His heir apparent looks to be a far more effective dismantler of environmental protections.
Energy & the Environment
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While China Picks Winners, Trump Picks Losers
The Trump administration is eager to subsidize coal, but any help for the U.S. solar industry is decried as free-market interference.
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Not a Drill: Oil and Gas Exploration Dead in the Water for Governors
With most coastal chief executives ready to battle to protect their seashores and fisheries, the Trump administration storms into the country’s first energy-environmental showdown.
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Boston’s Rendezvous with Climate Destiny
A coastal winter storm shows one of America’s oldest cities what sea-level rise really means.
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GOP Tax Plan Pulls the Plug on Renewable Energy
Both versions of the GOP tax plan could deal a devastating blow to solar and wind production.Â
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Nebraska Approves Keystone XL Pipeline, But Fight Continues
The state’s decision is the pipeline’s last regulatory hurdle. Next stop: the courts.
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It Will Take More Than Single-Payer to Make Baltimore Healthy
More than lack of access to health care, the ongoing legacies of Jim Crow diminish African Americans’ health.
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A Climate Policy for the People
To counter the entrenched power of the fossil fuel industry, America needs a popular, mass climate movement.
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Fossil-Free Finance
The surprising successes of the divestment movement as an anti-carbon organizing strategy
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Slip Sliding Away on Nantucket
Year-round residents and wealthy summer visitors lock horns over housing and fighting erosion on an island off the coast of Massachusetts.
