Jan 8, 2026 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking
One of the few things that majorities of Democrats and Republicans agree upon is that they don’t like free trade. Democrats may not like Donald Trump’s impulsive and sometimes nonsensical approach to tariff policy, but they share with Republicans a belief in using...
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...
Oct 6, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking
U.S. electric customers are facing sharp rate increases, and they are not happy about it. Climate change is part of the problem, but most of it boils down to market forces: too much projected demand for the projected supply. Those supply and demand projections, in...
Sep 30, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
Charlie Cook, founder of the Cook Political Report (CPR), wrote a column last month for CPR (behind a pay wall) about gerrymandering that began this way: After 47 years at The Washington Post, Dan Balz recently announced he is stepping back from his role as the...
Aug 6, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate
One of the few low-carbon energy technologies that the Trump administration is not actively trying to hobble is nuclear power. (Geothermal energy is another.) Nuclear power boosters have been heartened recently by the tech industry’s interest in 24/7 clean power to...
