The Senate draft makes changes that will annoy House moderates and conservatives. But on Medicaid, it goes further than the House, threatening the lives of more Americans.
Energy & the Environment
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Texas Legislature Beats Back Assault on Clean Energy
With factions determined to crater renewables, Congress could pick up where state lawmakers left off. But rest assured, the energy markets will strike back.
Posted inTAP
Why Would Trump Gut FEMA and NOAA?
Today on TAP: Destroying American weather science will create a perfect storm of disaster.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Supreme Court: Agency Deference Is Good Now
Less than a year after ending the latitude federal agencies were previously given by courts to implement laws, the Court’s conservatives brought it back for infrastructure approvals.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Sunburnt
How door-to-door solar salespeople can scam homeowners, and what the government could do to stop it.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Sun Sets on West Virginia’s Green-Energy Future
President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act was finally bringing jobs and industry back to the state. But not for long.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Republicans Break the Weather
The private sector can’t match the value proposition of the National Weather Service, but companies work to entice Americans to pay up anyway. What happens if they can’t?
Posted inPolitics
House Republicans Take Aim at Red-State Economies
President Biden bent over backwards to help left-behind communities get factories and jobs. Their congressional representatives don’t appreciate it.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
‘We Are in a Moment of Unparalleled Peril’: An Interview With Naomi Klein
The author and academic speaks about an apocalyptic future and strategies for survival.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Crypto Racket
Public officials at all levels are propping up a Texas Bitcoin mining boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution.
