The housing crisis and the climate crisis have shaped mayoral and city council elections in Texas’s fast-growing capital city.
Climate Crisis
Posted inTransportation
Rail Companies Can’t Handle Traffic From Mississippi River Drought
Low water levels have pushed shippers who typically use river barges to use freight rail. But decades of strangled capacity makes rail a bad bet, too.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
New York’s Chief Financial Regulator Promised Climate Action This Year. Where Is It?
Wall Street watchdog Adrienne Harris said her department would release climate change guidance for banks in 2022. She’s yet to publish a draft.
Posted inWorking in America
Workers on Solar’s Front Lines
Unions are fighting to ensure solar workers are skilled tradesmen, not just exploited temps.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The U.N. Wants to Criminalize Climate Change
A new report pushes to hold companies criminally accountable if their actions lead to global temperature rise.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
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?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
But for the Blizzards, a Climate Utopia?
Ignore those six-foot snowbanks—if you want some climate security, Buffalo wants you.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
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.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
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.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
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.
