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In Private, Shapiro’s Working Group on Climate Change Meets

The group tasked by Gov. Josh Shapiro with developing a state-level plan to fight climate change met for the first time this week, a step the Democrat promised to take when he questioned his predecessor’s strategy to make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt carbon pricing. The group met Tuesday, unannounced, at […]

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Quants, Carbon, and Climate Change

The center-left mindset of favoring quantitative analysis and just-so mathematical solutions is particularly myopic when it comes to fossil fuel pollution. The Revolving Door Project, a Prospect partner, scrutinizes the executive branch and presidential power. Follow them at therevolvingdoorproject.org. It’s been a bad few weeks for the sort of opinionated center-left pundit who prides themselves on data-driven, hyper-quantitative […]

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Save money and reduce climate change

Speakers at a recent Power Forum sponsored by the Willits Economic Localization group shared new information about Mendocino County’s local transition to a carbon-free future, advice for coping with power outages, and how to save money on energy. Keith Rutledge of Renewable Energy Development Institute (REDI) in Willits and Geof Syphers, CEO of Sonoma Clean […]

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