Unlike tax reform, healthcare and financial regulation, addressing climate change will never work as a one-party issue. We all need to pitch in to create a livable climate.
Category: environmental policy
Entering the Swamp
In many election campaigns, “Washington” is a dirty word. It’s code for special interests, political patronage, partisan squabbles – everything we hate about the way our federal democracy functions. Trump’s calls to “drain the swamp,”Continue reading
Washington State’s Carbon Cap Experiment
With my final papers submitted and my first year of grad school officially in the books, I left Durham for a little R&R in my hometown of Seattle, Washington. Of course, it’s not so easyContinue reading
Cash for conservation: Lessons from around the world
Anyone can talk about how to save the rainforest. Any class can analyze from afar the pros and cons of conservation strategies carried out halfway around the globe. But I only know of one classContinue reading
Why green is the new red, white & blue
On Friday, the “Biodiversity Days” conference hosted by the E.O. Wilson Foundation wrapped up at the Nicholas School. It was a two-day whirlwind of renowned speakers, invigorating discussion and inspiring stories about protecting life onContinue reading
Conversations on leadership offer practical insights
What does “environmental leadership” even mean? The question buzzed around my partially-frozen brain as I watched the scenery whiz by on I-40. While the rest of our classmates were enjoying the final day of winterContinue reading
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How Much is an Ecosystem Worth?
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity be a part of “A Community on Ecosystem Services” (ACES for short) in Jacksonville, Florida. Through the ACES conference, which was attended by over 500 federal agency employees, academicContinue reading
Climate Action in the Age of Trump
Welcome to the Age of Trump. Few if any members of the environmental community expected the result that millions of Americans woke up to on Wednesday, November 9. Fueled by a surge of support fromContinue reading
What the Election Means for the Environment – and for Us
To say that we’re tired of hearing about the 2016 election would be an understatement. It’s pretty much impossible to open any newspaper, magazine or blog site without being blasted by fresh Clinton and Trump one-liners fromContinue reading
Let’s Make a (Climate) Deal
It was the kind of Saturday that makes you want to drop everything and run outside. The sun was shining, the leaves were beginning to show their fall colors, and homework wouldn’t be due for atContinue reading