Environment and Energy
Is The EPA Confrontational Enough?
The End of Automania
Is It Time To Reconsider The Light Bulb Ban?
Is The Environment Doomed Once Republicans Take Congress?
This is the third in an occasional series examining how Republican control of Congress might affect policy debates in the next two years. (Part 1, Part 2) READ MORE >>
Cap and Charade
Just a Mess
Salazar Lifts the Drilling Moratorium—Is That A Good Idea?
Did The White House Kill The Climate Bill?
In this week's New Yorker, Ryan Lizza has a long, truly excellent reported piece on how the climate bill died in the Senate. The big question is to what extent the White House deserves the blame: READ MORE >>
Welcome to the Age of Seawalls
Over on the main site, Steve Nash has a great piece about how cities in the United States are preparing for sea-level rise. The picture's pretty bleak. Most states and localities aren't doing much planning at all. And when they are taking action, they're actually making things worse. Here's a snippet: READ MORE >>
Floating Nukes Of The Day
It's hard to find a news story that better encapsulates the future of energy/environmental politics than this one. Russia's currently building eight floating nuclear power stations along its north coast so that it can keep drilling for oil and gas under the ever-melting Arctic. READ MORE >>
