For decades, depleted funds and mounting backlogs have left hundreds of communities with lingering toxins. The infrastructure plan could be an environmental salvation.
Energy and the Environment
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Will Biden Cancel Minnesota’s Line 3 Oil Pipeline?
President Biden’s climate plan will greatly reduce the need for future oil pipelines, but in the meantime Minnesota’s Line 3 hangs in the balance.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Cleaning Up Electricity
A federal energy efficiency and clean electricity standard is doable, but getting one through Congress won’t be easy.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Biden’s Promising, Problematic Plan to Plug Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells
The proposed infrastructure package devotes $16 billion to cleaning up abandoned fossil fuel development, but it may serve as a bailout for irresponsible oil companies.
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Corporate Merger Aims to Build a Water Privatization Giant
Veolia and Suez plan a $15.4 billion deal that would create the largest private water firm in the world.
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A New Deal Jobs Program Returns in Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
One provision of the American Jobs Plan would devote $10 billion to creating a Civilian Climate Corps.
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Charging Stations Could Drive Electric Vehicles Into a Wall
Can the federal government persuade manufacturers to establish a set of standards for EV plugs, adapters, and software to accelerate the green transition?
Posted inClimate of Opportunity
The Promise of Offshore Wind
We can create good jobs and clean, cheap power by bringing back production as well as accelerating installation.
Posted inClimate of Opportunity
The Case for Taking Back Solar
Installing a lot more solar is part of the path to clean, renewable energy. But we also need to be producing the entire supply chain.
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Something in the Water
Should a water authority be privatized to rescue a municipality’s finances? The story of Chester, Pennsylvania, and its environs is an alarming harbinger of things to come.
