Environment

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FILE PHOTO: The Rocky Mountains are pictured as a layer of air pollution hangs over Denver, Colorado, U.S. January 21, 2020. Picture taken January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo

FixGov

Methane comes front and center in climate change policy

Barry G. Rabe

Friday, January 6, 2023

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C., on Friday, November 4, 2022. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

FixGov

What to expect on climate change from the New Congress

Dana R. Fisher

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Man installing thermal insulation layer under the roof

The Avenue

The U.S. needs better, more accessible home weatherization programs

Rebecca Mann and Jenny Schuetz

Monday, October 10, 2022

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Events

Keys to climate action

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EST

Conservation and security: New challenges, new opportunities, and the US-Africa Leaders Summit

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EST

Accelerating city climate planning and action in an era of historic federal investment

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Related Books

Can We Price Carbon?

By Barry G. Rabe

2018

The Water Problem

Edited by Pat Mulroy

2017

BP Blowout

By Daniel Jacobs

2016

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Experts

Sanjay Patnaik

Director - Center on Regulation and Markets

Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Development

Fellow - Economic Studies

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Samantha Gross

Director - Energy Security and Climate Initiative

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative

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Barry G. Rabe

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

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Multimedia

FILE PHOTO: A girl walks past a flag of Ghana outside the Cape Coast Castle, in Ghana, July 28, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Podcast Episode

Dispatches from Africa’s COP: Ghanaian youth are joining climate action for survival

Maryjane Enchill, Nadia Owusu, and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

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Dispatches from Africa’s COP: Seychelles youth opt for climate capacity building

Victoria Alis and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

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Podcast Episode

What does the Supreme Court’s EPA ruling mean for climate regulation?

Barry G. Rabe and Adrianna Pita

Friday, July 1, 2022

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More on Environment

Syrian civilians inspect a destroyed residential building after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit northern Syria.

Turkey’s earthquake death toll might be more than just a natural disaster

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş

Monday, February 6, 2023

Visitors look at the artwork Gaia, created by artist Luke Jerram, which hangs in the Royal Palace's south vault in Stockholm, Sweden Decemer 8, 2022. Gaia is a globe measuring seven meters in diameter, created from images taken from NASA photographs of the Earth's surface. It is one of 22 works of art that illuminate Stockholm during the "Nobel Week Lights" festival. TT News Agency/Anders Wiklund via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN.

Your questions for Climate Sense

Adie Tomer, David G. Victor, and Samantha Gross

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Quang Binh, Vietnam.- In the photos taken on October 20, 2020, it shows the floods caused by heavy rains that affect central Vietnam. The death toll during the recent floods rose to 106, while 27 people remain missing, according to the Office of the Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Natural Disasters.

Southeast Asia needs Biden and Xi to work together on climate

Jonathan Stromseth

November 14, 2022

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Pivoting from global climate laggard to leader: Kigali and American HFC policy

Barry G. Rabe

Friday, September 23, 2022

Trucks sit idle in a nickel-mining area in Indonesia's central Sulawesi July 8, 2012. Indonesia's nickel mining operations and exports have been mostly halted since the government restricted exports of unprocessed minerals in May, and levied a 20 percent export tax, the Indonesian Nickel Association (ANI) said on Wednesday. Picture taken July 8, 2012. To match Interview INDONESIA-NICKEL REUTERS/Fergus Jensen (INDONESIA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES TRANSPORT POLITICS)

Indonesia’s electric vehicle batteries dream has a dirty nickel problem

Rodrigo Castillo, Lilly Blumenthal, and Caitlin Purdy

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

FILE PHOTO: The Codelco El Teniente copper mine, the world's largest underground copper mine is shown near Rancagua, Chile August 13, 2020. Picture taken through a window. REUTERS/Fabian Cambero/File Photo

The future of mining in Latin America: Critical minerals and the global energy transition

Caitlin Purdy and Rodrigo Castillo

Thursday, July 7, 2022

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Reports

Keys to climate action

Conservation and security: New challenges, new opportunities, and the US-Africa Leaders Summit

Accelerating city climate planning and action in an era of historic federal investment

Director - Center on Regulation and Markets

Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Development

Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Energy Security and Climate Initiative

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies