With the coal industry dying, public officials are promoting fracking and petrochemicals. Activists are working to demonstrate that the region’s real economic future is green.
Energy & the Environment
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Members of Congress Own Up to $93 Million in Fossil Fuel Stocks
As dire climate change projections mount, one in four members of Congress is invested in oil, gas, or coal interests.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Goldman Sachs’s Shell Game
The mega-bank has created 61 different off-balance-sheet corporations with help from companies based in the Cayman Islands. That looks in no way shady!
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Decade in 11 Movements
The 2010s saw a surge in activism. Here are some of the highlights.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
JPMorgan Concedes It’s Trying to Buy an Electric Utility
The bank had denied for months that it was behind the sale of El Paso Electric.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Death by Recycled Air
Indoor air pollution is a silent killer that merits more attention from state and federal regulators.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Jane Fonda and Friends March (Again) for the Climate
For 11 straight weeks, Fonda has led Fire Drill Fridays, an effort to wake up Congress about the dangers of the climate crisis.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Twenty States Without Any Dedicated Criminal Enforcement Staff for Environmental Crimes
EPA vacancies show lack of commitment to criminal enforcement, experts say.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Through Snow and Rain, Tree Sitters Continue to Fight a Gas Pipeline
The protests, intended to slow down the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Virginia and West Virginia, are now in their second year.
Posted inGreen New Deal
A Climate Case for the Industrial Heartland
Like the original New Deal, a Green New Deal can be a long deferred source of national planning for regional economic and environmental balance.
