2026

Paying Polluters Twice

How Washington is Undermining Markets, Clean Energy, and Public Health US climate and energy policy has entered a strange new phase. Instead of letting markets drive a cheaper, cleaner energy transition, the federal government is now spending public money to keep old fossil assets alive. . . and to slow their replacement by cleaner alternatives.

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The Retreat from Reason

Fighting for the Facts “We aren’t just fighting climate change anymore — we’re fighting for the right to use facts to solve it.” Editor’s Note: Every so often, a piece of science writing lands with the clarity of a warning bell that reverberates in your mind. The publication of Robert McDonald and colleagues’ new study

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Goats, Grief, and the Hard Math of Saving Nature

Which hard decisions are you willing to make? As you’ve probably seen, the Trump administration just took its most damaging climate step yet by scrapping the EPA’s endangerment finding—the scientific and legal backbone for regulating greenhouse gas pollution in the U.S. It’s a move that doesn’t just weaken specific rules; it tries to erase the underlying

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