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Trade vs. Climate

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On September 25, 2015
Any international treaty is going to consist of tradeoffs and choosing priorities. This is what foreign policy is made of. For the Obama administration, when its free trade agenda comes into conflict with its climate agenda, which wins? At least in this case with India,...

Solar Suburbs

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On September 24, 2015

Visions of rethinking suburbs to be green-friendly abound: These examples point to the potential of what some are calling “solar suburbs.” The concept is a sweeping one—solar panels cover roofs,.

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Exxon and Climate Change

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On September 24, 2015
In modern America, perhaps no industry is as demonized as tobacco. That's because they knew that their products killed people and responded by hiding that evidence and asserting their product was safe. But the energy industry has done the exact same thing with evidence about...
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Oil and Outrage

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On June 3, 2015
I have a new piece up at Counterpunch on the Santa Barbara oil spills, 1969 and 2015: The environmental legislation the Santa Barbara oil spill produced included the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, one of the most important pieces of environmental ever passed. The...
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Frack, Frack Away!

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On May 5, 2015
I'm sure that plunging ahead with fracking will have no unintended consequences or deleterious effects on the environment. Going forward with the procedure without proper testing, oversight, or regulation is a brilliant idea. A study released Monday on a rural Pennsylvania county’s drinking water found...
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