TAKING THE INITIATIVE: Carl Pope’s Blog Last month was one of New England’s better Januarys. Post-Thanksgiving, the region won a rare rating from the North American Reliability Council, It warned that New England uniquely was at “high risk to natural … Continue reading →
How fast Donald Trump has abandoned his own promises. From “Make America Great Again” we have fallen to “Everything involves trade-offs.” Whatever pollution and climate disasters may devastate American communities, however many Americans die of cancer, or however vicious the fires, floods, storms and droughts … Continue reading →
This article earlier published in Sheekeydaily The election is well under-way and there’s a lot at stake – gun-safety, health care insurance, fiscal responsibility, and the safety of the air, water and climate that supports us. It’s not just the … Continue reading →
TAKING THE INITIATIVE: Carl Pope’s Blog December 17th, 2023 San Francisco, CA Common sense prevailed at the last COP28 moment, with the symbolic agreement to commit the world to moving beyond fossil fuels (as it had been doing rather steadily … Continue reading →
TAKING THE INITIATIVE: Carl Pope’s Blog December 11, 2023 San Francisco, CA As we head into its final week, COP28 risks running aground, distracted by disagreements – if important ones – over strategy in the 2040’s. Are we aiming to … Continue reading →
“This article earlier published in Salon” Kevin McCarthy’s first legislative farce: The “Lower Energy Costs Act” is a fossil-fuel scam. The first new legislation of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s Republican Congress — HR1, the Lower Energy Costs Act — is an … Continue reading →
by Carl Pope U.S. gas prices have reached a record high. My local gas station has been over $6 for some time. Congress can, and should, fix this. A global oil exporting cartel led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, known … Continue reading →
Carl Pope From my perspective, last month’s UN Climate Summit in Glasgow (perhaps better known as COP26) was not an operating room, something designed to treat and cure a dying world; it was more like a clinic, affording a chance … Continue reading →
“A version of this article appeared in Salon“ The most significant images from Hurricane Ida’s devastating landfall on the Gulf Coast are the ones we are not seeing: no refugees huddled in the Superdome, no shots of block after block … Continue reading →
“A version of this article appeared in Bloomberg” The trillion-dollar spending package that the Senate has passed along to the House is being described as a once-in-a-generation fix for America’s deteriorating infrastructure. It should be viewed as only the first … Continue reading →