“This article was earlier published in Salon” With the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act and the Supreme Court’s decision to curb but not block EPA action on climate, the architecture of Joe Biden’s first-term climate policy is set. The administration can use executive power to limit greenhouse pollution from…

“This article earlier published in Bloomberg” The Democrats’ long-sought tax and energy legislation finally passed by the Senate is a critical breakthrough in America’s effort to meaningfully reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. That’s the good news. More worrisome is what the bill fails to do to limit fugitive methane from oil and…

“A version of this article published earlier in Salon” Thursday’s Supreme Court decision, which sharply curbs the EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate pollution from U.S. power plants, comes at a surprising moment. …

“A version of this article earlier published in Foxnews” U.S. gas prices have reached a record high. My local gas station has been over $6 for some time. Congress can, and should, fix this. A global oil exporting cartel led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, known as OPEC, has driven…

As we approach the fourth month of the Russian attack on the Ukraine, and expectations of a long struggle rise, it’s ever more important for governments (and society, including philanthropy) to realize that we must simultaneously pursue short term opportunities and longer term imperatives on both the diplomatic/military and the…

“A version of this article earlier published in Salon” The Russian invasion of the Ukraine has morphed into a brutal, bitter slog of a ground war; yet as Russia refuses to engage in serious cease fire talks, prospects for a quick military outcome fade. In such a stalemate, economic weapons…

“A version of this article earlier published in Salon” As Democrats continue discussions with Senator Manchin about a trimmed-down Build Back Better Act, we should recognize that whatever does get enacted, the Biden Administration is trying to pass a version 2.0 of the Green New Deal. The media — and…

“A version of this article in Salon” Senator Joe Manchin’s sudden declaration that he opposed the President’s Build Back Better initiative sent shockwaves through Washington and the climate movement — although many progressives had previously feared that Manchin would, after weakening many climate vital provisions, turn on the whole project. …

“An earlier version of this article published in Salon” From my perspective, last month’s UN Climate Summit in Glasgow (perhaps better known as COP26) was not an operating room, something designed to treat and cure a dying world; it was more like a clinic, affording a chance for the patient…