Ten Little Euphemisms: What Do They Portend for Climate Policy?

By Joel Stronberg, illuminem

Like an environmental impact study, a federal rulemaking can take several years to complete. Legal challenges can extend the overall process by years.

Will Joe Save the Union and What It Means for US Climate Policy

By Joel Stronberg, illuminem

The most powerful Joe in Washington has some decisions to make. No, no, not that Joe. Although he too has some critical choices confronting him. However, it’s a tale best told another day.

Climate Policy – It’s Not About the Science

By Joel Stronberg, illuminem

In the near term, any legislative action by Congress and President Biden in support of clean energy—possibly the broader environment—will likely be brokered by Joe Manchin and be all about the politics.

Is What Went Before Enough to Save U.S. Climate Policy?

By Joel Stronberg, Medium

But the willingness of a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to overthrow established precedence in one fell-swoop may mean that Massachusetts v EPA — the bedrock on which federal regulation of carbon and other harmful greenhouse gases is based — is in judicial jeopardy.

Has Build Back Better Become Build Back Never? What Does It Mean for US Climate Policy?

By Joel Stronberg, illuminem

The Mountain State’s senior senator, Joe Manchin (D), has single-handedly stopped President Biden’s proposed climate action plan in its tracks—along with voting rights, Medicare reform, and securing a safety net under the least fortunate of us.

Is President Biden’s Climate Agenda Toast? What Do You Know Joe?

By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion

As I'll explain, Manchin's torpedoing the Senate debate and vote on the House-passed version of the bill is contrary to the interests of the people of West Virginia—especially those who can no longer rely on the coal industry for their livelihood.

What’s Next for Biden’s Build Back Better Act?

By Joel Stronberg, illuminem

Well, it finally happened. An infrastructure bill has found its way onto a president’s desk for signing. Affectionately called the BIF in the halls of Congress and along the K Street corridor where the cognoscenti congregate, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework was truly that—bipartisan.

Blah, Blah, Blah, the Climate Blame Game

By Joel Stronberg, illuminem

It may take a bit to integrate better all the moving parts—or, as a friend and colleague says the community needs to slow down to go faster. Will a better alignment and integration be worth it? Think of it this way. To change the power, you must be the power.

Negotiating Climate Policy: My “Eureka” Moment

By Joel Stronberg, illuminem

The magnitude and complexity of climate change mean it has to be addressed steadily over time. It's too big a problem to solve with one bite of the apple.

Will US Climate Policy Be Defeated by the Enmity Within?

By Joel Stronberg, illuminem

In the final analysis, if national policies and programs capable of combating climate change in a meaningful manner are to be enacted, then the Democrats must find a way to reconcile their differences in ways consistent with words like harmony and congruous.

An Integrated US Climate Policy, Will Wishing Make It So?

By Joel Stronberg, illuminem

Biden and the Democratic progressives have put together the semblance of an integrated energy and environment policy framework for the first time in US history. It can only be whittled on so much before it’s just another bunch of disjointed pieces.

Is it Now or Never for US Climate Policy?

By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion

The closing 100 days of 2021 will be looked back on as among the most critical in the environmental history of the United States—rivaled only by those in the 1970s when the cornerstones of today’s environmental protections were laid.