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Ideas

Washington is holding up a future of inexpensive EVs

Both Biden and Trump have stood in the way of cheap electric vehicles from China. Who’s that really benefiting?

OpEds

Massachusetts has a plastics problem

Many cities and towns across Massachusetts have been leading the way in tackling the single-use plastics crisis, but more can be done.

Ideas

It’s time to charge oil companies with homicide

It’s no legal leap: Cases have been won against defendants who have engaged in far less culpable conduct.

Ideas

Can one official move the needle on our state’s carbon emissions?

Melissa Hoffer, the only state climate chief in the nation, is trying to get every Mass. government agency to take responsibility for the problem.

OpEds

New York’s congestion pricing is a good start, but Boston can do better

With the right mix of clever policy and savvy politics, Massachusetts could beat the scourge of traffic and leapfrog the Big Apple.

Ideas

Broken chargers, frozen cars: The EV market is getting crushed

It’s not clear automakers really had their hearts in the EV revolution.

OpEds

The world wants to triple nuclear energy: What will it take?

Nuclear can look to the aviation industry’s model, which certifies aircraft, subject to strict and uniform standards, across countries.

Columns

The Endangered Species Act hasn’t restored endangered species

In the half-century since the law was enacted, only 3 percent of the animals and plants listed as endangered have recovered.