Zach Cockrum & Brian Shupe: A lesson from Congress on environmental action

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Zach Cockrum, who is the Northeast director of Conservation Partnerships of the National Wildlife Federation, and Brian Shupe, the executive director of the Vermont Natural Resources Council.
For anyone paying attention to Congress, it would a significant understatement to say it has not exactly been a pillar of bipartisan cooperation and commonsense deal making the last few years. That is especially the case on environmental issues, where the Trum