A Wall Street–led energy transition; punitive credit conditions for developing countries; sustained oil and gas drilling
European Union
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Connecting Climate Goals to Industrial Goals
Biden’s Green Steel Deal with the EU is a model for future progress—and it beats anything that came out of Glasgow.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Talking Tariffs and Carbon Emissions
A mechanism designed to induce countries to adopt green technologies is fueling international resistance instead.
Posted inTAP
Biden’s Smart EU Trade Deal
Today on TAP: The new quotas on steel and aluminum imports get the balance between diplomacy and industrial policy just right.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The European Union and Britain Boost Biden En Route to Glasgow
The president claims America is back in the climate fight, but legislation is the missing ingredient.
Posted inAmerica and the World
No Christmas Turkeys for Britain
How Boris Johnson’s U.K. is crippled by aftereffects of Brexit
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Can’t See the Forest for the Trees
A proposed wood pellet plant in North Carolina would increase air pollutants in a majority-minority community already hammered by climate change.
Posted inBooks
The Great Pandemic and the Global Response
A Q&A with Adam Tooze about his new book on the economics of COVID
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Agony of Social Democratic Europe
Why did social democracy collapse? Can Joe Biden point the way to a resurgent trans-Atlantic democratic left?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Reimagining the Federal Reserve
We can have a central bank with a focus on climate, racial, and economic justice.