Colorado Supreme Court Upholds State Power, Says Cities Can’t Impose Fracking Bans
The governor’s task force has failed to provide Coloradans with a way to protect their homes, families and futures from this dangerous, industrial activity.
How to beat the ‘fracking frenzy’—lessons from the campaign that ended fracking in Ireland
“We want to make the government listen to the community, who for over a decade now have been saying that fracking is not safe, not trusted, not wanted in the territory."
Court allows Trump to bulldoze environmental laws for border wall
"Congress has ceded its authority to Trump, who has swept aside fundamental public safety and environmental laws to build walls that won't work."
Pipeline exec. refers to activists opposing construction near bald eagle nest as ‘awful soulless...
The backdrop to this tension is Millennium’s impending drilling on a crossing of the Neversink River, less than a mile from a bald eagle’s nest, as part of its Eastern System Upgrade project.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, October 12
Law students launch nationwide strike against illegitimate justice, Chinese intel officer arrested and charged with economic espionage, Enbridge Pipeline explosion forces First Nations community to flee, and more.
The GOP climate push that mostly leaves out climate
House Republicans introduced a new climate agenda that promotes fossil fuels and speculative technologies, while leaving out real emissions reduction targets.
“Stop the money pipeline”: 150 arrested at protests exposing wall street’s link to climate...
“Let us remember that we are not the criminals. The criminals are the people who are letting this world burn for money.”
Texas oil regulators profit from the companies they oversee
Texas has long hosted a large and powerful oil and gas industry.
As climate crisis rages, the world’s public banks gathered at first-ever summit and chose...
"There is no excuse for the continued funding of billions of dollars in coal, gas, or oil projects. This must stop now."
Capturing carbon with machines is a failure—so why are we subsidizing it?
Policymakers are pouring money into techno-fixes to solve the climate crisis, even though scientific studies indicate nature-based solutions are all-around more effective.