Averting Climate Change: Lessons from the New Deal

If you’ve been following the news about COVID, you’ll know that – after ongoing pressure – Trump leveraged the Defense Production Act (albeit not very well) to secure medical equipment during the pandemic, and Biden is considering doing so to speed vaccine production and distribution (he definitely should).

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Low-Energy Fridays: Why is it so hard to get nations to agree to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

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