EVs have been a hot topic lately, with one of the primary issues being the availability and convenience of the charging network.
This week’s guest, Josh Turner, cofounder and CEO of PowerUp America, is driven by personal experience to make the transition to electrification of our transportation sector as seamless as possible. At PowerUp, they focus on expanding and improving the EV charging infrastructure across the US, and making the user experience one that is familiar, easy, and accessible.
The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA), the draft permitting reform bill released by the principal Senators (Whitehouse, Capito, Lee, and Heinrich) last week, is garnering lots of attention from praise to criticism. And understandably so. If passed the BAAJA “would constitute the most important reform to the American energy sector in generations.”
For this year’s Florida Climate Week, we organized a virtual panel to discuss how climate change is impairing Florida’s accessibility to clean water. Water is essential to our health, our communities, our economy and even our national security and water quality threats to the Sunshine State are impacted/worsened by climate change. How can these threats be mitigated at the local, state, and federal levels and how do we maintain a bipartisan commitment to the continual improvement of water quality amid not only climate threats, but growing water demands?
For years, political strategist, writer, friend Mary Anna Mancuso was a staple at republicEn.org. Guided by her talented pen, her op-eds were published over 100 times in multiple media outlets. She understands the importance of conservative climate communications and wrote various pieces about solutions to climate change.
For years, political strategist, writer, friend Mary Anna Mancuso was a staple at republicEn.org. Guided by her talented pen, her op-eds were published over 100 times in multiple media outlets. She understands the importance of conservative climate communications and wrote various pieces about solutions to climate change.
What if harnessing the next generation’s conviction and passion — and creating meaningful pathways for their leadership and agency — is not only good for our communities and planet, but also one of the most powerful ways to strengthen their mental health?
Mason 4C Postdoctoral Fellow Doran Tucker knows a thing or two about communicating climate risk. An undergraduate degree in international affairs at Penn State sparked his interest in how investments in military infrastructure (for example, remote sensing) can become tools we use in everyday life (GPS). From this inquiry, he went on to explore in his masters and doctoral work on the nexus of identity, policy, and the environment with a particular emphasis on effective climate change communication in Appalachia and in military contexts.
A flood doesn’t knock on your door and ask who you voted for in the last election before it sweeps your house away, nor does wildfire smoke distinguish between Republicans and Democrats before it chokes the air,” they write, noting that because “polarized public discourse has made climate conversations more difficult,” people don’t always connect climate change with the issues we care about, the things we love. “Climate communication that isn’t polarizing and connects directly to what we already care about is exactly what we need; we just need more of it.”
The Great American Outdoors Act of 2020 (GAOA) made a historic investment in protecting and maintaining popular federal lands in part by establishing the Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF) to address billions of dollars in overdue maintenance needs. From 2021-2025, the LRF provided more than $9 billion to tackle priority repairs in national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, BLM areas and more. Unfortunately, the fund expired in August 2025, and the combined deferred maintenance backlog across federal land agencies is now estimated at over $35 billion.
Hello and welcome back! Thanks to all who sent heartfelt comments after last week’s atypical, 9/11-focused Week En Review and well wishes for a speedy covid recovery. (What a week.) I’m in the clear from the pesky virus and was even able to attend National Clean Energy Week in person on Wednesday. More on that to come!
National Clean Energy Week is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year!
What started off small (but mighty) has grown into something truly fabulous, a bringing together of policymakers and stakeholders, industry leaders and clean energy advocates, all to highlight the achievements and discuss the challenges ahead.
Twenty-five years ago today, a young Senate staffer, nine months pregnant, marveled at the beautiful crisp fall day as she walked into the Dirksen Senate Office Building, headed to the Senate...