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Institutional Capacity Building for the Energy Transition

State agencies will need help to deal with a fast-changing energy system.

The COVID pandemic has provided a vivid picture of what happens when ill-prepared governments are suddenly hit with huge responsibilities. Underfunded state and local public health agencies were overwhelmed, while governors and local officials found themselves struggling to obtain and distribute vital supplies, from respirators to vaccines. Efforts to accelerate the transition away from carbon, …

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Funny, It Doesn’t Look Bluish

Strong Push for Renewables in the Land of Enchantment – But Is It a Bailout?

Although it reliably votes for Democratic Presidential candidates, has two Democratic United States Senators, and a trifecta of Democratic control in the state house, blue-state New Mexico is not usually thought of as a progressive environmental leader. The State Public Regulation Commission — one of only 13 directly elected by voters — has been plagued …

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The Politics of State Energy Deregulation: A Hypothesis

If you are interested in environmental policy, state public utility commissions might be the important agencies you’ve never heard of. PUCs determine how much power capacity there will be and even more importantly, what the mix of energy sources will generate it. Sometimes pundits will speak of “national energy policy”, but that is essentially a null set: …

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Why I Was Wrong About Methane

I didn’t think cutting methane was a high priority. Now I do. Here’s why.

Small Cannabis Growers and Large Red Tape?

A complicated cannabis regulatory system may be squeezing out small cannabis cultivators

Diagnosing Why More Growers Aren’t In California’s Cannabis System

Understanding why more outdoor cultivators aren’t entering into the new legal regulatory system for cannabis is important for reducing the environmental impacts of cannabis cultivation

The Hidden Green-Infrastructure Bill

Every year, Congress provides lavish funding for clean energy and climate adaptation. No one notices.

Anti—Anti-#ClimateEmergency

Whether to declare a climate emergency is debatable. But some critics have gone way overboard.

What Have We Learned from Recent Disasters?

Disasters are getting bigger, badder, and less predictable. We need to adjust.

The Turning Tide

Last week featured some remarkable developments relating to climate policy.

Another Historic Climate Court Ruling in the Netherlands

A court orders Shell to cut its emissions, including of its consumers. But will this stand after appeal?

Miami’s New Chief Heat Officer Is a Model for California Cities

Local leaders should embrace the approach

Nature As A Carbon Sequestration Solution

New CLEE/Emmett Institute report analyzes policy solutions to accelerate investment

Why I Was Wrong About Methane

I didn’t think cutting methane was a high priority. Now I do. Here’s why.

Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Biden EPA

The recent rescission of a Trump rule hints at how the Biden Administration views the role of cost-benefit analysis.

Getting the Lead Out

The Ninth Circuit tells EPA to determine safe levels for lead based solely on science.

How Harmful Was Trump’s COVID Response?

We know it was bad, but how much of the U.S. death rate can be attributed to him rather than circumstances?

War and the Environment

War brings devastation to people’s lives. And to the planet itself.

Nature As A Carbon Sequestration Solution

New CLEE/Emmett Institute report analyzes policy solutions to accelerate investment

Miami’s New Chief Heat Officer Is a Model for California Cities

Local leaders should embrace the approach

Another Historic Climate Court Ruling in the Netherlands

A court orders Shell to cut its emissions, including of its consumers. But will this stand after appeal?

The Turning Tide

Last week featured some remarkable developments relating to climate policy.

Anti—Anti-#ClimateEmergency

Whether to declare a climate emergency is debatable. But some critics have gone way overboard.

Public Utility Commissions

State agencies will need help to deal with a fast-changing energy system.

Strong Push for Renewables in the Land of Enchantment – But Is It a Bailout?

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I didn’t think cutting methane was a high priority. Now I do. Here’s why.

A complicated cannabis regulatory system may be squeezing out small cannabis cultivators

Understanding why more outdoor cultivators aren’t entering into the new legal regulatory system for cannabis is important for reducing the environmental impacts of cannabis cultivation

Every year, Congress provides lavish funding for clean energy and climate adaptation. No one notices.

Whether to declare a climate emergency is debatable. But some critics have gone way overboard.

Disasters are getting bigger, badder, and less predictable. We need to adjust.

Last week featured some remarkable developments relating to climate policy.

A court orders Shell to cut its emissions, including of its consumers. But will this stand after appeal?

Local leaders should embrace the approach

New CLEE/Emmett Institute report analyzes policy solutions to accelerate investment

I didn’t think cutting methane was a high priority. Now I do. Here’s why.

The recent rescission of a Trump rule hints at how the Biden Administration views the role of cost-benefit analysis.

The Ninth Circuit tells EPA to determine safe levels for lead based solely on science.

We know it was bad, but how much of the U.S. death rate can be attributed to him rather than circumstances?

War brings devastation to people’s lives. And to the planet itself.

New CLEE/Emmett Institute report analyzes policy solutions to accelerate investment

Local leaders should embrace the approach

A court orders Shell to cut its emissions, including of its consumers. But will this stand after appeal?

Last week featured some remarkable developments relating to climate policy.

Whether to declare a climate emergency is debatable. But some critics have gone way overboard.