Brief #60—Environment
By Quixote Vassilakis
Environment
EPA I Clean Energy Rule (ACE) Rolls Back Regulations for Coal Industry
Policy Summary In response to President Trump’s Executive Order 13873, Andrew Wheeler, Trump appointed Environmental Protection Agency administrator, announced the introduction of the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule that will replace the Obama administration’s...
Government Changes the Rules on Climate Change Data Collection and Reporting
Brief #59—Environmental Policy
By Quixote Vassilakis
Trump Seeks to Ramp Up Oil Pipelines and Production
Brief #58—Environment
By Andrew Thornebrooke
Gen. Waldhauser:” Climate Change Is Threat to Global Stability”
Brief #57—Enviroment Policy Summary Climate change poses an immediate risk to international stability, General Waldhauser (Commander, AFRICOM) told the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday. He cited research done by the Red Cross, which found that the effects of...
Whose New Deal? Unpacking the Green Plans of AOC and Senate Democrats
Brief #56 – Environmental Policy Policy Summary Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced her plans for a Green New Deal in February. Senate Democrats responded with their own, highly abridged version of a Green New Deal proposal at the end of the month,...
Amid Record CO2 Emissions, Majority of Americans Demand Climate Legislation
Brief #55—Environment Policy Summary Research carried out by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication found that by the end of 2018 approximately 85% of Americans believed more funding should be allocated to research renewable energy sources and that 77% of...
Democrats’ Green New Deal Gains Momentum amid Shutdown
Brief #54—Environment Policy Summary New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that his new executive budget would focus on diminishing the state’s dependence on fossil fuels and promoting a clean energy economy. The governor is the latest in a long line of...
Trump’s Emissions Rollbacks Refuted by New Study
Brief #53—Environment Policy Summary A 16-author study published in the December issue of Science reassessed the 2009 Endangerment Finding for greenhouse gas emissions. The report found increased evidence that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and...
Coal and the NCA
Brief #52—Environment Policy Summary Representatives from nearly 200 different countries have gathered in Katowice, Poland to discuss the parameters of the Paris Agreement, known as the COP24. The United States, however, are in a challenging position with regard to...
Analysis: The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act
Brief #50—Environment Policy Summary Last week U.S. lawmakers sponsored the first bipartisan attempt at climate legislation in nearly a decade. The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act would impose a progressively increasing tax on carbon emissions, topping out...
Major U.S. Government Climate Assessment Ignored by U.S Government
Political controversy erupted this last black Friday, a day normally reserved for nonpolitical pursuits, such as bargain hunting and post-Thanksgiving family therapy.