The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed rules forcing a program that offers loans for energy efficiency upgrades to confirm a borrower’s ability to repay.
Climate Crisis
Posted inWorking in America
America’s Workplace Safety Crisis
Conditions have improved from the days of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. But not by nearly enough.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Clean-Power Group Supports Dirty Energy
The American Clean Power Association has endorsed fossil fuel initiatives and their allies in Washington.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans Declare War on Young Voters
The GOP answer to anger about its abortion, climate, and gun control crusades is to double down.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Exxon’s Unethical Supreme Court Play
Oil company lawyers are pushing Justice Alito to indirectly decide cases he should recuse himself from.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Rising Debt and Sickly Growth
The World Bank and IMF are asking developing countries to do more with less.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Rise of the Climate Rating Agencies
Government and the private sector rely increasingly on risk-modeling firms that claim they can zero in on exposure to climate change.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
How Many More Years of Living Dangerously?
The National Flood Insurance Program can’t keep pace with the challenges posed by climate change and insuring oceanfront homes in Scituate, Massachusetts.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ and the Case for Radical, Direct Action on Climate
A new film considers what to do when those in power fail to take the problem seriously.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Chickenshit Club, Climate Edition
Government lawyers would rather approve 30 years of Arctic drilling than lose in court.
