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November 07, 2025 | The American Prospect

Hannah Story Brown

Op-Ed Climate and EnvironmentEthics in GovernmentSupreme Court

Exxon’s Latest Supreme Court Hail Mary

It’s been seven years since Boulder, Colorado, took oil companies Exxon and Suncor to court for decades of lying about the dangers of their products, one of dozens of parallel lawsuits brought by local, state, and tribal governments against fossil fuel companies. In May, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the case could move toward discovery and trial, something the companies are desperate to avoid. Now, Exxon and Suncor are once again seeking refuge at the Supreme Court.

October 08, 2025 | The Sling

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

Op-Ed Anti-MonopolyClimate and EnvironmentEconomic MediaEconomic Policy

The Hollowness of Growth as an Objective

Growth is responsible for the widely shared prosperity ushered in across much of the world in the twentieth century, leading to declines in infant mortality, longer life expectancy, and some of the best standards of living in human history. But growth has also driven mass deforestation, soaring income inequality, and the erosion of democracy as power became increasingly concentrated. When a handful of companies control local television stations, it’s easier for a president with authoritarian tendencies to punish his perceived enemies. Acknowledging that duality and seeking balance is different than monomaniacally pursuing economic growth or degrowth.

August 27, 2025 | The American Prospect

Hannah Story Brown

Op-Ed Climate and EnvironmentExecutive BranchGovernment CapacityTrump 2.0

Trump Is Blinding the Government to Methane Pollution. But Others Are Still Watching.

Methane makes up a small portion of greenhouse gas emissions in terms of quantity, but it is one of the most important drivers of climate change, as it’s over 80 times more powerful at trapping heat than carbon dioxide in its first 20 years in the atmosphere. A significant amount of the extreme warming that we will experience in our lifetimes, and the planetary tipping points that we breach, will be propelled by methane—and emissions are rising faster than ever.