Painting the world green
By John Feffer, Foreign Policy In Focus
The fate of the United States has never been more linked—virally, environmentally, economically, and existentially—to the fate of the rest of the world.
Tag: American energy policy
The Sunrise Movement: how a US grassroots youth movement helped set the national climate agenda for rapid change
By Rapid Transition Alliance Staff, Rapid Transition Alliance
The new popularity of the term Green New Deal can be credited to this group of young climate activists known as the Sunrise Movement.
Energy and Climate in the Biden Administration
By Chris Nelder, The Energy Transition Show
What will the Biden-Harris administration mean for America’s energy transition, its relationship with the rest of the world, and for global action on climate?
Will the 2020 Elections Offer the Opportunity for an Environmental Do-over?
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
There will never be a better time in this election cycle to contact Republicans running for Congress and get them to commit to supporting aggressive policies to combat Earth's rising temperatures.
The Democratic Divide on Climate Policy
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
Surely the Democratic tent is big enough to accommodate all generations and to take the best bits of each factions climate defense plans and blend them into supportable legislation that puts the necessary policies and programs into place. Every generation depends upon it.
Climate Politics/Capitol Light (48)
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
It's hardly a surprise that the coronavirus pandemic is controlling politics up and down Pennsylvania from Capitol Hill to the White House. The president assumed a more somber tone during the week, although he continued to make misstatements about the pandemic and what the government was doing about it.
Climate Politics/Capitol Light (47)
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
The world is not doing well in its efforts to meet the existing voluntary goals of the Paris climate accord—targets that collectively were known to be inadequate from the day the accord first came into force.
Climate Politics/Capitol Light (46)
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
For the first time in a very long time, a significant energy bill will be debated in the Senate during the week of March 1st. The legislation, The American Energy Innovation Act (AEIA, S. 2657), is the product of a collaboration between Senators Murkowski (R-AK) and Joe Manchin (D-WV).
Climate Politics/Capitol Light (45)
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
According to a report by the consulting firm Oliver Wyman, the financial services sector stands to lose up to $1 trillion if it does not react to climate change quickly enough and is forced to adhere to policy levers like a carbon tax.
Climate Politics/Capitol Light (44)
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
House Minority Leader McCarthy (R-CA) announced the first tranche of Republican initiatives intended to combat climate change. Although modest by comparison to the magnitude of the problem or the Democrats’ CLEAN Future Act, the mere mention that Earth’s warming poses a problem is extraordinary given the denialist position of McCarthy and other Congressional conservatives a few short months ago.
Climate Politics Capitol Light (43)
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
Although Biden lost Iowa, he won the endorsement of the 775,000-member International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) while on his way to New Hampshire. It was an unusually early endorsement for the union. In 2008 and 2016, the IBEW waited until Obama and Clinton had more or less secured the nomination. It seems Biden’s poor Iowa showing was as unnerving for the union as it was for Biden.
Has Admitting Climate Change Is Real Put House Republicans on a Slippery Slope?
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
Recognizing that it is no longer prudent or wise to continue playing the denial card Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has been attempting to bring House Republicans in from the cold on climate change. It appears that his closed-door discussions with certain members of the caucus have begun to pay dividends.