Tag: Energy Department
Trump’s energy pick weaponizes global poverty to block climate action
Chris Wright has taken a different tack on climate—less outrageous, but no less dangerous.
Energy dept. announces $1.2 billion to advance controversial climate technology
‘Direct air capture’ of carbon pollution is still experimental, but a fossil fuel company is embracing it as a way to keep drilling.
Energy Department hires a top cheerleader for petrochemical hub before issuing...
On November 9, the Energy Department’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) named as its new director former West Virginia University Professor Brian Anderson.
Led by Sempra Energy, ‘Global Natural Gas Coalition’ launched with Trump...
To date in 2018, Sempra has spent over $1 million on federal lobbying, with two teams (one in-house and one contracted team) lobbying in support of LNG exports.
Critics challenge ‘fundamental flaws’ in Energy Department LNG export study draft
“The draft study is deeply flawed, as the authors chose to ignore both climate science and climate action in favor of what appears to be a political imperative over any objective analysis.”
Congressional Committee members pushing LNG exports bills have deep financial, revolving...
Most of the politicians backing the two bills under consideration have taken tens of thousands of dollars in contributions from the oil and gas industry.
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Noem revives ICE secrecy playbook after Renee Good killing, blocking congressional oversight
A new DHS order demands seven days’ notice for detention site visits, defying a recent court ruling as Minnesota Democrats are turned away from a Minneapolis facility.
EPA moves to value human lives at zero in air pollution rules while prioritizing...
Internal documents show the Trump administration’s EPA is abandoning decades of public health accounting in favor of business compliance costs.
Could Trump’s diversion of Venezuelan oil to US save the Iranian regime?
This substantial gain for the Islamic Republic, however, will only help it weather the current political crisis if it manages to survive until April or May.
We found more than 40 cases of immigration agents using banned chokeholds and other...
DHS policy bars using chokeholds and carotid restraints just because someone is resisting arrest. Agents are doing it anyway.
The next frontier of climate accountability: Making Big Food pay its ecological bill
The “polluter pays” principle transformed the energy industry half a century ago. Now, as industrial agriculture drives climate breakdown, deforestation, and water scarcity, experts say it’s time to apply the same rule to our food systems—and make corporations, not consumers, bear the cost of the damage.