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The Politics of Climate Change: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over

There’s been a lot of talk about whether federal climate change legislation is dead for this session. Bradford Plummer at the New Republic makes a pretty good case that the legislation is still alive and kicking: That said, there don’t seem to be any signs that Democrats are planning to relent just yet. A few …

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It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again

Since opponents can’t seem to come up with any new arguments against climate change legislation, they seem determined to recycle the old, discredited ones. Here’s today’s example, straight from the GOP press release: Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif, today urged the Environmental Protection Agency to include several relevant studies in its …

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A republican moment on climate change? Maybe not yet

The environmental community has been understandably excited about the prospect of finally getting U.S. legislative action in light of the popularity of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, the development of a public consensus on the reality of global warming, the election of Barack Obama, and strong Democratic majorities in both House and Senate. That optimism, …

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The perfect political storm

Co-blogger Dan Farber points to a story in Tuesday’s NY Times about a new study by NOAA’s Susan Solomon and others of the environmental effects of allowing carbon dioxide to equilibrate at levels much above its current 385 ppm. As Dan points out, the prospects for already dry areas are frightening. There’s another important lesson …

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Crisis at DOJ’s Environment & Natural Resources Division

Guest contributors Sommer Engels, Andrew Mergen, and Justin Pidot write that dismantling ENRD will be disastrous for future administrations, the American people, and even for the Trump Administration.

Trump’s War Against NEPA

One of Trump’s Executive Orders Heralds a Revolution in NEPA Practice

Surfing the Wave of Executive Orders

As an old song says, “Mama Miá, here we go again!”

What is a species?

Revisiting a key case in the history of the ESA

Huge Snub for Big Oil at the Supreme Court

Oil companies failed to persuade the justices to shield them from the growing number of state lawsuits seeking damages for the harms caused by climate change.

Project 2025 Envisions Congressional Override of Biden Era Regulations

Paper #2 in Monograph Series

Trump Goes to War Against Environmental Justice

Apparently it’s “woke” to worry about excessive pollution in minority communities.

Did California Policies Make the LA Fires Worse?

California’s environmental and climate regulations did not make the climate-fueled Palisades and Eaton fires more destructive or harder to fight. Here’s why.

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Would elimination of civil service protection increase government efficiency? Probably not.

We have weathered past threats to energy security through democratic processes, not by executive fiat.

AKA it should be much easier to put in a heat pump water heater.

Flooding the zone has short-term benefits but possible long-term costs.

Trump and House Republicans are trying to ‘flood the zone’ when it comes to wrongly blaming California environmental regulations for the LA fires.

Guest contributors Sommer Engels, Andrew Mergen, and Justin Pidot write that dismantling ENRD will be disastrous for future administrations, the American people, and even for the Trump Administration.

Why is the Trump administration kneecapping the U.S. offshore wind industry while China becomes a global giant?

The effect of tariffs on energy markets is complex, and a lot depends on the details.

Here are five ways states can save climate policy despite Trump.

Paper #2 in Monograph Series

Guest contributors Sommer Engels, Andrew Mergen, and Justin Pidot write that dismantling ENRD will be disastrous for future administrations, the American people, and even for the Trump Administration.

One of Trump’s Executive Orders Heralds a Revolution in NEPA Practice

As an old song says, “Mama Miá, here we go again!”

Revisiting a key case in the history of the ESA

Oil companies failed to persuade the justices to shield them from the growing number of state lawsuits seeking damages for the harms caused by climate change.

Paper #2 in Monograph Series

Apparently it’s “woke” to worry about excessive pollution in minority communities.

California’s environmental and climate regulations did not make the climate-fueled Palisades and Eaton fires more destructive or harder to fight. Here’s why.

The Governor’s proposed 2025-26 budget would tap the recent voter-approved climate bond and seek new emergency funds.

It’s supposed to be cost-saving, but the savings are trivial on the scale of the federal budget.