Rafe Pomerance, an early campaigner for climate action and the subject of Nathaniel Rich’s book Losing Earth, discusses the increasingly pivotal role of climate change in U.S. electoral politics.
Is a Solution Possible for the U.S. Nuclear Waste Impasse?
Little has been accomplished in 60 years to address the toxic mess created by nuclear power.
Climate Change: A Real Force In The 2020 Campaign?
Has the U.S. finally reached the point where climate will in fact be a decisive issue for voters at the polls?
How the Democratic-Republican Climate Rift Became Political Reality
A pioneer in the field of environmental sociology discusses how views on climate have become an essential element of party ideology, and what it means for the 2020 election.
Breaking America’s Nuclear Waste Impasse
NRC Chairman Allison Macfarlane discusses four decades of failed efforts to find a permanent disposal solution for America’s civilian nuclear waste and new thinking, based on successful disposal efforts in the military and overseas, that could lead to a workable solution.
As Clean Energy Surpasses Coal, U.S. Energy Transition Locks Into Place
What’s particularly notable, given the current U.S. political climate, is how durable both the rise in clean energy and the decline in coal have been.
Recent Science Raises Oil Industry’s Climate Litigation Risk
Potential climate litigants are anxious to understand the extent to which source attribution can provide evidence in cases that seek reparations for climate damage.
Does Attribution Science Give Climate Litigators a Smoking Gun?
Climate attribution science allows connections to be made between extreme weather events and a warming climate. The science is also being used to trace climate change to the activities of specific industries and companies, potentially generating evidence to fuel climate litigation.
Three Pathways to Uphold America’s Paris Commitment
Can consumers take the lead in reducing U.S. carbon emissions in the absence of strong federal climate policy? New research takes a look at three aggressive pathways for the U.S. to meet the Paris goals.
Report Highlights 3 Paths for U.S. to Meet Paris Climate Target
The research shows how the 80% carbon reduction goal can be met under three very different scenarios, with the federal government, the states and consumers each taking the lead in driving change across the energy system.