Critics say the ex-head of Twitter hasn’t hired enough nonprofit professionals, so his charity has been driven by arbitrary personal whims. Maybe there is a bigger problem here.
Lee Harris
Lee Harris is a staff writer at The American Prospect. In 2020, she co-founded New York Focus, an investigative news site on New York politics. Prior to that, she was editor of the independent newspaper at the University of Chicago.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
New York Utilities Polarize Over Push to Ban Natural Gas
A proposed gas ban has pitted ConEd against Big Oil, real estate lobbyists, and other investor-owned utilities.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Here’s How Biden Could Override the Democrats Protecting Wall Street
Saule Omarova, whose nomination is in trouble partly due to progressives’ botched defense, could be appointed as first deputy and run the OCC in an acting capacity.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Two Dems Could Sabotage Bank Regulator Who Opposed Their Deregulatory Agenda
Saule Omarova’s past criticism of bank deregulation is a sticking point for Democrats wary of how aggressively she would regulate big banks.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
At U.N. Climate Talks, What Mattered Most Went Unsaid
A Wall Street–led energy transition; punitive credit conditions for developing countries; sustained oil and gas drilling
Posted inBuilding Back America
Manchin Could Score Carbon Capture Subsidies to Prop Up Coal
In September, Joe Manchin was told carbon capture would need heavy federal subsidies to keep coal running in West Virginia. Now, a supercharged tax credit is in Build Back Better.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Will Aberdeen’s Oil and Gas Overhaul Make Skilled Workers Redundant?
A rich port city is remaking itself for post-oil politics. Aberdeen will now host food festivals and may export green fuel but hosts little heavy industry.
Posted inEconomic Policy
U.S. Heads to Climate Conference Without Key International Finance Official
Also: The Senate declines to pass along emergency financing to developing countries.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
U.S. Snubs Biodiversity Summit
The U.S. refuses to join the global conference in China on biodiversity due to decades of pharma lobbying. Yet habitat destruction could fuel future pandemics.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
U.S. Demands Something for Nothing at Glasgow
The top constraint on global climate talks is still parochial American politics.
