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Trump frets oil price spike after bombing Iran
President Donald Trump is cautioning against oil price hikes and urging his administration to increase domestic oil production in the wake of the U.S. attack on Iran over the weekend. Trump signaled Monday that…

Orioles need a new strategy to win again
t’s no surprise the Orioles fired manager Brandon Hyde last weekend, because their season so far has been an utter disaster. After averaging 96 wins over the last two seasons, this year, despite playoff expectations…

Both Parties Must Limit Surging Electricity Inflation
Prices are surging in the electricity sector, presenting new headwinds for U.S. consumers and manufacturing alike. Fortunately, Congress has…
PAUL BLEDSOE on what is needed to address the climate crisis
channel news asia | november 25, 2024

Trump frets oil price spike after bombing Iran
President Donald Trump is cautioning against oil price hikes and urging his administration to increase domestic oil production in the wake of the U.S. attack on Iran over the weekend. Trump signaled Monday that…

Orioles need a new strategy to win again
t’s no surprise the Orioles fired manager Brandon Hyde last weekend, because their season so far has been an utter disaster. After averaging 96 wins over the last two seasons, this year, despite playoff expectations…

Both Parties Must Limit Surging Electricity Inflation
Prices are surging in the electricity sector, presenting new headwinds for U.S. consumers and manufacturing alike. Fortunately, Congress has…

Developing world urges rich nations to defy Trump’s ‘climate nihilism’
Developing countries are calling on the rich world to defy the US president, Donald Trump, and bridge the global chasm over climate action, before the goal of limiting global temperatures to safe levels is irretrievably lost…

Can Orioles’ young roster carry team to a World Series?
After the Orioles were swept out of the playoffs without a win for the second straight year, many baseball mavens expected the team to make aggressive off-season trades or free agent signings, especially to help replace…

Trump trade war has Canada rethinking its energy future
Canadian officials were caught in the middle of trade war whiplash at one of the world’s top energy conferences Tuesday, causing them to reexamine their country’s relationship with the United States…

Tariffs risk raising costs of power infrastructure
A wave of U.S. tariffs on construction materials like steel and cement is poised to ratchet up costs for new data centers, power plants, pipelines and other big infrastructure, even as President Donald Trump promises to cut energy costs…

Why the Arctic is important
Losing the Arctic sea ice might make business more profitable for the shipping and mining industries (“Break the ice”, January 25th). But it will cost the rest of the world dearly. Half of the Arctic…
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Paul Bledsoe is a former Clinton White House, US Senate, and Interior Department official, and a leading political and policy expert whose writing regularly appears in the New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times and other leading outlets.
Paul is President of Bledsoe & Associates, a strategic public policy firm specializing in tax policy, energy, natural resources and climate change. He is also a Professorial Lecturer at American University’s Center for Environmental Policy.
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