The Latest by Abigail Dillen

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As the Climate Summit in Paris approaches, there is reason for hope that the world is finally getting serious about cutting its carbon emissions.
October 5, 2015

Can Paris be at the Vanguard of Global Climate Action?

As the Climate Summit in Paris approaches, there is reason for hope that the world is finally getting serious about cutting its carbon emissions.

Solar panels at Mesa Verde Visitor and Research Center in Montezuma County, Colorado
September 11, 2015

Attacks on Solar Power Aren’t off to a Good Start

A diverse coalition of community, environmental and renewable energy industry organizations are fighting to keep solar power affordable and economically competitive against heavily subsidized fossil fuels.

Earth
April 17, 2015

On Franzen's Theory and Uniting Our Climate Things

Abigail Dillen responds to author Jonathan Frazen's recent article in the New Yorker that has sparked a necessary conversation for people that care about climate change.

US Capitol January 2015
March 25, 2015

The Constitution Isn’t Burning, But the Planet Is

This week, Harvard law professor Larry Tribe captivated climate deniers and House Republicans when he went before Congress to attack the President’s Clean Power Plan.

Rachel Carson Bob Hines
March 6, 2015

Celebrating Creative Women in a Climate Crisis

Wherever Women’s History Month is observed, there are people celebrating the life and legacy of Rachel Carson, but even the wildly original Carson owed a debt to the courageous women who came before her.

Transmission lines.
August 27, 2014

Digging Out of the Money Pit to Create a Smart Grid

Our aging electric grid is in need of a major renovation to deliver electricity reliably into the next century, and one way or another, that overhaul will cost us a lot of money. The question is whether we throw more money at propping up the old architecture that is designed to deliver electricity from big fossil-fuel fired power plants, or make the forward-looking investments necessary to harness the clean energy that our future requires.

The Cheswick coal fire power plant in Springdale, PA.
July 14, 2014

Carbon Nation: Upping the Ante on EPA’s Carbon Cutting Goals

The EPA recently proposed the first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants, but more must be done to avoid catastrophic climate change.

A coal-fired power plant.
October 14, 2013

Getting Our Nation's New Climate Rules Right

The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change cements the urgency for U.S. leaders to move boldly and quickly on climate change, and the most logical place to start is the nation’s fleet of power plants.

The TVA Allen Fossil Plant.
June 25, 2013

President’s Climate Plan is Common-Sense

President Obama’s Climate Action Plan promises, at last, a meaningful step toward controlling our carbon pollution.