As a changing climate bakes and dries up the Colorado River, the seven basin states can’t agree on how to share the declining water resources.
Energy and the Environment
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Trump: Poor People’s Power Bills Are Too Damn Low (Again)
To help pay for his war of choice with Iran, Trump wants to zero out funding for energy assistance and efficiency programs. But it’s not the first time he’s tried to dismantle them.
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Out of the Chaos, a Green Future?
Today on Aftermath: How the war in Iran may lead to a boost in renewable energy
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NEPA and Its Discontents
What’s missing from the political conversation around America’s embattled environmental law?
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Iran War Sends Fertilizer Prices Sky-High
In the middle of the spring planting season, American farmers have to contend with supply chain disruptions.
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Trump’s Billion-Dollar French Boondoggle Gets Even Dumber
He is paying TotalEnergies a billion dollars to do natural gas investments it is already doing.
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Trump Pays a French Company a Billion Dollars to Increase Your Electric Bill
TotalEnergies was going to build wind farms. Now it’s being paid to not build them.
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How to Save Americans $70 Billion
With five minor tweaks to existing utility law—and a whole lot of elbow grease—policymakers could save American households $500 per year on electricity.
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The National Security Case for Renewable Energy
Turns out oil is vulnerable to price shocks caused by blood-crazed presidents.
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Donald Trump, Oil Market Obliterator
Most presidents can’t be directly blamed for gas prices going up. This one is the exception.
