An innovative new tax could fund climate transition and help rebuild the social safety net. So why is the White House knocking it?
An Open Letter to Obama: If You Want Money for the Climate, Tax Wall Street
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Environment
A Letter to My Grandson
Someday in the distant future, I hope you’ll read this letter and smile indulgently at my worst fears.
How Climate Change and Resource Scarcity Are Upending World Politics
Natural resource scarcity poses a far broader challenge to prosperity and national security than traditional military threats.
Humanity’s War on Wildlife
One day not so very long from now our children may think of the T. rex and the tiger as co-occupants of a single Lost World
Obama’s Last National Security Strategy
Even a superpower can’t maintain dominance in every domain and also effectively address big-ticket items like climate change.
Ecuador: All You Need Is Love…And Oil?
Ecuador is marketing its lush rainforest to North American tourists. But there won’t be much left if it drills for oil there.
State of the Empire in 2015
Before Obama’s State of the Union address falls out of the news cycle, here are the foreign policy tidbits you need to remember.
A Neanderthal Foreign Policy
What the humble Neanderthal can teach us about war, peace, climate, and getting along.
Is the Philippines Squandering Its Moral Authority on Climate Change?
A ‘seismic shift’ in Philippine climate diplomacy sheds some light on the dilemmas faced by climate-vulnerable developing countries.
Why the U.S.-China Climate Deal Is Bad News for Climate Activists
The world’s two biggest polluters shouldn’t be setting the terms for global climate talks.