Trump Rules: How Rollbacks at Scott Pruitt’s E.P.A. Are a Boon to Oil and Gas

The new E.P.A. administrator has a long, helpful history with Devon Energy, going back to his days as attorney general of Oklahoma.

Economic Scene: To Curb Global Warming, Science Fiction May Become Fact

April 4, 2017 Eduardo Porter ECONOMIC SCENE Remember “Snowpiercer”? In the delirious sci-fi thriller by the Korean director Bong Joon-ho, an attempt to engineer the climate and stop global warming goes horribly wrong. The planet freezes. Only the...

Cost of Carbon: What Financial Markets Can Teach Us About Managing Climate Risks

Cost of Carbon By MICHAEL GREENSTONE April 4, 2017 Say an investor had only two options of what to put money in: gold or stocks. Gold has an average annual rate of return of 3 percent, while the stock market delivers a healthier 5 percent. Which should the...

Cost of Carbon: What Financial Markets Can Teach Us About Managing Climate Risks

Cost of Carbon By MICHAEL GREENSTONE April 4, 2017 Say an investor had only two options of what to put money in: gold or stocks. Gold has an average annual rate of return of 3 percent, while the stock market delivers a healthier 5 percent. Which should the...

News Analysis: Planned Rollback of Climate Rules Unlikely to Achieve All Trump’s Goals

News Analysis By CORAL DAVENPORT March 27, 2017 President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday to roll back most of President Barack Obama’s climate change legacy, celebrating the move as a way to increase the nation’s...