Tag: fossil fuel
Fossil fuel divestment debates on campus spotlight the societal role of...
Divestment debates are forcing colleges and universities to reconsider how to contribute to a more resilient and sustainable future.
Millions of unwitting Americans paying $1 billion more for dirty coal...
"Customers are being ripped off while cleaner and cheaper sources of energy are being crowded out because utilities are forcing customers to subsidize coal plants."
KXL Pipeline developer plans to start construction in 2019
The KXL has been at the center of a contentious fight for a decade.
Trump lets fracking companies release more climate-warming methane
Environmental organizations condemned the Trump administration's latest environmental rollback and criticized Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for siding with oil and gas interests.
The fracking industry’s water nightmare
Water itself now poses a risk to the already failing financial model of the American fracking industry, and that is something the industry won’t be able to ignore.
Pipeline that exploded in Pennsylvania part of push to build fracking-reliant...
The 24” diameter pipeline responsible for the blast had gone into service just seven days earlier.
Climate Summit co-chair Michael Bloomberg backs fracking & invests in fossil...
“It makes sense to frack.”
Avenue Capital’s plans to revive West’s largest coal-fired power plant spark...
Members of the Navajo nation traveled from Arizona to Avenue Capital Group’s offices in New York City to push for a 2019 closure of the Navajo Generating Station (NGS), near Page, Arizona.
‘Major victory:’ Landowner’s legal challenge halts construction of Bayou Bridge Pipeline...
"We have been tased, pepper sprayed, put into choke holds, and beaten with batons to stop this illegal construction that ETP was carrying out despite not having an easement for the land."
We can no longer afford a fossil fuel economy
The costs of not acting are high. The benefits of investing in a clean energy economy would be widespread. We need to keep building the movement.
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Thanks, MAGA, for exposing six corrosive myths that plague America—if we survive!
So kudos to today’s rightwing bellicosity for making clear the U.S. unilaterally wields deadly, rapacious power, whether sensible or stupid or gratuitous.
Trump administration threatens media licenses and treason charges over Iran war coverage
Critics warn FCC pressure on broadcasters and presidential threats of treason charges represent a dangerous escalation against press freedom during an active military conflict.
Neocon nightmare: Americans flee Iraq as US embassy is hit and oil ports are...
Now that the US is again involved in a major war in the region, Iraq tilts to Washington’s enemy, Iran.
Million-dollar earners stop paying into Social Security for 2026
Recent polling indicates significant public support for reform, with approximately 71 percent of voters favoring a tax increase on wealthy Americans to guarantee the program's solvency.
Big oil knew it was wrecking Louisiana’s coast, records show
Now, parish lawsuits, including one in front of the Supreme Court, could make oil giants pay to restore the state’s vanishing marshes.