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Environmental & Climate Policy

The intersection of sustainability and economic strategy. Insights into how governments, corporations and global organizations are shaping policies that address climate change, resource management and green innovation. Expert commentary on the implications of regulatory changes, the impact of environmental policies on industries and the evolving landscape of global environmental agreements. The economic and social ramifications of these policies essential for navigating the complexities of environmental stewardship and business growth. Read more about Climate Change.

Aerial view of a massive oil tanker being guided by tugboats through deep blue waters, symbolizing the scale and complexity of global energy logistics.

Crude Realities: Energy Markets Are Betting on Chaos

In 2025, energy markets aren’t reacting to policy—they’re reacting to chaos. Igor Isaev, Doctor of Technical Sciences and Head of Analytics at Mind Money, draws on over two decades in financial and commodity markets to explain why investors are abandoning oil’s instability and chasing returns in renewables.
By Igor Isaev
Man in suit stands in front of light blue background

CEO of World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Disagrees with Trump’s Climate Policy

The financial impacts of climate change are "just a totally different picture" than in the past, said Nicolai Tangen.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
A sunset over a windfarm

How the U.S. Is Building a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy

The U.S. Department of Energy's hydrogen hubs aim to create commercially viable green hydrogen ecosystems through strategic regional "clusters."
By Stephen H. Crolius
WEEHAWKEN, NJ - MAY 19: The sun sets on the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building in New York City on May 19, 2024, as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey.

Reimagining New York’s Approach to Fighting Climate Change

By David Garten
Group of people stand next to clock against pink background

Bill Nye and the Doomsday Clock Scientists Call for Action

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Was COP28 a Success? Depends On Who You Ask

By Andrew Eil
People in masks walk along the Hudson River as thick smoke shrouds the skyline of lower Manhattan.

We’ve Never Experienced El Niño Like This

By Andrew Eil

Biden’s Climate Bill Could Be a Boon for Electric Carmakers—But It Doesn’t Include Tesla

By Sissi Cao

Bill Gates Offers $1.5 Billion for Government-Led Climate Projects on One Condition

By Sissi Cao

Joe Biden Calls for ‘Clean Energy Revolution’ After Green New Deal Jab

By Davis Richardson
Activists near the U.S. Capitol.

Fight Climate Change, Not Human Nature

By Bradley Tusk
A giraffe walks across a savanna at the Mashatu game reserve in Mapungubwe, Botswana.

Global Giraffe Population Decimated by Trophy Hunting and Local Pressures

By Michael Sainato
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at the Sierra Club.

ExxonMobil, Stephen Hawking and Michael Bloomberg All Endorse This Carbon Tax Plan

By John Bonazzo
A northern white female rhinoceros, one of only five members of the sub-species left on the planet, in Kenya.

World’s Richest Countries Are Letting Animals Go Extinct

By Michael Sainato
The Black Angels

How The Black Angels Channeled Modern Chaos Into Their Apocalypse Pop ‘Death Song’

By Justin Joffe
Rebecca playing cello in Wakefield

How Saltland Made a Gorgeous Cello Album About Climate Change

By Justin Joffe
Flint resident Melissa Mays stands with her three boys while speaking to the media after attending a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the Flint, Michigan water crisis on Capitol Hill February 3, 2016 in Washington, DC. A group of Flint families traveled to Washington by bus to attend a House hearing on the crisis and demand that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder be brought before Congress to testify under oath.

Flint Water Activist’s Battle Continues Into Day 1,028, While US Cities Benefit

By Matthew Corkins
The coal fuelled Cottam power station generates electricity on November 30, 2009 in Retford, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.

This Is the Easiest and Least Costly Way to Fight Climate Change

By Andrew Eil
Deforestation in Indonesia (Wikimedia)

Here’s The One Thing Donald Trump And Progressives Agree On

By Andrew Eil

The Daily Show, Cap and Trade, and Scientific Literacy

By Steve Cohen

Understanding the Climate Policy Debate

By Steve Cohen

The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009: Climate Policy Gets Real

By Steve Cohen

Measuring Emissions of Greenhouse Gasses: EPA Takes a Critical First Step

By Steve Cohen

Bringing Green Principles Into the American Economy

By Steve Cohen
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