When we think of building a clean future, the tools that come to mind are technologies like wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicles, and heat pumps. And all of these are essential, to be sure. But there is a tool […]
So you just bought an electric vehicle (“EV”), solar panels, heat pump, or other clean technology. Are you now a climate hero? You’ve reduced your emissions, to be sure, but… not quite! In this post, I’m going to explore the […]
Anyone interested in maximizing social good must wrestle with an essential question: given a limited amount of money to contribute to various causes, what is the most effective allocation of those dollars? For whether one is able to donate $100 […]
As I begin this essay, the Senate is on the verge of passing historic legislation to tackle the climate crisis, reduce prescription-drug prices, raise taxes on big corporations, and extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, among other things. (Update: the legislation […]
While what happens on Twitter–the memes, the controversies–may not resonate with or represent the experiences of the general electorate, many of the trends are illustrative of, and often exacerbate, fundamental challenges to our democracy. Consider so-called Hot Takes, which are […]
Of all the literal and figurative poisons floating around our world–the carbon emissions heating up the planet, mercury, microplastics; bigotry and hate; war and authoritarianism–the most dangerous is despair. For as soon as we succumb to hopelessness, we lose sight […]
Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v Wade and left it to the states to decide whether a woman has autonomy over her body, it’s worth taking a peek under the hood of the “pro-life” viewpoint.
“Sen. Manchin launches new push for ‘all of the above’ energy bill” – Washington Post As much as the political right likes to chant Drill Baby Drill, it was under President Obama that natural gas came to be touted as […]
A frequent refrain in the environmental world is that “everything is a climate story”: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and our dependence on the fossil fuels heating up the planet, for example, are inextricably linked. But in our hyper-connected, global economy–one […]
Will you pledge to do one thing this week to push Congress to tackle climate change? When, last December, Joe Manchin went on Fox News to declare the Build Back Better Act dead, I gasped with despair. The nearly $2 […]