President Biden has promised to replace all of the lead service lines in the country, but there’s not enough money and not enough time.
Energy and the Environment
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What Could Chill Heat Pumps
The obstacles to installing a transformative technology
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Firefighter Hell: When an Electric Car Bursts Into Flames
With the clean-energy transition accelerating, firefighters want better information about EV safety risks and hazards.
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Puerto Rican Cities Sue Big Oil for Alleged Racketeering
A novel lawsuit might just obtain damages for decades of oil companies’ lying about climate change.
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Wall Street’s Big Bet on Rewiring America
Ithaca has put its Green New Deal in the hands of a green private equity fund, a private foundation, and a Goldman Sachs–backed software company.
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Green Capital Feuds With Local Lenders Over National Climate Bank
Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt says $20 billion of IRA funds should capitalize his group’s proposed national bank. Local lenders are skeptical.
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Floods’ Worst Ravages Will Be Visited Upon California’s Poorest
This month’s torrent compounds the affordable-housing crisis.
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The Power to Green the Public Energy Portfolio
The Tennessee Valley Authority is replacing coal plants with more fossil fuels. The Biden administration has the authority it needs to stop this.
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Europe Tries to Stop Exporting Its Emissions
A new EU border tax on carbon could hurt low-income industrializing countries, but ‘green protectionism’ is here to stay.
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New York’s Chief Financial Regulator Promised Climate Action This Year. Where Is It?
Wall Street watchdog Adrienne Harris said her department would release climate change guidance for banks in 2022. She’s yet to publish a draft.
