While we should never lose sight of the goal to reduce our emissions, we could make this so much easier on ourselves by building world-beating industries in solar, wind, nuclear, geothermal, carbon management, and hydrogen.

Is bipartisan law better law? The record shows that bipartisan lawmakers pass more laws, but there is a difference between passing legislation and writing good law.

Keynes suggested that a successful investor must be willing to change an opinion when facts and circumstances change, leading to the quotation, “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?”.

To quote my favorite climate blogger James Hansen passing a rare unscientific opinion on leaders at the United Nations COP meetings who leave the impression that progress is being made that we can still limit global warming to as little as 1.5°C.

As I prepare this newsletter I have the live feed on for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine opportunities for Congress to reform the process for permitting electric transmission lines, pipelines, and energy production on federal lands.

As DC races toward the summer recess those of you working and maybe living here might be interested in discussing your climate advocacy at a bipartisan restaurant.

A friend of mine recently asked a perfectly sensible question about captured carbon. Why can't we make something out of it, like a countertop?

Setting aside the usual partisan attacks on the permitting provisions as either too weak or too favorable to a particular pipeline in West Virginia, many Democrats and Republicans say they represent a good first step in reform

So, how will the New Democrats achieve anything in the minority? Cabinet secretaries of the Biden-Harris Administration will be visiting the Climate Change Task Force soon, so questions regarding implementation can be addressed.