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Is your community prepared for the energy transition?
Whether you live in a city, village or rural town, climate change will affect everyone in coming decades. Climate change-exacerbated severe weather is…
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November 2023

Supreme Court to rule on ability of states to manage growth and prevent climate damage.
Recent Supreme Court decisions have upended previously recognized privacy rights and environmental protection. The Court often based these controversial…
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January 2023

An electrification pathway to meet climate goals: Part one- The potential
The United States rejoined the international effort to limit global temperature increases caused by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The internationally…
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Agribusiness evades participation in climate/environmental solutions yet dominates federal subsidies.
Climate change (e.g., drought and floods) is putting a spotlight on large corporate farming (agribusiness) that now dominates food production…
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November 2022

Manchin sabotages clean energy transition-again
Meeting domestic climate targets requires environmental laws restricting greenhouse gas emissions AND energy regulatory reform. Reforming federal and…
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September 2022

Politics is local, climate damage is regional: a novel conundrum for allocating federal resources to protect infrastructure and water…
Global warming is increasing atmospheric moisture and melting Arctic ice. Both phenomena create unprecedented excess water in many regions. In 2022…
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July 2022

Nature’s warning: Stop feasting on the commons (July 2022)
Underlying factors explaining why there has been little domestic climate change mitigation action, even in the face of extreme weather damage and…
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A partisan Supreme Court revealed (July 2022)
Supreme Court reaches for expanded powers in West Virginia v. EPA
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June 2022

Should taxpayers subsidize states contributing to global warming damage? (June 2022)
Maximizing climate mitigation and resiliency using executive discretion
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Climate Policy Insights will focus on various aspects of climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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Article (2017): valuing ecosystem services
A proposal to create a marketplace whereby valued ecological services can restore a beneficial partnership with nature.
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Op-Ed (2020): Trump EPA attacks wetlands
The Trump EPA sought to amend the Clean Water Act without an adequate administrative record on impact on wetlands and future flooding.
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