budget

Trump’s Proposed Budget & Infrastructure Plans Widely Criticized, Catastrophic For Clean Energy & Environment

Over the last fortnight, a draft version of Donald Trump’s proposed budget, the final version of the proposed budget, and his proposed infrastructure plan saw the light of day and the reaction to all three has probably not been what the White House might have hoped for — though probably should have been expected nevertheless. 

New Tool For Renewable Energy Developers From IRENA

The International Renewable Energy Agency has just released an exciting tool for renewable energy entrepreneurs, urban planners, and researchers: Project Navigator. It should greatly increase the number of successful renewable power projects. The program should also decrease the number of confidence-busting failures, although these have become fewer and fewer as renewable … [continued]

Carbon Tax Has Very Broad, Bipartisan Support (Outside Of Congress)

This article first appeared on Climate Progress. by Ryan Koronowski The Washington Post editorial board calls a carbon tax “one of the best ideas in Washington almost no one in Congress will talk about.” It joins a very diverse group (including conservative economists, big oil companies, environmental advocates, and most Americans) that thinks pricing … [continued]

Huge News: Putting a High & Rising Price on CO2 Could Balance the Budget (New…

Yes, it’s more complicated than that — this was a hard story to come up with a title for — but this is the gist of a new proposed plan (or several new plans) for balancing the nation’s budget that would ALSO, by chance, cut CO2 emissions considerably, thus slowing or stopping human-caused global warming and saving us trillions of dollars in damage and health costs in the process.