Public Media & Writing

2025

“The carbon tax must die so climate policies survive.” The National Observer. January 29, 2025

2023

“The False Promise of Carbon Offsets.” Foreign Affairs. November 20, 2023
“Buying carbon offsets is a waste of time that we don’t have.” The Global and Mail. March 1, 2023

2022
“The Final Frontier Soon May No Longer Belong to All of Us.” The New York Times. July 28, 2022
“Taxpayers should not foot the bill for carbon capture.” With Laura Tozer and Emily Eaton. National Observer. March 17, 2022

2021
“Follow the Money: How Reforming Tax and Trade Rules Can Fight Climate Change.” Foreign Affairs. November 12, 2021
“The Saturday Debate: Is the Glasgow COP26 summit the ‘last, best hope’ for the world?” Toronto Star. October 30, 2021
“New Net Zero Standards Could Transform the Climate — unless they’re derailed.” With Thomas Hale.  The Washington Post. October 4, 2021

2020
“Oil companies aren’t actually going green — but some are heading there faster than others” 
With Jennifer Hadden, Thomas Hale and Paasha Mahdavi. The Washington Post. September 18, 2020
“Policymakers should worry less about energy self-sufficiency and more about decarbonization.” The Hill Times. March 10, 2020

2019
“Trump is officially withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement. This won’t change much.” The Washington Post. October 30, 2019
“Why Canada Needs a Green New Deal”
Toronto Star. September 26, 2019
“It’s Time to Abandon Carbon Pricing” Jacobin. September 24, 2019
“The UN Climate Summit starts today — here’s what it can and can’t achieve” The Washington Post. September 23, 2019
“We Need a Green New Deal for Canada” University of Toronto  Alumni Magazine. August 27, 2019
“The Existential Politics of Climate Change” Global Policy Journal. February 21, 2019

2018
“The climate is changing. Here’s how politics will also change.” The Washington Post. October 8, 2018
“Why we need a more activist academy” The Chronicle of Higher Education. July 15, 2018

2017
“What’s next for the Paris Agreement?” The Washington Post. November 6, 2017
“The Trump administration can’t entirely role back progress on climate change.  Here’s why.” The Washington Post. February 10, 2017

2016
“The world is about to get tough on aviation emissions.  Here’s what you need to know.” The Washington Post. October 14, 2016
“Do we really need a new UN Oceans Treaty? Yes, and here’s why.” The Washington Post. April 25, 2016

2015
“Wondering what’s different about the climate change negotiations? 5 things you need to know about Paris.” The Washington Post. December 1, 2015
“Pope Francis weighs in on climate change. How do his proposals measure up?” The Washington Post. June 25, 2015

2014
“A realistic policy to linking carbon markets” The Washington Post. December 1, 2014

“2006, Endless Bombing & Climate Fiction.” (Green Majority Radio). January 19, 2024
“The Politics of Decarbonization.” (Solve for X). February 13, 2023
“Carbon, Damn Carbon and Statistics.” (The Bottlemen). April 19, 2022
“No Cap! (and Trade).” (The Bottlemen). November 18, 2021
“Does Carbon Pricing Work?” (Emerging Environments). May 24, 2021
“Less than Net Zero” (49th Parahell). December 10, 2020
“US Special Election Series — The Environment” (Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa podcast.). October 15, 2020

“Do voters no longer care about climate change?” TVO’s The Agenda. January 27, 2025

“How to safeguard against mis-/disinformation at COP28.” Covering Climate Now. November 14, 2023

“A Transatlantic Dialogue: Carbon Pricing and the Energy Transition.” Wilson Center. June 9, 2023

“Does carbon pricing reduce emissions? A review of ex-post analyses.” Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank. May 4, 2023

“COP 27 and Loss and Damage” CNN.com. November 20, 2022

“Ecosistema Ahora”, El País. July 8, 2022

“From Tons to Investment: Linking Climate Change and Investment Treaties.” OECD Conference on investment treaties and climate change: Paris Agreement and Net Zero alignment. May 10, 2022

“The Political Price of Climate Inaction” TVO’s The Agenda. January 15, 2020

“Can the World’s Bankers Really Save Us?”  A conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson about his book Ministry for the Future. (Crooked Timber). May 6, 2021
“Changing the Atmosphere in Political Science: Ten Key Political Questions about Climate Change” (Duck of Minerva). August 1, 2019
“Forum on Paris Withdrawal” (Duck of Minerva). June 1, 2017
“Why IR needs the environment and the environment needs IR” (Duck of Minerva). April 7, 2017