Saturday, December 20, 2025

Our rich: fooling themselves and fouling our planet

Electric air taxis aren’t going to save the world. Really taxing the rich, on the other hand, could.

Organizations call on banks to end financing of metallurgical coal

An open letter was sent to 50 banks asking them to end “business as usual” practices.

The research is in: Stop fracking asap

Science. Evidence. Facts. Do these even matter anymore in U.S. policy? They should — especially when it comes to issues that affect...

Trump’s nuclear orders revive a failed industry at the expense of public safety and...

Executive orders to quadruple U.S. nuclear capacity ignore cost overruns, radiation risks, and a global shift toward cheaper, safer renewables—all while gutting the agency meant to protect the public

Renewables are a global economic engine, not a culture war threat

While oil is a cyclical commodity, and prices rise and fall over time, this time the decline is structural.

Our last decade to get climate right

In the climate talks to come, we need more youth, indigenous, and civil society groups — and fewer oil companies.

The TPP and Free Trade: Time to Retake the English Language

The TPP is not about free trade.

Sorry, Donald Trump, you can’t bring back coal when solar costs half as much

In the 3rd quarter of 2016, solar installations in the U.S. were up nearly 200% over the 3rd quarter of 2015.

How Jeff Sessions profited from introducing a fracking exemption for drinking water rules

It remains to be seen whether Sessions will face questions about his support for the S.724 (“the Halliburton Loophole”) or his Energen stock sell-off.

These industry titans oppose Trump’s order to build pipelines with U.S. steel

The U.S. Department of Commerce will consider all of these comments as it inches toward a draft set of regulations.