Basav Sen

Basav Sen directs the Climate Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies.

Biden Admin Official Held Meeting With the Leader of a Fascist Militia in India

Biden doesn’t join Modi at rallies like Trump did, but U.S. complicity in India’s human rights abuses continues.

October 2, 2021

The climate crisis rages on as Biden prioritizes bipartisanship on an infrastructure bill that guts climate action.

August 4, 2021

As a seller of plastic junk, packaged in more plastic junk, Amazon hardly qualifies for the “low-emission sector.”

February 27, 2020

The Washington Post downplayed the most hopeful findings of its poll on climate action. We highlighted them for you.

December 10, 2019

$A pillar blasts a plume of fire into a cloudy sky, natural gas, fracking$

Characterizing fossil fuels as “freedom” amid an existential climate threat is reprehensible.

June 14, 2019

The right wing could use the shutdown as a pretext to accelerate cuts to public services it deems “inessential.”

February 15, 2019

Energy efficiency creates more jobs than fossil fuels — and at a faster rate and lower cost.

August 12, 2018