On Wednesday, Congressional Democrats and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin struck a deal on a major climate and healthcare package that–if passed–will be the most consequential climate legislation in history. The news came as a surprise to many following Manchin’s stated opposition to any further climate legislation just two weeks…

Nature losses are mission-critical to address and deeply intertwined with climate change. They’re finally getting some attention. Much of the climate policy conversation to date has focused on greenhouse gas emissions. Climate pledges center around bringing a company, country, or even continent (in the case of the EU’s green pledges)…

Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have the authority to regulate carbon emissions from power plants. West Virginia v EPA is a decision that has made waves in the climate community, even as legal experts continue to debate the nuances…

Global warming is the world’s greatest market failure, and the European Union is trying to come up with a market solution. This week, the European Parliament approved a proposal to create a carbon border tax, placing a tariff on goods imported into the EU based on their associated carbon emissions…

A perfect storm of energy crises–from LNG shortages to electric grid destabilization–could jeopardize the US government’s plans for a clean energy transition as the country heads into heat wave conditions. Ask any American consumer outside a dense, walkable city what their biggest pain point is right now and you’ll likely…

Climate issues are increasingly becoming public health issues, and it’s up to climate policy & tech to drive public health evolution. I was a freshman in college during the aftermath of the election of President Trump in 2016, an event that had untold ramifications on university campuses and far beyond…

Seeing universities as the large institutional investors they are could help activists push for policy change away from fossil fuels on campus and beyond. November at Harvard is home to the annual Harvard-Yale game, one of two days each year (the other being Housing Day) that we showed any kind…

The theme of Earth Day 2022, which we celebrated last Friday, was “Invest in the Earth,” which reflects the need for investors and consumers alike to allocate their dollars wisely in the fight against climate change and the race to preserve the Earth’s fleeting resources. For climate-conscious consumers (particularly my…