Lee Harris
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Past articles by Lee:
West Virginia Wanders Away From Coal
Some coal defenders amp up culture war as others welcome nuclear and batteries. → Read More
Geothermal Drinks Gas’s Milkshake
A new study says geothermal could smash growth forecasts with the backing of a powerful ally: the oil and gas industry. Can they really make friends? → Read More
Wall Street’s Big Bet on Rewiring America
Ithaca has put its Green New Deal in the hands of a green private equity fund, a private foundation, and a Goldman Sachs–backed software company. → Read More
Green Capital Feuds With Local Lenders Over National Climate Bank
Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt says $20 billion of IRA funds should capitalize his group’s proposed national bank. Local lenders are skeptical. → Read More
The Risks of the Biden Escalation
A false choice has been set up between neoliberal globalization and economic rearmament. → Read More
Bullish Investors and Green Crony Capitalists
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Workers on Solar’s Front Lines
Unions are fighting to ensure solar workers are skilled tradesmen, not just exploited temps. → Read More
Prospect Podcast: The Most Important Inflation Fighter You Don’t Know About
We talk to Martin Oberman, the lead regulator for the rail industry, which has contributed mightily to supply chain woes by taking its cues from Wall Street. → Read More
Permitting Reform Is A Decoy For Ramping Up Gas
A new Manchin-Schumer deal is being marketed as a clean energy hack, but it’s mostly about gas exports. → Read More
Manchin Permitting Deal Teeters Despite Gas Industry Support
‘We sure as hell don’t owe Joe Manchin anything now,’ says one Democrat. → Read More
Bowman Proposes Bill to Recommend Price Controls
New legislation would study corporate profits and give President Biden the authority to impose targeted price controls in sectors like housing and health care. → Read More
Texas Grid Heaves Under Extreme Heat
A high-octane power grid is hitting its limits. → Read More
How to Fight Inflation
Skanda Amarnath of Employ America talked to TAP about how optimal solutions for private companies make the economy brittle and vulnerable to future shocks. → Read More
How Sean Patrick Maloney Has Built Power for Republicans
Maloney’s announcement that he will exit his old district for a slightly safer seat spells doom for Democrats. But he has long put personal interests over his party. → Read More
Saule Omarova on Systemic Financial Risk and Her Failed Bid for Comptroller
‘There was a fear that I might be open to thinking systemically,’ says the Cornell Law professor who drew fierce opposition from the bank lobby. → Read More
In Bid to Beef Up Bank Rules, Dems Stop Playing Nice
Republicans are crying foul as a Democratic majority at the FDIC sidesteps its Trump-appointed chair. → Read More
Jack, You Are Doing Amazing, Sweetie
Critics say the ex-head of Twitter hasn’t hired enough nonprofit professionals, so his charity has been driven by arbitrary personal whims. Maybe there is a bigger problem here. → Read More
U.S. Heads to Climate Conference Without Key International Finance Official
Also: The Senate declines to pass along emergency financing to developing countries. → Read More
U.S. Demands Something for Nothing at Glasgow
The top constraint on global climate talks is still parochial American politics. → Read More
Cuomo Leaves, but a Corrupt Political Culture Remains in New York
The structure of state government, with its centralized power and few ethical checks, invites scandal after scandal. → Read More