policy
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What’s next: Rethinking the role of government with an equity expert
Elected officials might resist change, but according to Desirée Williams-Rajee, the moment is ripe for transformative action.
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New York’s ambitious climate and environmental justice laws are in effect. Here’s what’s next.
"The state has to demonstrate how important it is to not just pass bold climate policy but to get the implementation right."
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Europe’s ‘Green Deal’ doesn’t live up to its name, critics say
What do you get when you take the “new” out of Green New Deal?
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It’s OK that Democrats don’t have a national climate policy
The real action is -- and always has been -- at the local and state level.
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It’s so easy to compost. So why am I still not doing it?
The policies are in place and the bins are waiting, yet so many people still have a visceral reaction to composting.
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Food icon Marion Nestle talks Trump, soda, and weed
The James Beard award-winning author talks sustainable nutrition in a post-Trump world.
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California cap-and-trade program faces major hurdles
State lawmakers passed an ambitious climate bill, but it might be undermined.
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Buying Local Solar Makes Florida City a World Leader
“It’s the only time I’ve done a rate increase when nobody was opposed,” says Ed Regan of the Gainesville utility’s feed-in tariff for solar power. The program, launched in 2009, has resulted in nearly 15 megawatts of new, local solar energy generation on or near buildings in the northeast Florida town, enough to make […]
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Politicians, advocates make an 11th-hour push for a better farm bill
Do you have something to say about the $85 billion bill that will shape the nation's food and farming landscape for the next five years? Congress is digging down into the details, but it's not too late to chime in.