Tag: Policy & Politics
Sierra Club Statement on Donald Trump’s FY2027 Budget Proposal
Washington, DC — Today, Donald Trump released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2027, which seeks to increase defense spending to a massive $1.5 trillion while slashing non-defense discretionary spending by more than $73 billion, including a 52 percent cut in funding for the Environmental Protection Agency and similarly drastic cuts across other critical … [continued]
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Two Options for the Strait of Hormuz in a Decarbonized World
The most useful way to think about the Strait of Hormuz in a decarbonized future is not as an oil story that fades away as the energy transition advances. It is a systems story about where risk sits in the architecture of the economy. In the fossil era, Hormuz matters … [continued]
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Advocacy Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Decision to Exempt All Oil & Gas Activities in Gulf from Endangered Species Act
Lawsuit claims Trump’s use of ‘Extinction Committee’ violates law in numerous ways. Washington D.C. — Gulf and environmental groups sued the Trump Administration today over its decision to strip Endangered Species Act protection from imperiled species threatened by oil-and-gas offshore drilling activities in the Gulf of Mexico. The unprecedented blanket-exemption would leave numerous Gulf species and … [continued]
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What If The US Redirected The Money From The Iran War To Clean Energy?
If the US federal government had leaders with a vision of an achievable, healthy net-zero future, $200 billion would never be dedicated for the Iran War efforts. Yet the idiocy of the Iran War makes our minds wander and envision a robust US energy and climate package in its place. … [continued]
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Rumpledthinskin — A Parable For Our Time
Not so long ago in a galaxy very close by, a stupid man assembled a team of stupid people to steal the essence of a nation.
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