Price spikes puncture fracking’s promise to keep natural gas prices low
After a decade spent stoking demand for “abundant” natural gas, the U.S. now sits more exposed than ever to the fossil fuel’s wild price swings. Oil and gas advocates want you to blame wind and solar energy.
A new generation of Black farmers is returning to the land
They are working to repair harm inflicted over the past 400 years, with an eye toward reparations.
The ecological impact of militarism
“In the face of both COVID-19 and the climate crisis, we urgently need to shift from a culture of war to a culture of care.”
Kansas Supreme Court rule in favor of renewable energy
“With today’s Supreme Court ruling, we make headway toward fairness and justice for solar and renewable energy users in Kansas.”
Trump names industry lobbyist and climate science denier Mike Catanzaro as top White House...
“This is likely to be the most influential domestic energy policy position within the White House [and] will comfort industry and conservatives who view him as a champion for free-market energy and environment policy.”
Corporate giants promote climate action, but work with oil lobbyists in state capitols
The overlap raises questions about the sincerity of corporate climate commitments.
Iceland holds its first funeral for a glacier
"The symbolic death of a glacier is a warning to us, and we need action."
Wisconsin Senate passes Koch-backed REINS bill that would benefit Koch, other polluters
There are concerns about the bill's ability to potentially “grind the regulatory process to a halt.”
Leonardo DiCaprio Uses Oscar Speech to Spread Awareness on Climate Change
DiCaprio, who has been nominated several times but won for the first last night, accepted the award for Best Actor for his film The Revenant.
To save the planet, we need to end corporate funding of police
Those fighting to protect the planet face intense police repression that's funded by private corporations.