Tag: Trump administration
Trump’s policies will harm coal-dependent communities instead of helping them
Mark Partridge, The Ohio State University and Michael Betz, The Ohio State University
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is moving to repeal the Clean Power Plan...
Why Rick Perry’s proposed subsidies for coal fail Economics 101
Meredith Fowlie, University of California, Berkeley and Maximilian Auffhammer, University of California, Berkeley
In a controversial proposal, Energy Secretary Rick Perry has asked federal regulators...
Do tax cuts stimulate the economy more than spending?
Dale O. Cloninger, University of Houston-Clear Lake
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to boost the economy both by cutting taxes and investing more...
Shrinking and altering national monuments: Experts assess Interior Secretary Zinke’s proposals
Robert B. Keiter, University of Utah; Anthony Moffa, University of Maine; Sarah Schindler, University of Maine, and Syma A. Ebbin, University of Connecticut
Editor’s note:...
Interior Secretary Zinke invokes Teddy Roosevelt as model, but his public...
John Freemuth, Boise State University
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s recommendations to shrink four national monuments and allow fossil fuel development activities on others is just...
Trump’s tax plan would weaken faith in fairness of US tax...
Gil B. Manzon Jr., Boston College
President Donald Trump and GOP leaders just released a plan to significantly change the taxation of individuals and businesses...
The surprising connection between ‘take a knee’ protests and Citizens United
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
Citizens United, the Supreme Court ruling that some fear is destroying American democracy, may also be showing us how...
Surviving crisis: UN campaign to fight corruption in Guatemala has global...
John Ciorciari, University of Michigan
Massive protests recently broke out in Guatemala as the nation teetered on the edge of a major political crisis.
Guatemalans took...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
