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November 14, 2022
Jan Dutkiewicz
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Spencer Roberts
How the Meat Industry Undermines Effective Climate Policy
Borrowing a page from the fossil fuel industry’s playbook, meat’s “merchants of doubt” are funding questionable research and lobbying to keep meat reduction off the table.
November 16, 2021
Kate Aronoff
The U.S. Is Still Blocking Climate Progress
Behind the scenes at COP26, those representing developing nations said the Biden administration continues the American tradition of intransigence.
November 11, 2021
Kate Aronoff
Fossil Fuel Executives at the Glasgow Climate Talks Are Miffed With the Media
Reporters have raised doubts about carbon offsets, and oil and gas corporations are worried that the public will turn against such programs.
November 9, 2021
Stephen Lezak
Carbon Markets Are Terrible—But We Need Them
Current models show that we need to pull huge quantities of carbon out of the air. Right now, though, the tools for doing that are mostly being used for corporate greenwashing.
November 8, 2021
Kate Aronoff
Biden’s Energy Secretary Dodges a Question About Oil and Gas Exports
Jennifer Granholm claimed Friday that halting exports wasn’t her “lane”—even though her department has exclusive authority over approving them.
November 4, 2021
Kate Aronoff
The White House’s New Climate Strategy: Let Businesses Solve It
Biden administration officials at COP26 have been praising the power of profitable investment to fight global warming.
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