Basav Sen

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

When It Comes to Sustainability, Amazon Delivers… Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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