year was no exception. But We the People got some things out of the bargaining.
Time For Us To Be the Enforcers Of the Climate Change Accords
Whether you are skeptical of the Paris agreement or see them as a groundbreaking accomplishment for the planet, you should see them as an opportunity for us as citizens to keep our leaders accountable.
Robert Pollin Shows Us That "Greening The Global Economy" Is Doable
The Paris climate agreement is a landmark achievement. But what is our next step? Robert Pollin has laid out a road map in his new book, "Greening The Global Economy."
