Covering business and climate change @WashingtonPost Has covered energy, White House, China, diplomacy & economic policy steven.mufson[at]washpost[dot]com.

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In 2020, “it looked like corporate America would weigh carbon emissions alongside profits,” @StevenMufson and @thamburger write. But now “the forces arrayed against ESG say they are just getting started”: theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
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Not long ago, a consensus was emerging that markets could help save the planet. Now that consensus is crumbling. @StevenMufson + @thamburger reveal how a Leonard Leo-funded group scared corporate America into backtracking on the climate. theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
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Who is Jared Isaacman? @StevenMufson takes a closer look at Trump's man at NASA.
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The nominee for NASA head has taken an unusual route: working in parents' basement, building multi-billion $$ business, learning to fly fighter jets, & 2 trips to space. With staff cuts at NASA, is Jared Isaacman ready for what's next? @StevenMufson momentmag.com/jared-isaacman…
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@StevenMufson on history of @washingtonpost editorial fight pre-#WW2
Re: that note from Bezos @washingtonpost. My grandfather and Eugene Meyer fought a similar fight over the Post editorial page on the eve of WWII. But there a big difference. Historical perspective from Steve Mufson @CJR cjr.org/business_of_news/the…
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A Rising Fortress on Sinking Land: How a massive steel wall could have trouble protecting a new, expensive Louisiana LNG export plant from rising sea levels and subsiding wetlands washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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1/ Our next installment in The Drowning South has published! @StevenMufson and Ricky Carioti traveled to Louisana's Plaquemines Parish to capture how a huge LNG exporter has its own #climate plan -- a massive seawall to protect its assets washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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Really good piece on the seawall fortress rising around a low-lying gas facility in Louisiana. The company says it’s fine but scientists @StevenMufson talked to said it’s a huge and growing risk to neighbors still reeling from the last big hurricane. washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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Great reporting. Fortress America: building $20 billion gas plants near dangerous rising seas. “…they’re having to armor these facilities at considerable expense to guard against extreme weather that is their own doing” ⁦@StevenMufson @ewashingtonpost washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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This segment was a labor of love and a topic very close to my heart. I am so grateful to all the people who shared their experiences with me and to my colleagues who helped make it happen
With Valentine’s Day approaching, love is on many people’s minds. For people with disabilities or chronic illnesses, navigating the dating world can come with unique challenges. @TheStephSy reports.
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Attending this year's COP climate summit: the new World Bank president Ajay Banga, former MasterCard CEO who will try to turn his lifetime of corporate experience into an asset for managing increasing climate demands on the 79-year-old bank washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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From story: “Lots of people like the idea of wind energy but nobody wants to live in the shadow of 600-foot-high wind turbines...”
NEW: Just came back from Idaho, where I had the chance to write about a real rubber-meets-the-road moment in Biden's climate agenda
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