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After Trump

Suppose we get a pro-climate-action unified government. What then?

Someday, the stars will surely come into alignment and Congress will be able to pass climate legislation. A national cap-and-trade scheme or a carbon tax would be definite possibilities. But let’s suppose they aren’t politically feasible, maybe because of opposition from progressive on equity grounds, or maybe because for some reason the public rejects them. …

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NYC’s Cap on Uber and Lyft Is an Important Step for Cities

A temporary pause to identify regulatory solutions to social and environmental impacts

Last week, the New York City Council enacted a temporary cap on Uber, Lyft and other transportation network company (TNC) vehicles in the city, blocking the issuance of new vehicle licenses for a 12-month period while the city conducts a study to determine whether to enact long-term regulations limiting the number of TNC vehicles on …

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Analyzing a CAFE Rollback

Rolling back the CAFE standards is going to be a heavy analytic lift at best.

The Trump Administration has begun a review of the second phase of fuel efficiency standards adopted by the Obama Administration. Ann Carlson has already blogged about the harmful effects of such a rollback. A new paper by researchers at Resources for the Future sheds some additional light on the situation. Although the study does not …

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Good News for California

According to the Washingston Post: Obama will instruct the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider whether to grant California a waiver to regulate automobile tailpipe emissions linked to global warming, sources said, and he will order the Transportation Department to issue guidelines that will ensure that the nation’s auto fleet reaches an average fuel efficiency of …

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Climate change threatens tropical fish stocks. How should countries respond?

Maxing Out NEPA: Environmental Review of Early Solar Geoengineering Field Research

Done right, environmental review can reach what worries people most about climate engineering

Another Problem with Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Policy

It’s hard to estimate benefits. But it turns out costss are also uncertain.

Yes, there’s a difference between “endangered” and “threatened” species

Federal district court tells FWS its discretion to choose the less protected designation has limits

Utah’s Stealth Climate Plan

Here’s some upbeat news. I bet you needed that.

Udall and Lowenthal Lead Charge to Break Free From Plastic Pollution

The Senator and Representative introduce bold new federal plastics legislation

Lessons of the Little Ice Age

What can we learn from the climate disruptions of the previous millennium?

Valentine’s Day and Climate Change

Global warming will change much of our everyday lives. Even Feb. 14.

Tracing Trump’s Trillion Trees

The president’s embrace of massive tree planting has a remarkable — and questionable — backstory

Bold But Realistic Climate Actions

Here’s what a new President could actually do.

BREAKING: SB 50 Voted Down By State Senators Representing Affluent Suburbs

Final vote today kills major climate-land use legislation to legalize apartments near transit

Substantive Due Process, Climate Change, and Flint, Michigan

Toward substantive constitutional protections for the environment

New Roadmaps for Negative Emissions

Two reports try to figure out how to scale carbon removal

Udall and Lowenthal Lead Charge to Break Free From Plastic Pollution

The Senator and Representative introduce bold new federal plastics legislation

Climate Change and Political Action

Do the Fires in Australia Change Anything?

Yes, there’s a difference between “endangered” and “threatened” species

Federal district court tells FWS its discretion to choose the less protected designation has limits

Antacids for the Sea: Artificial Ocean Alkalinization

A potential tool for adaptation and carbon removal, but more research is needed.

Another Problem with Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Policy

It’s hard to estimate benefits. But it turns out costss are also uncertain.

Climate Change and the Financial Industry

How is one of the world’s largest industries responding to climate change?

Maxing Out NEPA: Environmental Review of Early Solar Geoengineering Field Research

Done right, environmental review can reach what worries people most about climate engineering

vehicle emissions

Suppose we get a pro-climate-action unified government. What then?

A temporary pause to identify regulatory solutions to social and environmental impacts

Rolling back the CAFE standards is going to be a heavy analytic lift at best.

TRENDING

Done right, environmental review can reach what worries people most about climate engineering

It’s hard to estimate benefits. But it turns out costss are also uncertain.

Federal district court tells FWS its discretion to choose the less protected designation has limits

Here’s some upbeat news. I bet you needed that.

The Senator and Representative introduce bold new federal plastics legislation

What can we learn from the climate disruptions of the previous millennium?

Global warming will change much of our everyday lives. Even Feb. 14.

The president’s embrace of massive tree planting has a remarkable — and questionable — backstory

Here’s what a new President could actually do.

Final vote today kills major climate-land use legislation to legalize apartments near transit

Toward substantive constitutional protections for the environment

Two reports try to figure out how to scale carbon removal

The Senator and Representative introduce bold new federal plastics legislation

Do the Fires in Australia Change Anything?

Federal district court tells FWS its discretion to choose the less protected designation has limits

A potential tool for adaptation and carbon removal, but more research is needed.

It’s hard to estimate benefits. But it turns out costss are also uncertain.

How is one of the world’s largest industries responding to climate change?

Done right, environmental review can reach what worries people most about climate engineering