Does the Democrats' New Inflation Bill Have Anything To Do With Inflation?
Plus: The editors each analyze their biggest “I was wrong” moment from past work.
Climate Change
The 'Inflation Reduction Act' Won't Actually Reduce Inflation
But it will hike taxes, including on Americans earning less than $200,000 annually.
If You Care About Democracy, Don't Ask Biden To Invoke Emergency Powers
Implementing policy is supposed to be difficult given that it could affect millions of people’s lives.
Fight Fire With Fire
What Florida gets right about using controlled burns to prevent damaging wildfires, and what California could learn from it.
President Biden Asserts 'Climate Change Is an Emergency'
But does not declare that it is a "national emergency."
Not Everything Is a National Emergency
If the National Emergencies Act goes without reform, presidents will continue to misuse emergency declarations as leverage to shift Congress.
Congressional Staffers Demand Their Bosses Enact Climate Legislation
"We've crafted the legislation necessary to avert climate catastrophe. It's time for you to pass it," proclaim staffers in a letter to Congressional leaders.
Does West Virginia v. EPA Doom the SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule? (Updated)
The Supreme Court is skeptical of agency efforts to pour new wine out of old bottles.
No One Wants Biden Anymore, Not Even Dems
Plus: The editors answer the question “How would you change the Constitution?”
If Biden Were Serious About Energy Policy, Here's What He'd Propose
Blaming oil companies and Vladimir Putin for our current energy woes is dishonest and unhelpful.
Blocking a Highway Is Not a Legitimate or Effective Form of Protest
Climate protesters who blocked an interstate outside D.C. likely cost a man his parole.
Nukes and Natural Gas Are 'Green,' Votes E.U. Parliament
"It's an outrageous outcome to label gas and nuclear as green," responds Greenpeace
Justice Kagan Throws Down the Gauntlet: We Are Not "All Textualists Now"
In her forceful West Virginia v. EPA dissent, Justice Kagan challenges the majority's commitment to textualism.
SCOTUS Said Ambitious Climate Regulations Need To Come From Congress. Lawmakers Are Furious.
Plus: A new lawsuit challenges D.C.'s ban on carrying guns on public transit, Denver's latest housing affordability initiative will make the city more expensive, and more...
Supreme Court Rejects Broad EPA Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gases from Power Plants (Updated)
Chief Justice Roberts writes for a six-justice majority in West Virginia v. EPA.
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Pushes Back Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Regulations While Awaiting Supreme Court Ruling
No matter how the Supreme Court rules in West Virginia v. EPA, absent legislative action it is unlikely new power plant rules will be in force before 2024.
Are a Majority of D.C. Circuit Judges Republican Appointees? The NYT Thinks So [Updated]
A New York Times piece on conservative legal challenges to climate regulations characterizes the balance of the D.C. Circuit in a most unusual way.
More Heat Waves But Falling Heat Mortality in U.S.
With upticks in cities with greater proportions of immigrant laborers and homeless people
Supreme Court Turns Away Red State Effort to Block Social Cost of Carbon
Without opinion the justices rejected Louisiana's application to vacate a lower court stay.
Civilization Runs on Ammonia, Plastic, Steel, and Cement—for Now
Vaclav Smil’s How the World Really Works offers hope and despair for techno-optimists.
Alex Epstein: Despite Climate Change, the Future Needs More Fossil Fuels
Coal, oil, and gas have contributed to global warming, but we can deal with their impact while letting them bring billions more up to middle-class living standards.
Less Pollution, More Atlantic Hurricanes
An interesting and surprising research result.
Alex Epstein: Why the Future Needs More Fossil Fuels
The energy policy analyst says cheap and abundant gas, oil, and coal will continue to play a central role in human flourishing.
No, Gas Prices Didn't Spike Because of 'Corporate Greed'
Corporations were just as greedy when prices fell in 2019 and early 2020.
Senate Committee Approves Climate Treaty
The pact will phase down the use of HFC coolants.
Stop Using 'Too Hot' Climate Models, Says Nature Commentary
And avoid implausible, worst-case scenarios for greenhouse gas emissions too.
Will the Supreme Court Consider the Social Cost of Carbon?
Not a single judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sought to reconsider a stay of a district court opinion barring consideration of the Biden Administration's social cost of carbon estimates.
Meeting Paris Agreement Pledges Likely To Keep Warming Increase Below 2 Degrees C
But only if politicians 30 years from now keep promises made by politicians today.
How Markets Make Economic Growth Sustainable
Market-driven dematerialization is the unsung environmental success story of the 21st century.
A Future for Floating Homes
Dutch officials are updating zoning laws to allow homes that are fixed to the shore but rise and fall with the water.
Fossil Fuels Save Lives
Over the last 100 years, we've seen a 98 percent decrease in climate-related deaths. You can thank fossil fuels.
Your Favorite Crisis Doesn't Justify a Dictatorship
Authoritarianism grows increasingly popular, with environmentalists among the greatest enthusiasts.
Weather Is Not Climate. Or Is It?
For years, experts warned that any given hurricane or heat wave cannot be attributed to long-term changes in average temperatures. But it turns out that climatologists and meteorologists sometimes can establish such causal relationships.
Fifth Circuit Stays Erroneous District Court Injunction Against Social Cost of Carbon Estimates
In a brief per curiam opinion, the Fifth Circuit concludes the plaintiff states lack standing to press their claims.
Biden Has His Eye on Bitcoin
The president's anticipated executive order stopped short of feared regulations but suggests federal unease with uncontrolled development.
SEC to Vote on Climate Disclosure Rules
Companies may be required to provide broader climate-related disclosures to investors, but would such a requirement survive legal challenge?
When It Comes to Climate Change, Wealth Equals Adaptation
New U.N. report says we are about to "miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all."
Climate Change Returns to the Supreme Court: Previewing West Virginia v. EPA (Updated)
The most important environmental case of the 2021-22 term will be heard next week.
Help Solve Climate Change through Deregulation
Well-intentioned regulation often constrains the development and deployment of clean technologies.
Standing in West Virginia v. EPA Revisited
Why the arguments the Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction to hear the latest climate change case likely lack merit.
Federal Court Bars Federal Agencies from Considering the Costs of Climate Change in Rulemakings [Updated]
A federal district court has taken the unusual step of enjoining an Executive Order setting forth an Administration's regulatory priorities.
Sea Level To Rise One Foot by 2050, Says NOAA
Another good reason to stop subsidizing people to live at the beach.
Worst-Case Climate Change Scenarios Are Highly Implausible, Argues New Study
Global temperature to rise to around 2.2°C above the pre-industrial average by 2100.
Biden's Solar Panel Tariffs Make It Costlier To Meet Biden's Climate Goals
Nothing new under the sun as Biden decides to extend Trump's solar panel tariffs for four more years.
China's Old Climate Promises Are 'New' Again
The Glasgow Declaration's empty platitudes confirm that China will not be hectored by the U.S. into making any significant changes to its climate policies.
Does the Supreme Court Have Jurisdiction to Hear West Virginia v. EPA?
The Solicitor General and NGO respondents argue that the petitioners lack appellate standing to challenge the D.C. Circuit's interpretation of the Section 111 of the Clean Air Act.
Germany's Failed Bid To Be the Global Climate Leader
Nuclear power wasn’t green enough for German leaders, so now they depend on energy from Russia.
Why the Supreme Court's Decision in NFIB v. OSHA May Be Even Worse News for Climate Regulation than You Thought
Insofar as the Court was concerned about pretext, it may be more difficult for the EPA to reduce greenhouse gases using regulatory authority to control emissions.
