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FERC Charts Open, Unbiased Course to Enhance Energy System Resilience

Andrew Burger January 12, 2018

Closing a DOE proposed new rulemaking and opening a new docket, FERC launched a more open, holistic and unbiased course aimed at enhancing the resiliency of U.S. power and energy systems.Read More

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Trump, U.S. Energy Policy and the Warming Climate

Andrew Burger December 20, 2017

Pres. Trump's energy and climate policies will put the US further behind in the global drive to reduce emissions and isolate the country internationally, according to the World Resources Institute.Read More

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Executive Order Guts Clean Power Plan : Trump’s Imaginary War

Thomas Schueneman March 28, 2017

This morning, under the cover of “energy independence,” U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for a rewrite of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. The Plan is the cornerstone of U.S. commitment to curbing emissions under the Paris climate agreement, so the rewrite represents a significant rollback of U.S. global warming mitigation as a whole. Unlike […]Read More

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U.S. Weather and Climate 2016: 15 $1 Billion-Plus Disasters

Andrew Burger January 10, 2017

Ranking as the second warmest year on record, 2016 was the 20th consecutive year average U.S. temperature exceed the norm. The 15 weather/climate related disasters that each resulted in losses of more than $1 billion contributed to making 2016 the second-worst year on record, according to NOAA's latest annual report.Read More

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John Kerry Gives Impassioned Speech at COP22

Thomas Schueneman November 16, 2016

“I’m not a Cassandra, but I am a realist. Time is not on our side.” – John Kerry at COP22 Secretary of State John Kerry pulled no punches in a speech at the COP22 climate talks, now in their second week in Marrakesh, Morocco. A stalwart champion of climate change action throughout his career, Kerry made […]Read More

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Environmental Advocacy Under a Trump Presidency

Thomas Schueneman November 10, 2016

Election 2016, the morning after Wednesday morning, coming to grips with a Trump presidency: The slow motion wreck that was election 2016 has finally ended, the smoke has cleared, and now we find ourselves in a very strange place. Not where we wanted to be. We should take the time to mourn the loss we feel, […]Read More

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President-Elect Trump, the U.S., Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Andrew Burger November 10, 2016

Environmental, climate change and renewable energy industry participants and proponents are gearing up for four long, lean years in the wake of Donald Trump's surprise U.S. election victory. They're not abandoning all hope, however; and Trump could pull an even greater surprise if he does an about-face and embraces Obama's legacy of helping build U.S. renewable energy and clean tech industries that are bringing back middle-class U.S. jobs and spurring investment, innovation and entrepreneurship in ways that benefit US and global society in multiple ways.Read More