Dec 20, 2025 | Blog, Democracy and Transitions to Authoritarianism, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
[Note: This will be my last post of the year. Back in early January.] There’s been a lot of energy transition backsliding lately, some of it inevitable and some of it not. In bad political times it’s difficult to pair hope with clear-eyed realism. And I...
Dec 10, 2025 | Blog, Democracy and Transitions to Authoritarianism, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
Research into online filter bubbles confirms that Democrats and Republicans actually live in two different realities. That is, their beliefs about what is true differ in significant ways. And because the beliefs held by people in other bubbles have been deemed...
Nov 25, 2025 | Blog, Democracy and Transitions to Authoritarianism, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
Yesterday, in Part 1 of this post, I tried to make the case for talking to political adversaries about policy and politics. If you found that persuasive and are ready to Make Thanksgiving Interesting Again, this post will explore what that engagement — what...
Nov 24, 2025 | Blog, Democracy and Transitions to Authoritarianism, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
National climate policy is in the hands of a GOP that has turned against the clean energy transition. Therefore, and for now at least, creating a stronger national climate policy requires putting more Democrats in Congress. Doing that, in turn, requires understanding...
Nov 15, 2025 | Blog, Democracy and Transitions to Authoritarianism, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
The world’s largest asset manager, Blackrock, is caught in a tug-of-war between combatants on both sides of the climate and energy fight. Its travails reflect an intensifying partisan divide over renewable energy and climate risk. And it illustrates the importance of...
Oct 12, 2025 | Blog, Democracy and Transitions to Authoritarianism, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
Finally, pundits are focusing less on policy victory or convincing voters that their political adversaries are evil, and more on the issue of whether our liberal democracy can be saved, and if so, how. Until recently, those at the forefront of the effort to preserve...
