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The Latest from COP26.
Carl Pope, leading American conservationist, co-author of ‘Climate of Hope’ with Mike Bloomberg and former Executive Director of the Sierra Club, shares his thoughts after day 1 of the UN climate talks:
COP26 got off to stronger than expected start, as India’s Prime Minister Narendra…
“A version of this article appeared earlier in Salon”
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — The biggest surprise during the first two days of the pandemic-delayed UN Climate Summit in Glasgow came from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who made a series of bold commitments to green energy. India already ranks third for…
“A version of this article appeared in Salon”
The Economist calls it “The Energy Shock.” Forbes and the Wall Street Journal go further, resurrecting a term from the 1970s: “Energy Crisis.” The media is hyperventilating.
But what is going on, really? I’d describe it as the first fossil fuel collapse…
A version of this article appeared in Salon
Tip O’Neill is gone — and so is the party system he once described by saying, “All politics is local.” In Congress, the Republicans have replaced it with a party loyalty system which at times resembles a Leninist “party line.” This reality…
“A version of this article appeared in The Hill”
The stakes of the reconciliation package couldn’t be higher. To reach our climate goals and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we must cut our emissions in half by 2030. …
“A version of this article appeared in Salon”
The most significant images from Hurricane Ida’s devastating landfall on the Gulf Coast are the ones we are not seeing: no refugees huddled in the Superdome, no shots of block after block of New Orleans under water, no miles of overtopped and…
“A version of this article appeared in Bloomberg”
The trillion-dollar spending package that the Senate has passed along to the House is being described as a once-in-a-generation fix for America’s deteriorating infrastructure. It should be viewed as only the first in a long series of such big investments, because Earth’s…
“A version of this article appeared in Salon”
Alfie the mute swan may be the world’s first jet-ski refugee. Alfie has been forcibly expelled from his home in Seawood Harbor, New Jersey, to a relocation center in nearby Popcorn Park. His offense? Protecting himself from harassment by jet skiers invading…
“A version of this article appeared in Salon”
Few days spell out the future as clearly as this Wednesday did in terms of energy and climate action. …
“A version of this article appeared in Salon
Here’s the biggest problem with Republican complaints that President Biden’s American Jobs Act puts too little money — $621 billion — into ports, roads and bridges: Their so-called alternative would spend less than half as much on those urgent needs, only $236…
