Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Tag: energy

Fossil fuels within electricity sector falls to all time low in...

The low was generated by an uptick in wind and solar power reaching a record high of 24.4 percent of generated electricity in the U.S. in March 2025.

From wind farm bans to coal expansion: Trump’s fossil fuel agenda...

The burning of fossil fuels is the leading cause of climate change, but Trump has repeatedly called climate change a “hoax.” 

Just 36 companies drove half the world’s climate-altering emissions in 2023:...

Released today by the Carbon Majors project, the list is dominated by coal, cement, and oil producers.

The fossil fuel industry wants to keep new buildings dependent on...

26 U.S. states have passed laws designed to prevent towns, cities, and other local governments from crafting new “natural gas bans” or enforcing those laws.

Greenpeace faces $300 million lawsuit that puts the longtime environmental nonprofit...

The trial began Monday in North Dakota, and, if successful, the lawsuit could bankrupt the nonprofit.

Domestic solar energy production reaches milestone mark

Surpassing 50 GW in capacity, this is enough energy to power approximately 37.5 million homes.

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.

Chicago becomes largest US city to power all municipal buildings with...

Chicago powers 411 city buildings with 100 percent renewable energy, setting a major climate milestone.

Energy prices drop below zero in UK thanks to record wind-generated...

The record output provided more than 68 percent of the country’s power.

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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?

The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.

Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press

The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues

Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...

What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?

Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...

A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.

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Women leaders and Trump 2.0.