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We can still avoid irreversible climate catastrophe, but we must act now
Problems securing affordable accommodations in the remote host town of Belem, on the Amazon River in Brazil, have threatened vital COP 30 climate negotiations before they even begin. But lessons from…
How Orioles’ new manager can deliver playoff wins | GUEST COMMENTARY
With the Toronto Blue Jays losing a heartbreak Game 7 to the Dodgers, every AL East team has reached the World Series in the last decade — everyone, that is, except the Orioles. In fact, it’s been nearly two
Letter: Will this be the president’s most destructive legacy?
Two articles in the October 20 print edition illustrate how Donald Trump’s political culture war, aimed at undermining all possible US and global climate protections, may end up being his most devastatingly destructive long-term legacy…
PAUL BLEDSOE on what is needed to address the climate crisis
channel news asia | november 25, 2024
We can still avoid irreversible climate catastrophe, but we must act now
Problems securing affordable accommodations in the remote host town of Belem, on the Amazon River in Brazil, have threatened vital COP 30 climate negotiations before they even begin. But lessons from…
How Orioles’ new manager can deliver playoff wins | GUEST COMMENTARY
With the Toronto Blue Jays losing a heartbreak Game 7 to the Dodgers, every AL East team has reached the World Series in the last decade — everyone, that is, except the Orioles. In fact, it’s been nearly two
Letter: Will this be the president’s most destructive legacy?
Two articles in the October 20 print edition illustrate how Donald Trump’s political culture war, aimed at undermining all possible US and global climate protections, may end up being his most devastatingly destructive long-term legacy…
China’s plans to cut emissions too weak to stave off global catastrophe, say experts
China announced its plans for future cuts to greenhouse gas emissions on Wednesday, producing a scathing response from experts who said they were much too weak to stave off global catastrophe…
Unmasking Climate Action at UN
As global climate leaders, including dozens of heads of state, gather at the UN in New York this week, it is time to admit that current climate approaches are failing. Already expensive and deadly climate impacts are increasingly…
Trump’s War on Renewables Risks Power Price Backlash
Rising US electricity costs are grabbing headlines, with demand from artificial intelligence data centers expected to increase to record highs this year and next. The Trump administration has until now focused…
Dems go all-in on energy price messaging. Will it work?
After seeing Republicans gut their signature climate law, Democrats have embraced a strategy they think will make the GOP pay in next year’s midterm elections. During the August recess, Democratic lawmakers have.
America is moving backward on climate policy — here’s how Democrats can right the ship
Every week brings a new headline about the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress repealing climate protections. The latest is a shocking proposal to overturn the landmark scientific…
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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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