Can Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg convince Congress that road user fees are the next big revenue thing?
Energy and the Environment
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The World Wants the U.S. to Get Serious on Climate
Trump slowed, but did not stop, America’s grappling with the climate crisis. Under Biden, can the nation catch up with the rest of the developed world?
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Biden Rejoined the Paris Agreement. Now He Must Lead by Example.
The U.S. needs to move beyond its legacy of dithering on climate and set firm and meaningful targets on reducing carbon emissions.
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Four More Years of Trump Would Be an Environmental ‘Fiasco’
The administration has established a record of protecting polluters and undermining regulation.
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When Going Green Collides With the Free Market
Texas’s chaotic, deregulated energy market was key to Georgetown’s claim to be the nation’s renewable-energy leader. It’s also the reason their project backfired.
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Re-Fund the EPA
In order to save the planet, the next administration must hire thousands of people to implement climate policy.
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After Losing, Pipeline Company Refuses to Pay Legal Fees in Trespassing Case
Bayou Bridge is hoping the typically pliant state government in Louisiana will come to its aid.
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Climate Activists Expect Harris to Champion Environmental Justice
Her historic nomination may elevate climate and environmental-justice issues on the Democrats’ agenda.
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Can a Pipeline Company Invoke Eminent Domain? A Louisiana Court Ducks.
The company must pay property owners for its abuses, but its ability to take property in the cause of the ‘public good’—however tenuous—remains intact.
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Native Americans Hail Oil and Gas Pipeline Decisions
In three separate cases, pipelines planned to go through or near Native lands have been either delayed or stopped.
