Why in the world would Trump tap Perry to be energy secretary?
Rick Perry has zero expertise or experience for the job he's being handed.
Seattle dumps Wells Fargo over investment in Dakota Access pipeline
The city of Seattle plans to remove $3 billion from Wells Fargo to protest the atrocities which have taken place at Standing Rock.
“This is the right thing to do”: Energy CEO on ending leases to drill...
After 35 years of fighting for the cancellation of nearly 50 oil and gas leases, Montana’s Blackfeet tribe scored an unexpected victory when Devon Energy voluntarily backed out of their claims.
EPA releases new report and confirms what we all knew: Fracking contaminates drinking water
“The EPA’s final report on impacts of fracking on groundwater has concluded what too many Americans already know from personal experience: Fracking has caused lasting harm to drinking water sources throughout the country.”
After visiting Standing Rock, Swedish bank puts companies behind DAPL on watch
“It is becoming increasingly clear that financial institutions view the Dakota Access pipeline as a liability.”
The Senate finally approves aid for Flint, but at an expense
“Federal funding to help begin fixing the pipes at the heart of the Flint water crisis is shamefully overdue.”
Not just Standing Rock: Pipelines threaten native lands across the country
‘We are probably going to have to resist one pipeline at a time for many decades to come, and maybe longer,’ a Cherokee researcher tells MintPress as a Ramapough Lunaape chief says, ‘We need help now.’
Trump: ‘Nobody really knows’ if climate change is real
The Paris agreement, Trump claims, is something he is "studying."
A last resort that might work: Small town votes in community bill of rights...
Opposing a pipeline, residents in Waterville, Ohio, passed a new law to protect their right to clean air, water, and soil.
Canada’s shame
Fresh from the victory at Standing Rock, activists need to look from Flint, Michigan to places like Azacualpa to confront neoliberal efforts to put profit over people and the environment.