Thursday, March 12, 2026

Tag: fossil fuels

Taxpayers charged $7 billion a year to subsidize fossil fuels on...

"This report makes it clear as day that the Trump agenda is the fossil fuel billionaire agenda."

Pennsylvania school now doing emergency drills in case of pipeline explosion

The type of natural gas liquids associated with this project have a troubling safety record.

Bernie Sanders launches clean energy bill to phase out fossil fuels...

“Donald Trump is wrong about a lot of things, but there is no area where he is more wrong than on the issue of climate change.”

Building a Trump-free, fossil-free future

While it is impossible to know what future course the Trump era will take, we do know that the future of the planet and its people depend on resisting and overcoming the president’s anti-climate agenda.

War in the Gulf (no, not that Gulf!)

The U.S. navy’s anti-environmental broadside in the Gulf of Alaska.

Gutting climate protections won’t bring back coal jobs

Trump is using sympathetic out-of-work miners as a cover for what is really just a handout to dirty industry.

As Exxon pushes Gulf refinery during March Madness ad blitz, facility...

The tax breaks came amid opposition by area fenceline communities, who have expressed concerns about the potential for explosions and air pollution.

Electric utility executives pony up for the GOP roll back of...

Utilities that perceive the spread of rooftop solar as a threat to their business model just landed a key ally in the Department of Energy.

Congressional energy and climate committees are loaded with ex-fossil fuel lobbyists

Ex-lobbyists-turned-congressional-staffers get bonuses from their old employers as a parting gift as they step through the reverse revolving door.

Ireland votes to become the world’s first country to divest from...

“To have a fighting chance to combat catastrophic climate change, we must phase out fossil fuels.”

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The $5.6 billion opening salvo: inside the staggering cost of Trump’s war on Iran

New reporting reveals that the United States burned through billions in munitions within days of launching its assault on Iran, highlighting the scale of the military campaign and its mounting financial and humanitarian toll.

How 300 billionaires poured $3 billion into the 2024 elections

A tiny fraction of donors supplied nearly one-fifth of all federal campaign spending as billionaire influence surged to unprecedented levels.

The war on Iran—and Washington’s missing exit strategy

That means inflicting real costs: U.S. casualties, political backlash at home, strained relations with allies, global economic disruption and a further erosion of Washington’s standing in the world.

After loneliness

Left for dead in Donald Trump's America; could communal life stir?

US-Israel strikes on Iranian oil depots trigger environmental disaster and historic oil shock

Bombing of energy infrastructure in Tehran sparks toxic rainfall warnings, record crude price surge, and accusations of war crimes as fires and smoke engulf Iran’s capital.