
Brad Plumer
Former Senior Editor
Latest articles by Brad Plumer


Americans spend about 6% of their household budgets on food at home. Pakistanis spend 41%.


The EPA’s new climate rule creates some really odd incentives around nuclear.


Japan’s dilemma: Bringing back nuclear is hard. Staying off nuclear might be even harder.


Shade balls. Fun to say. But also surprisingly useful!


Colorado’s long history of mining is still creating gruesome problems to this day.


The climate stakes in the 2016 election have gotten pretty huge.


Obama’s biggest climate policy yet can be summarized in a paragraph. But the details are where things get really interesting.


For the first time ever, the EPA will require power plants to cut their carbon emissions. Here’s why that’s a big deal.


Obama’s climate plan is bigger than most people realize.


Next week, the Obama administration will finalize sweeping new rules to crack down on carbon emissions from power plants.