The Trump administration plans to decimate environmental safeguards—so blue states and cities are stepping up their efforts to arrest climate change.
Science, Tech, Environment
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Tesla Workers File Charges with National Labor Board as Battle with Elon Musk Intensifies
Employees fight back as Tesla ramps up anti-union policies.
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Going Solar in West Virginia
It’s an uphill struggle, but solar entrepreneurs have begun building the state’s post-coal future.
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The Green Wall Against Trump
He may repeal Obama’s Clean Power Plan, but states and cities can, and will, still do a lot to advance clean power.
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The Republican Climate Science Witch Hunt
With a pair of bills targeting EPA research, Representative Lamar Smith launches an all-out war on climate science.
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The Fight Against Coal Can Save Miners’ Lives
Trump’s promise to restore the industry can’t be fulfilled, while alternative energy can provide miners with more—and safer—jobs.
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Driverless Future?
If they ever get the bugs out, autonomous cars will put a lot of human drivers out of work.
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The FEC’s Open Hostilities, Dysfunction, and Intimidation Foreshadowed the Trump Era
Things could actually get worse at the Federal Election Commission, which has become the poster child for agency capture and political retribution under Trump.
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A Solution for GOP Climate Denial
A gradual carbon tax proposal by the Climate Leadership Council is conservative, practical and long overdue.