Articles by John Light
John Light is a writer and journalist sometimes based in New York. He writes a lot about climate policy, both inside and outside of the U.S. Twitter: @lighttweeting
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All oil is bad, but some is worse. Here’s the difference.
There’s at least an 80 percent difference in CO2 emissions between the dirtiest tar-sands oil and the least-dirty non-tar-sands variety.
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Google’s plan to prioritize facts ticks off climate deniers
The search giant is considering a new system that would rank sites by trustworthiness. One prominent denier is already crying “censorship.”
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Florida officials banned from talking about climate change
And if they can’t name the problem, you can bet they can’t do anything about it either -- a big problem in a low-lying coastal state.
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Obama admin punts on oil train safety — and another bomb train explodes
The White House decided not to draft rules on explosive gas in tanker cars, Reuters reports. Meanwhile, an oil train blows up in Illinois.
