A Republican majority on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission impedes action on fossil fuels.
Climate Crisis
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Here Comes the Rain Again
Will Lake Charles, Louisiana, become America’s latest climate sacrifice?
Posted inWorking in America
Canary in the Mine: Striking Miners in Alabama
The five-month strike is about worker power in America. It’s also about fighting for a just transition for carbon-intensive industries.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Bipartisan Group Converges on Ag Concentration
Farms seem to be the only thing that doesn’t count as ‘infrastructure.’ But an emerging consensus agrees that anti-competitive practices have made food supply a national-security risk.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The DCCC’s Top Bundler Is an Oil Lobbyist
Zachary Pfister goes to bat for the American Petroleum Institute, the industry’s most powerful lobbying group.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans Play a Deadly Game on Climate
The bipartisan infrastructure bill grinds to a halt, and with it, nearly $50 billion in resilience funding.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
USDA Wants to Make Farms Climate-Friendly. Will It Work?
The Conservation Reserve Program pays farmers to leave land uncultivated. But critical flaws in the program may significantly limit its climate benefit.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Infrastructure Summer: Why Prioritize the Civilian Climate Corps?
In this first installment of the Prospect’s new series, we talk with the Sunrise Movement’s Evan Weber.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Schumer Joins Local Fight Against Astoria Power Plant Proposal
DSA organized against a fracked-gas plant in Queens, New York. Now Chuck Schumer is getting involved.
