Don't discount states
The Biden administration should look to states as a laboratory for innovative climate action.

My monthly, globally syndicated column for Project Syndicate, translated into a dozen languages, and my earlier bi-weekly Risky Climate column for Bloomberg Green.
The Biden administration should look to states as a laboratory for innovative climate action.
Science-based regulatory policies and a White House climate office could help counteract warming, no legislation required.
Instead of narrowly addressing carbon pricing, as economists have traditionally favored, the proposal has many aims
The Numbers Behind Exxon’s Support for a Carbon Tax
If $40/t CO₂ were the "right" price, tax carbon and move on. $40/t isn't the right price. The Exxon-backed tax isn't it.
The second-biggest economy’s new 2060 target could be a game changer if concrete policies follow.
Catastrophic fires call for rethinking suburban NIMBYism
The pandemic has led to some obituaries for urban living, but metropolises are still the most desirable and climate-friendly places to reside
Weather extremes are intimately linked to even small increases in global average temperatures.
New information about the link between atmospheric CO₂ and eventual global average warming bolsters the case for climate policy now