Tag: fossil fuels
How the Koch network’s ‘social change’ strategy is built to kill...
That's how you get policymakers to spurn electric cars.
Germany poised to spend nearly $50 billion on climate protections
The country will spend up to 40 billion euros to cushion the impact of abandoning coal.
Cheap renewables could make 90% of proposed gas power plants —...
Within 26 years, virtually all gas power plants will be economically obsolete in many states.
Greenpeace shuts down Houston ship channel to protest oil exports as...
Today, as Democratic presidential contenders arrive for a major debate this evening in Houston, 22 activists from Greenpeace sought to shut down...
Democrats’ rejection of fossil fuel money marks shift from previous presidential...
The oil and gas industry has always favored Republican candidates over their Democratic opponents. Now, Democrats are pledging to break away from...
‘No fossil fuel money!’: Protests outside big-money fundraiser for Biden co-hosted...
"Biden can't expect to convince Americans that he's a leader on climate if he's also cozying up to fossil fuel power players."
Clean energy produces billions in health benefits, study finds
"This research shows that renewables pay for themselves through health benefits alone."
How to counter Trump’s disastrous attack on our public lands
Fossil fuel leasing on public lands is worsening the climate crisis. But there's hope.
Explosions in three states highlight dangers of aging fossil fuel infrastructure
On August 1, for the third time in as many years, Enbridge's Texas Eastern Transmission gas pipeline exploded. This tragic incident in central Kentucky...
New Koch-funded fossil exhibit at the Smithsonian is curiously quiet on...
After five years and $39 million, the Smithsonian's completely renovated Hall of Fossils is open again — complete with T. rex and...
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The first trillionaire – no big deal?
Multi-billionaires are bad enough; a trillionaire is a magnitude worse
Appeals court rules the constitution guarantees no right to clean water
A dissenting judge compared the Jackson, Mississippi water crisis to Flint's
Trump says he is in ‘deciding mode’ on destroying Iran
The Pentagon's own death count is undercounting US troops killed in the seven-month war, the Washington Post has reported.
ICE agent shoots delivery driver in Austin as officials question who will investigate
The Department of Homeland Security says it is leading the inquiry, with its Homeland Security Investigations unit in charge, a role the FBI has historically held, CBS News reported.
Secret Pfizer and Lilly contracts favor drugmakers over patients, records show
The deals let companies raise prices overseas while carving blockbuster obesity drugs out of required discounts.