Clean Energy and the Environment: Victor or Victim in a Most Uncivil War
What better way for Democrats to use their leverage than pushing back the Republican assault on federal clean energy and environmental programs and policies?
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Promises to Coal Country Aside, Trump’s Budget Cuts Will End an Economic Lifeline
One of the fundamental ideas behind these regional commissions is that some economic issues, which affect multiple states, are too big for one state government to take on but too localized for traditional federal policy to be effective. A regional commission provides a partnership between the federal government and all the affected states.
‘Sheer Reckless Folly’: Trump Destroys Obama-Era Climate Rules
President Donald Trump on Tuesday set about aggressively dismantling Obama-era climate policies with an executive order decried as “sheer reckless folly,” which will increase U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate the climate crisis.
Breaking Through Partisanship: Left-Right-Local
I think the issue of partisanship is one we have to take very seriously, because the arguments that we make and the analysis that we make and our focus on local economies is not a partisan issue among most people.
Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Spell Disaster for Low-income Communities
While the Trump administration says it wants to help low-income Americans, it just put forth a budget that puts wealthy Americans first, Chuck Collins told Rising Up with Sonali. “They’ve been trampled by the traditional Republican shrink government agenda: deregulate corporations, transfer wealth to the wealthy,” he said.
Brushes with the Mainstream
But if we really want to change these things and not just feel righteous about being on the right side, then we have to address the ground from which they spring. To do that, we have to let go of war thinking with its accompanying dehumanization, and enter the question that defines compassion: What is it like to be you?
The Future of Clean Energy and Environmental Programs: When the Past is No Longer Prologue
The truth of the matter—inconvenient or otherwise—is time remains of the essence in the global quest for sustainability. Whether you choose to define sustainable in terms of slowing climate change or dealing with human congestion, something needs to be done on a regular basis.
The First 100 Days – Budget Week -Sawing Off the Branch on Which We Sit
The veil has been lifted. The administration’s budget proposal for 2018 eviscerates agencies which could have mitigated some of the climate change devastation ahead. We have confirmation that the White House is sawing off the branch on which 99% of Americans sit.
Scorn Wars: Rural White People and Us
Katherine Cramer’s book, The Politics of Resentment, argues that part of the reason rural whites resent urban elites is that they think that we know nothing about them—that they and their hard work and intelligence are invisible to us and that we scorn them anyway.
Towards a Low-Carbon Future: Lateral Collaboration Between the UK and US
A bi-lateral partnership with the UK could certainly result in economic benefits for both. More than that, collaboration could offer important secondary (political) benefits.
Clean water: One of the First Casualties of Partisan Attacks to Roll Back Regulations
Then the question is: who is interested in the repeal of laws that protect our environment? Who wants corporations to continue their pollution? Certainly not local communities who use the local waters.
Clean Energy and the Environment in the Age of Pence: 201? AD (After Donald)
Returning once again to the question: President Pence, better or worse? Based on their words and actions, it might be called a toss-up.
