Climate Policy in the Biden Era: A House Divided
The momentum of the 2018 Congressional midterm elections in which the Democrats gained 42 seats and regained their majority status in the House of Representatives...
Granholm will Be Energy Secretary
President-elect Joe Biden will reportedly nominate Oakland resident Jennifer Granholm, a former Michigan governor who teaches at UC Berkeley, to lead the Department of Energy,...
The World Needs Biden to Lead on Climate Reporting
President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to rejoin the Paris climate agreement sends an important signal to the world about U.S. leadership. But the action will merely...
Why Business Should Back a Biden Climate Plan
During the George W. Bush presidential administration, I worked for the Government Accountability Office. One project on which I worked was a look at the...
On environmental protection, Biden’s election will mean a 180-degree turn from Trump policies
The Trump administration has waged what I and many other legal experts view as an all-out assault on the nation’s environmental laws for the past four years. Decisions at...
Scientists relieved as Joe Biden wins tight US presidential election
The new president has the opportunity to reverse four years of anti-science policies — but he has a hard road ahead as he inherits a...
Fate of climate crisis hangs on election as US exits Paris agreement
Trump administration set US withdrawal in motion a year ago but it didn’t take effect until 4 November
This election, science seems more political than ever. Is it?
Some research shows increasing political divides this year as a pandemic thrusts science into the election spotlight.