New well count rises as governor appoints oil lobbyist to top role.
Energy & the Environment
Posted inEconomic Policy
Time to Tax Excessive Corporate Profits
We did during WWII and in the 1980s. It’s the right way to deal with ‘inflation’ that is pure price-gouging.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Export Financing Subsidies Could Pour Into Fracked Gas
The Export-Import Bank is pledging to help fund renewables and not to finance stranded assets. Can they help it?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Nationalize the U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry to Save the Planet
Turning the biggest oil companies over to public ownership would serve several goals at once, including climate resilience.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: A Great Voice, and a Good Friend, Leaves Us
Eric Boehlert was the model media critic—and much, much more.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Progressives Want to Ban Trading of California Water Futures
A new bill would prevent traders, farmers, and industrial users of water from betting on price swings.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Supply Chain Fixes, Energy Transition Take Major Steps Forward
Nobody will tell you, but Congress came closer to re-regulating an economic sector while the president began the wartime mobilization of clean energy.
Posted inAmerica and the World
How Hungary’s Orban Turned the Ukraine War to His Own Advantage
And set an example for other right-wing leaders
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Oil Company Profit-Gouging Began With the CARES Act
The benefits fossil fuel companies derived from COVID relief created the dynamic in the industry we see today.
Posted inDay One Agenda
The Progressive Caucus Unveils Its Day One Agenda
A blueprint for executive action includes 55 different items Biden can implement without Congress.
