Bledsoe for Politico: How Trump can help save coal—with China’s help
Last week, President Donald Trump declared that he would bring back coal jobs, directing the EPA to roll back the Clean Power Plan and other regulations on coal producers. It’s an audacious promise...
View ArticleBledsoe for RCP, “How Democrats Can Hasten Trump’s Departure”
Washington can hardly keep up with the unprecedented pace at which Donald Trump’s presidency is cascading out of control. Ironically, the appointment last week of Robert Mueller as special counsel to...
View ArticleBledsoe for the Economist, “Whither the world after America’s retreat?”
…The risks posed by a changing climate require action. Last year was the hottest since records began, and 16 of the 17 warmest years have occurred since 2001. Sea level is rising and the polar regions...
View ArticleMarshall & Bledsoe for Real Clear Energy, “Colorado Blazes Low-Emissions,...
Donald Trump made political hay in Appalachian and industrial states by running as an ardent booster of coal. Yet what’s really powered America’s remarkable energy boom over the last decade is shale...
View ArticleBledsoe for The Hill, “US can boost gas exports, cut global emissions in one...
Infamously, Donald Trump has called climate change a hoax, but the rest of the world knows better. In fact, the main reason European and Asian nations are interested in importing U.S. natural gas is to...
View ArticleBledsoe for The Hill, “High-paying energy jobs are key for Democrats in 2018”
Clean-energy policies championed by Democrats over the last decade have helped create millions of high-paying energy jobs for American workers. And innovative Democratic policies going forward can help...
View ArticleBledsoe for The Hill, “Harvey, Irma show the skyrocketing costs of climate...
Even as Congress passed $15 billion in initial funding for Hurricane Harvey relief, Americans were glued to their TVs watching Hurricane Irma, the strongest-ever Atlantic storm, bear down on Florida,...
View ArticleMarshall & Bledsoe in LA Times, “Democrats need to put forward a tax plan too”
Goaded by President Trump, Republican leaders outlined a tax-reform plan this week that is marginally less generous to the wealthy than many conservatives would like. As the GOP struggles to cobble...
View ArticleBledsoe for The Hill, “Trump is isolated on climate. Ignore him at...
As ministers from 195 countries travel to Bonn, Germany for annual climate negotiations to begin Nov. 6, momentous decisions await. Convincing major-emitting nations to increase the pace of emissions...
View ArticleBledsoe for The Hill, “Dems should offer own plan to destroy GOP tax nightmare”
House Republicans have passed a grotesque tax giveaway to the richest 1 percent that will only exacerbate America’s biggest economic and political problem: the massive income inequality that inhibits...
View ArticleMoynihan was right: The GOP tax giveaway will lead to safety net cuts
When Congress passed a massive tax giveaway to the richest that will add at least $1 trillion to America’s debt late last year, GOP lawmakers were remarkably candid about the next step: cutting the...
View ArticleBledsoe for The Hill, “Solar case shows climate protection requires...
Responses to President Trump’s imposition of tariffs on Chinese solar panels fall into two general camps. One holds that Chinese solar manufacturing subsidies are so egregious as to require U.S....
View ArticleBledsoe for USA Today, “Democrats must embrace shale gas boom to win...
Democrats don’t have enough power to shape climate change policy. They can win the midterm elections if they embrace the shale oil and gas boom and their role in it. Millions of Americans are rightly...
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Bledsoe for The New York Times, “Trump’s Fuel Efficiency Rollbacks Will Hurt...
President Trump met with auto industry executives at the White House on Friday, arguing for his planned rollback of fuel efficiency and emissions standards, and telling them he wanted them to build...
View ArticleBledsoe for The Hill, “Keeping Pruitt could cost GOP Congress, Trump in the...
Despite repeated and flagrant abuses of taxpayer trust and sweetheart deals from energy lobbyists, any of which would have doomed previous cabinet members, embattled Environmental Protection Agency...
View ArticleBledsoe for The Hill, “Trump’s coal fixation will harm Americans’ health and...
Earlier this month, President Trump ordered Energy Secretary Rick Perry to intervene in electricity markets to prop up failing coal power plants, falsely claiming the effort was needed to protect...
View ArticleBledsoe & Ritz for The Hill, “Democrats must bridge the generational divide...
Amid the daily drama of President Trump’s tweets and scandals, it can be hard to focus on the most important issues for our future. An unfortunate consequence of this purposeful turmoil is that few...
View ArticleBledsoe for Forbes, “Trump’s Blowhard Tactics on Climate Change and Storms...
In the last two years the U.S. has suffered from record hurricanes, rainfall, floods, wildfires and other disasters made worse by rising temperatures and sea levels. These extreme events, exacerbated...
View ArticleBledsoe for Forbes, “House Democrats Must Be Strategic To Win on Energy and...
By all accounts, House Democrats return to Washington this week to begin planning their priorities for 2019 in an aggressive frame of mind. But on climate change and energy issues, rather than simply...
View ArticleBledose for The Hill, “Climate studies say warming may cost US $500 billion a...
Three stunningly dire climate change reports have emerged in the last month, including the UN “Emissions Gap” report released this week and the U.S. National Climate Assessment released last Friday....
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