With the Trump administration undermining federal action to address climate change, states like Oregon are stepping up to protect the planet for future generations.
Can Republicans Find Their Voice on Climate Change via a Carbon Tax?
Rachel Cleetus, lead economist and climate policy manager
February 10, 2017 12:21 PM EDT
Earlier this week a group of conservative opinion leaders and experts launched the Climate Leadership Council, championing a national carbon tax to cut emissions and help achieve climate goals. Read more >
Four Challenges for China’s Cap and Trade Program
Ken Kimmell, president
October 7, 2015 7:27 AM EDT
When Congress failed to pass national climate legislation in 2010, many said that marked the end of so-called “cap and trade” programs, —in which government sets an overall limit on pollution and issues pollution “allowances” that individual companies can use or trade with others. The naysayers couldn’t be more wrong, as demonstrated by the recent announcement that China will start a national cap and trade program in 2017 as a primary tool to lower its emissions of the heat trapping gases that cause global warming. Read more >
Charles Mann and The Atlantic Miss The Mark in a Confused Climate Change Piece
, Aaron Huertas, former science communication officer
August 15, 2014 10:24 AM EDT
A recent climate change article by Charles C. Mann in The Atlantic left me scratching my head. The title, “How to Talk About Climate Change So People Will Listen” piqued my interest. It’s something I grapple with every day. But instead of focusing on how our public conversations about climate change are shifting, he lingers on what he sees as failed efforts to enact national climate policy. Mann is a serious and respected writer — who happens to work with some of my favorite magazines — so this piece felt like a missed opportunity. Read more >
