A new report pushes to hold companies criminally accountable if their actions lead to global temperature rise.
Energy and the Environment
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Building Steam in Lithium Valley
Imperial County, one of the most depressed areas in America, has a clean-energy fortune stored deep in an underground reservoir. Can it be extracted, and will downtrodden residents see the benefits?
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But for the Blizzards, a Climate Utopia?
Ignore those six-foot snowbanks—if you want some climate security, Buffalo wants you.
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Quants, Carbon, and Climate Change
The center-left mindset of favoring quantitative analysis and just-so mathematical solutions is particularly myopic when it comes to fossil fuel pollution.
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Manchin Decides to Torpedo Permitting Reform
By refusing to hold a hearing for the chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Joe Manchin is damaging an existing effort to improve permitting for electric transmission lines.
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Will the Green Transition Build Worker Power? The IRS Will Help Decide.
The IRS and Treasury should ensure that companies receiving tax credits stick to the labor standards in the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Working People and Climate Change
The path to climate stability lies only in inviting working people in partnership on solving this pressing challenge.
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Time for the EPA to Use Its Most Powerful Weapon
National Ambient Air Quality Standards under the Clean Air Act could be employed to reach President Biden’s climate goals.
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Q&A: Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and Growing Inequality
Recovery gets complicated by uneven insurance coverage, haphazard emergency programs, and a reluctance to admit that rebuilding in vulnerable places is too risky.
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Waters Run Dry, Lawsuits Run Hot
Alabama, Florida, and Georgia would rather litigate than cooperate on planning for the seasons of drought to come.
