The Rise and Rollout of AOC’s Green New Deal
The Green New Deal sputtered on launch yet still made it into global orbit. Left policymakers can learn from the experience.
Environment
Leading News Outlets Are Doing the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Greenwashing
Seven of the world’s “most trusted” media companies produce and promote content touting the key talking points of oil and gas.
New Yorkers Voted to Put Environmental Rights in Their Constitution — but the Attorney General Is Fighting Back
Residents say a hazardous waste incinerator’s emissions violate their new constitutional right to a “healthful environment.”
Unproven “Advanced Recycling” Facilities Have Received Millions in Public Subsidies
The petrochemical industry is lobbying for “advanced recycling” as a solution to plastic pollution, but a new report reveals a troubling track record at U.S. facilities.
Voices
When Idiot Savants Do Climate Economics
How an elite clique of math-addled economists hijacked climate policy.
Inside the Campaign That Put an Oil Boss in Charge of a Climate Summit
Sultan Al Jaber, CEO of the UAE’s national oil company, secured the COP28 presidency despite questions over his green credentials.
They Promised “Advanced Recycling” for Plastics and Delivered Toxic Waste
A North Carolina facility’s record of violations undercuts the dream of plastics recycling.
Louisiana Rushes Buildout of Carbon Pipelines, Adding to Dangers Plaguing Cancer Alley
As the Biden administration funds carbon sequestration projects, residents worry about ruptured pipelines and mass asphyxiation from leaks.
Voices
A Brief History of China’s Global Warming Hoax, From 1863 to Right Now
It all began when Irish physicist John Tyndall proposed in a “false flag” operation that variations in atmospheric composition could cause changes in the climate.
Secretive Federal Agency’s Days of Killing Pets With Poison Bombs May Finally Be Ending
Banning the cyanide bombs — planted throughout the American West in service of the livestock industry — has been the Mansfield family’s mission.