In his time on D.C.’s Public Service Commission and before that as a corporate lawyer, Phillips consistently sided with utilities over the public interest.
Climate Crisis
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
A Flood of Risk
The federal flood insurance program has historically subsidized rich coastal homeowners. FEMA says they’re fixing that, but it could be false hope.
Posted inTAP
Nature Versus Manchin
Today on TAP: Climate change has already demonstrated the need for infrastructure spending
Posted inPolitics
A Devastating Week for This Country
Thoughts on a flooded country, a theocratic state, and a creaking democracy
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Planet Depends on the Next Federal Reserve Chair
In the debate over whether to retain Jerome Powell, not enough attention has focused on the climate crisis.
Posted inWorking in America
America Lacks Workplace Protections Against Excessive Heat
The Biden administration could issue an emergency order amid soaring temperatures this summer. It has yet to do so.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Why Mass Immigration Is the Key to American Renewal
Our economy, politics, and culture all need the revitalization only immigrants can provide.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Biden’s Oil-Friendly Appointees
The newly installed State Department energy adviser joins a group of administration officials who appear wedded to fossil fuels.
Posted inTAP
The Deficit Hawks and the Climate Disaster
Today on TAP: What’s wrong with balancing the budget
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Infrastructure Summer: The Bipartisan Bill Is Step One of Many
Democrats might get hung up on the very next step, the budget resolution for the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.
