Ubiquitous pipelines crisscrossing America and worries over climate change raise the question: Does transporting oil and gas serve the public interest?
Energy & the Environment
Posted inEconomic Policy
Avoid Taxes, Receive Federal Bailouts
It’s the common thread among a host of companies lining up to feed on a rescue package.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Coronavirus Just Might Help Us Save the Planet
The last recession brought us the fracking boom, and this one might end our addiction to cheap oil.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Let’s Get Serious About Fighting the Corona Depression
The economic impact could dwarf the 2008 collapse. We need a New Deal–scale response—and fast.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Oil Collapse Raises Fears of Financial Crisis
States reliant on fossil fuels are in trouble. The financial system may be in trouble, too.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How the Coronavirus Could Reignite a Lurking Debt Bomb
Many have called corporate debt the ‘next financial crisis.’ That never made much sense—until, just possibly, now.
Posted inPolitics
Will Youth Vote Transform Nevada Caucuses?
The Silver State’s new workforce is younger and more likely to skew Democratic, but its members’ political affiliations are a bit opaque.
Posted inAmerica and the World
France Turns to Citizen-Legislators to Craft Climate Reforms
Can a small group of randomly selected people succeed where French politicians have failed?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Can the Concrete Jungle Sink CO2?
Proposed legislation in New York attacks a leading source of emissions that rarely gets noticed.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Buying Their Way Out of Environmental Regulations
Trump’s EPA lets big-time coal industry donors off the hook for the damage their mercury emissions inflict on children.
