On the Issues
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On the Issues Archive
Support for Well-Plugging Program Grows, EPA Recommits to “Transparency” Rule, and More
Aug. 7, 2020
Landmark Conservation Bill Passes Congress, COVID-19 Shifts Transportation Habits, and More
July 31, 2020
Struggling Gas Companies Abandon Wells, Ethiopian Dam Makes Waves, and More
July 24, 2020
Estimating the Social Cost of Carbon, Colorado’s Climate Goals, and More
July 17, 2020
Air Conditioning Access and COVID-19, Rural Attitudes Toward Climate Change, and More
July 10, 2020
House Climate Plan Outlines Path to Net Zero, Resilience of Renewables, and More
July 6, 2020
Diversity in the Environmental Movement, Air Pollution’s Impact on Prenatal Health, and More
June 26, 2020
Privatizing Space Exploration, Climate Risks for Forest Offsets, and More
June 19, 2020
Flawed Economics at EPA, Protecting the Amazon, and More
June 12, 2020
Responding to Racial Injustice, Plugging Orphaned Oil Wells, Funding Carbon Removal, and More
June 5, 2020
National Parks Reopen, Dams Fail in Michigan, and More
May 29, 2020
Global Energy Outlook and COVID-19, China’s Emissions Trajectory, and More
May 22, 2020
Lessons from COVID-19 on Air Pollution, Managing Climate Risk in Investments, and More
May 15, 2020
Funding Carbon Capture, Carbon Pricing amid COVID-19, and More
May 8, 2020
Green Policies for Next Stimulus Bill, New Water Rule Threatens Wetlands, and More
May 1, 2020
Emissions on Earth Day, 10-Year Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon Spill, and More
April 24, 2020
Mercury Emissions Rule under Threat, Particulate Matter Pollution, and More
April 17, 2020
The Value of a Statistical Life, Crime during the Coronavirus, and More
April 10, 2020
Rollback of Fuel Economy Standards, Industrial Emissions Drop Due to Coronavirus, and More
April 3, 2020
Coal Mines Threatened by Coronavirus, Global Access to Clean Water, and More
March 27, 2020
Environmental Impacts of Social Distancing, National Parks Closed Amid Pandemic, and More
March 20, 2020
Coronavirus Threatens Human Health and Oil, Financial Burdens of Flooding, and More
March 13, 2020
New Environmental Justice Bill, Costly Coal Incentives, and More
March 6, 2020
JPMorgan’s New Climate Commitments, Hydrogen’s Low-Carbon Potential, and More
Feb. 28, 2020
