At the end of the legislative session, the Democratic governor and presidential hopeful wants to cap liability for power companies that start deadly fires.
Energy & the Environment
Posted inTAP
How Trump Is Destroying Detroit
His takedown of the U.S. auto industry can’t be good for Republicans in Michigan either.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Cracking Down on Big Insurance in … Oklahoma?
State Attorney General Gentner Drummond is leading a crackdown on Allstate and State Farm.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Trump Declared Economic War on His Own People
The simultaneous economic sanctions on Iran and Canada will make everything you buy cost more—if we’re lucky.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Drain Lake Powell
That would start what is the only sane water policy for the American West.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Aftermath: Donald Trump Invented a New Forever War
In Iran, he can’t win and he can’t lose either.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Strongest El Niño in History Is Coming. Get Ready.
Donald Trump has no ideas, but America is ready for a U-turn on climate change.
Posted inWorking in America
Locked-Out Refinery Workers Say BP Is Trying to ‘Starve Us,’ Crush Union
In Whiting, Indiana, 800 workers have been locked out for four months, and they say the survival of their union is at stake.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
FEMA’s Summer Snowpocalypse
The Trump administration’s partisan warfare leaves the emergency management agency skidding into bureaucratic snowbanks and confronting angry Democratic lawmakers.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Kleptocrat Nesting Dolls Behind Trump’s Potemkin Gas Stations
How can Freedom Fuel afford to sell gas for $3.47 a gallon? That’s the wrong question to ask.