Monday, October 5, 2026

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

The TPP is not about free trade.

Trump admin sits on $43 billion intended for clean energy loans while unemployment soars

"These utility-led programs could drive significant job and economic growth statewide as we step out of our current pause."

As a Trump administration fast approaches, cities and towns gear up for political resistance

In the years to come, community bills of rights are one strategy to shelter vulnerable populations.

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.

Trump’s defense secretary cites climate change as national security challenge

James Mattis’ unpublished testimony before a Senate panel recognizes a threat others in the administration reject or minimize.

Judges Nixing Keystone XL South Cases Had Tar Sands-Related Oil Investments

After a U.S. Appeals Court ruled against the Sierra Club's petition for rehearing motion for the southern leg of TransCanada's Keystone XL, it was revealed that one of the judges had some stake in the pipeline. Could it be oil investments?

With their land on the line, Indigenous Brazilians gather for landmark ruling

“Indigenous people are facing a series of threats at this moment and we decided to resist.”

The GOP tax bill is basically like throwing gasoline on the dumpster fire that...

The latest Republican scheme isn’t just bad news for the economy, it will be terrible for the environment.

Documents reveal drilling and mining interests were behind shrinking of Utah National Monuments

Yes Secretary Zinke claimed that the shrinking of the national monuments "isn’t really about oil and gas.”

Reflections on 2018, Forecasting 2019

If we do not rapidly, systematically and substantially reduce our consumption in several key areas and radically alter our parenting model, while resisting elite violence strategically on several fronts, homo sapiens will enter Earth’s fossil record within a few years.