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Blah, Blah, Blah, the Climate Blame Game

November 15, 2021 by Joel Stronberg

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.

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Negotiating Climate Policy: My “Eureka” Moment

November 8, 2021 by Joel Stronberg

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.

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Will US Climate Policy Be Defeated by the Enmity Within?

October 20, 2021 by Joel Stronberg

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.

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

September 29, 2021 by Joel Stronberg

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.

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Is it Now or Never for US Climate Policy?

September 2, 2021 by Joel Stronberg

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.

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US Climate Policy: A Nation at War with Itself (Reconciliation)

July 22, 2021 by Joel Stronberg

It’s critically important for climate activists to understand what policies and programs are possible under reconciliation. According to the House Budget Committee, only policies that change spending or revenues can be included.

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No Climate, No Deal: Biden Needs to Sing the Blu’s

June 29, 2021 by Joel Stronberg

In the end, I commend my mother’s words to President Biden–words I myself should have paid more attention to—there are things in this world better left unsaid—at least for the moment.

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No Climate, No Deal: For Real?

June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 by Joel Stronberg

The running joke in Capital City for the past four and a half years is that every week is infrastructure week. It’s agreed by both Republicans and Democrats that US infrastructure is in woeful condition.

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Voting Rights and Climate Policy—Not as Odd a Couple as You Might Think

June 24, 2021June 23, 2021 by Joel Stronberg

Some things just seem to go together–Bogey and Bacall—for example. There are other things—voting rights legislation and the future of national climate policy—not so much.

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Infrastructure Negotiations and the Fate of National Climate Policy—Will There Be a Chance to Make a Second Impression?

June 11, 2021 by Joel Stronberg

Until trust and civility are restored, governing the nation will continue to be beyond anyone’s grasp. Talk about an unsustainable environment.

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US Climate Policy Caught Between Two Worlds—Are We Smarter Than Buridan’s Ass?

June 8, 2021 by Joel Stronberg

Are fossil fuels and clean energy alternatives equally attractive choices as Aristotle’s food and water, Al-Ghazali’s dates, or Buridan’s bales of hay?

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The Truth Be Damned and What It Means for the Future of US Climate Policy

June 2, 2021 by Joel Stronberg

We know what climate and clean energy policies by presidential order mean for the nation—a perpetual cycle of feast and famine that creates uncertainty in the marketplace and crowded court calendars.

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