California Wildfire Package Preserves Survivors’ Legal Rights
A coalition of fire survivors, consumer advocates, local governments, trial lawyers, and insurers convinced legislators to reject Gov. Newsom’s utility…
Gary, Indiana, Is America’s Latest Climate Victim
This community has already faced structural racism and disinvestment. A two-week blackout unleashed a humanitarian disaster.
Wildfire Survivors Push Back Against Newsom-Led Utility Bailout
Time and time again, California’s big three investor-owned utilities have attempted to shift the cost of their own incompetence to…
Drain Lake Powell
There is a simple and straightforward way to start tackling the West's water problem: Get rid of Lake Powell. Drill…
The Strongest El Niño in History Is Coming. Get Ready.
Donald Trump has no ideas, but America is ready for a U-turn on climate change.
FEMA’s Summer Snowpocalypse
The Trump administration aims to reverse the expectation that the federal government is always going to come to the rescue.
Lessons From an Arctic Gas Pipe Dream
Alaska LNG would be a massive gas infrastructure project involving a new gas treatment plant and 807-mile pipeline cutting across…
Better Affordability Through Climate Policy
There has never been a better time to make the correct argument that slashing the use of fossil fuels is…
Blackstone’s Utility Gambit in New Mexico Could Slip Away
The walls appear to be closing in on private equity giant Blackstone and TXNM Energy, the utility company serving 800,000…
Aftermath: The War Ends and the Aftermath Begins
This story was first featured in the Aftermath newsletter, a series from David Dayen exploring the economic consequences of the…