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Bloomberg had success against coal, but faces tougher challenge with oil and gas
Former New York City mayor and climate change crusader Michael Bloomberg faces a tougher challenge in his new goal of fighting oil and gas than he had in his successful efforts shuttering coal plants. Bloomberg announced…
Hickenlooper’s Real Green Deal
In announcing his candidacy for president this week, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper emphasized “getting things done” by citing Colorado’s jump from 40th in job growth to the top 10, its provision of health care…
Inslee faces daunting 2020 challenge: To ‘get Americans excited’ about climate change
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee launched a 2020 run for president Friday making a bet untested in American politics: that a single-issue platform of fighting climate change can win. He kicked off his campaign with a launch video…
No, the Green New Deal doesn’t aim to end air travel, as Florida Sen. Rick Scott says
After U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., unveiled the Green New Deal, Republican critics said it would eventually ground air travel. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., outlined his opposition to the Democrats’ Green New Deal…
Bloomberg had success against coal, but faces tougher challenge with oil and gas
Former New York City mayor and climate change crusader Michael Bloomberg faces a tougher challenge in his new goal of fighting oil and gas than he had in his successful efforts shuttering coal plants. Bloomberg announced…
Hickenlooper’s Real Green Deal
In announcing his candidacy for president this week, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper emphasized “getting things done” by citing Colorado’s jump from 40th in job growth to the top 10, its provision of health care…
Inslee faces daunting 2020 challenge: To ‘get Americans excited’ about climate change
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee launched a 2020 run for president Friday making a bet untested in American politics: that a single-issue platform of fighting climate change can win. He kicked off his campaign with a launch video…
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Paul Bledsoe, a former Clinton White House, US Senate, and Interior Department official, is a leading expert on politics and policy whose writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, Politico and other leading outlets. Paul is strategic advisor at the Progressive Policy Institute, an influential center-left think tank in Washington, and a professional lecturer at American University’s School of Public Affairs.
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