Dec 5, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
After the conclusion of the COP30 climate change meetings in Brazil last month, some observers were quick to pronounce them a failure. Why? Were they a failure? Eyes on the Prize? Much of the criticism centered on the failure of the parties to agree to a statement...
Nov 30, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
People who want to understand the implications of exploding electricity demand growth for the clean energy transition can be excused if they find the news confusing lately. Whereas the news was once mainly about what “is,” the competition for clicks and the spread of...
Nov 20, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
The 2025 elections put some wind in Democrats’ sails. What they portend for stronger climate policy isn’t clear just yet, since the winners focused on energy affordability first and foremost. Meanwhile, for those of us who seek stronger climate policy,...
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...
Nov 5, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
Seven years ago I wrote a piece for The Regulatory Review called “Energy Policy’s Orphaned Good Idea.” It argued that the only reason why the 1935 Federal Power Act didn’t authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to permit interstate transmission...
Oct 31, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate
Given the Supreme Court that we have, the United States’ transition to authoritarianism can only be stopped at the ballot box. But inside ideological media bubbles there is a disconnect between how people vote and how they feel about our descent into a more...
