Energy & the Environment
Editors' Picks
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Atlantic Surging, Virginia Sinking
Feb 23, 2015Rising sea level in Norfolk threatens the town, the Navy, and a state in denial.
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Markets, States, and the Green Transition
Mar 05, 2015To get renewable energy technologies into broad use, government needs to promote both supply and demand. Markets are too risk-averse.
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California Gears Up for a Gas Tax Clash
Sep 21, 2018The Golden State is often a harbinger of trends to come, such as recently passed fuel taxes and vehicle fees to finance long-overdue local and state transportation projects. But these are now imperiled by an anti-tax ballot initiative.
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Can the EPA Roll Back California's Clean Air Standards?
Aug 10, 2018The feds can regulate mileage, but the states can regulate smog.
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Will Scientists Gear Up for Activism in the Age of Trump?
Jul 12, 2018Last year’s March for Science marked an important milestone for a group that usually keeps a low political profile.
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Transportation Gridlock in the Northeast Bridges over Troubled Partisan Waters
Jul 09, 2018A new Sierra Club survey finds bipartisan agreement on the region’s public transportation woes and support for stronger efforts to deal with air pollution and climate change.
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Scott Pruitt’s Replacement at the EPA Will Likely Be Worse
Jul 06, 2018His heir apparent looks to be a far more effective dismantler of environmental protections.
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While China Picks Winners, Trump Picks Losers
Apr 17, 2018The 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
Feb 02, 2018With 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
Jan 05, 2018A 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
Dec 01, 2017Both versions of the GOP tax plan could deal a devastating blow to solar and wind production.
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Nebraska Approves Keystone XL Pipeline, But Fight Continues
Nov 21, 2017The 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
Nov 20, 2017More 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
Nov 16, 2017To counter the entrenched power of the fossil fuel industry, America needs a popular, mass climate movement.
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Fossil-Free Finance
Nov 13, 2017The surprising successes of the divestment movement as an anti-carbon organizing strategy
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Slip Sliding Away on Nantucket
Oct 26, 2017Year-round residents and wealthy summer visitors lock horns over housing and fighting erosion on an island off the coast of Massachusetts.
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Scott Pruitt’s Dirty War on Clean Water
Oct 10, 2017Pruitt’s aggressive effort to repeal the Clean Water Rule is the latest battle in the Trumpian attack on environmental regulations, democratic norms, and the rule of law.
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