- Brad Plumer
- Reporter
Brad Plumer is a reporter at the Washington Post writing about domestic policy, particularly energy and environmental issues.
If we hit the debt ceiling, can Obama choose which bills to pay?
Some Republicans have suggested that Obama could keep making the important payments -- debt service, Social Security, the military -- and stiff everyone else. Sadly, it's not that easy.
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Between 30 percent to 50 percent of all food produced on the planet is lost and wasted without ever reaching human stomachs. Here's a look at how that's even possible.
Reconciliation
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Graph of the day: We're on pace to heat the U.S. by 10 F
The U.S. government has just released a draft of a massive new report on how climate change will affect the United States.
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