Tag: fossil fuels
“You are hurting future generations”: Mark Ruffalo’s message to people profiting...
"We are going to keep putting pressure on you businesses and you banks—Citibank, Wells Fargo—to stop poisoning our people and stop financing climate change."
Google announces plans to run entirely on renewable energy
Google has put its money where its mouth is on renewable energy over the past six years, repeatedly showing that renewables are not only good for the climate, but good for business.
Trump advisors plan to privatize native lands to tap into oil...
The incoming president has picked climate change deniers and pro-fossil fuel bigwigs for cabinet positions.
Pipeline explosion in Kansas highlights unreliable nature of fossil fuel infrastructure
Early Tuesday evening, a gas pipeline ruptured near Kansas City, provoking a large fire. This latest leak further highlights the hazards pipelines present to the environment and public.
The huge costs of Trump energy plans
If Trump is able to reverse state and local bans on fracking, he will in effect be giving oil and gas companies the right to pollute people's farms and drinking water.
Rethinking energy and justice in the Trump era
Local, community-based leadership is needed now more than ever to build the next economy—one that doesn’t pollute poor people, and send the money to rich people elsewhere.
Fracking Pumps Up Public’s Climate Fears
Governments worldwide are finding that public opposition to fracking for gas is growing because of concerns that it will worsen climate change.
Climate Change and the 1,000-Year Flood in Baton Rouge: When Will...
There is growing grass-roots activism directly confronting the extraction and transport of fossil fuels in addition to raising awareness of climate change.
Instead of Supporting Trump, Here’s What the Koch Brothers are Doing...
The Koch Brothers have started a pro-fossil fuel front group, “Fueling U.S. Forward,” that seeks to get the public emotionally invested in fossil fuels as being “pro-human.”
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If winning is everything, why are hardcore MAGA still locked in—blind to gushing failures,...
Like the double sucker denying he’s been conned, MAGA says “thank you” after being fleeced. What MAGA got is an emotional escape value and theatrical echo chamber—sans benefits.
How Hakeem Jeffries and J Street teamed up for arming genocide
The congressman and J Street were opposing an amendment to block $3.3 billion in military shipments and other aid to Israel.
As GOP megabill’s SNAP cuts take effect, millions lose food aid and states face...
New tracking finds SNAP enrollment has fallen by more than 4.5 million people since July 2025, and analysts warn states could soon owe roughly $9 billion a year.
Trump imposes new tariffs on 60 trading partners as previous global levies expire
A forced-labor rationale and a set of older trade statutes keep the president's import-tax agenda intact months after the Supreme Court struck down his original tariffs.
ICE prepares to expand arrests of Haitian migrants as Temporary Protected Status ends
The escalation follows a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that allowed the Trump administration to end TPS protections for Haitians and Syrians while litigation continues.