Flip This Well: How fracking company CEOs get rich while losing billions
Even when shale oil CEOs do fall, and wipe out billions in other people’s money, their falls seem to be cushioned with more cash.
Court throws out Energy Transfer’s ‘racketeering’ claims against Dakota Access pipeline opponents
“It is also a check on corporate efforts to silence dissent.”
US Environmental Protection Agency sweeps Iowa’s water crisis under the rug
Despite over 10,000 factory farms and almost no Clean Water Act regulation, EPA denies petition to withdraw Iowa’s pollution program.
These scientists were disbanded by the EPA — they plan to meet anyway
"This is the first time in the history of EPA where the credibility of the agency's science review process has been so compromised that an independent panel of experts has recognized the need for and will be conducting a comprehensive review."
Exxon sued again for ‘misleading’ advertising
“ExxonMobil’s advertising and marketing mislead the public by presenting ExxonMobil’s clean energy activities as a significant proportion of its overall business.”
From climate change to nuclear war, Noam Chomsky warns of literal threats to our...
Noam Chomsky speaks about the two most dangerous threats the human species faces today: the possibility of nuclear war and the accelerating destruction of human-fueled climate change.
Trump’s unprecedented attack on clean air and climate action
But there's good news too: the safeguards Trump wants to shred are on a strong legal footing and the public will have the chance to voice its objections as the Trump administration tries to roll them back.
Moyers and McKibben: Time is running out for the planet
Bill Moyers talks with Bill McKibben about his new novel Radio Free Vermont and the nonfiction ways to fight the system.
EPA boss launches program to ‘critique’ scientific consensus on climate change
Since taking the EPA’s helm, Pruitt has assisted with President Trump’s systematic dismantling of critical rules that protect the environment in favor of energy development.
These are some climate stories that flew under the radar in 2020
“To put it simply, the state of the planet is broken.”