An El Paso, Texas, electric utility is being purchased by an investment fund with deep, undisclosed ties to the big bank.
Energy & the Environment
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Industrialized World Is Failing to Meet Paris Agreement Goals
No G7 country is close to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to a level necessary to prevent excessive warming.
Posted inDay One Agenda
Aggressively Address the Climate Crisis
Existing laws give the executive branch the power to transform the energy sector.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
San Francisco Makes a Charge Toward Public Power
The city’s bid to take over PG&E could mark a turning point in restoring a more environmentally and economically just power grid.
Posted inWorking in America
How Workers Can Demand Climate Justice
A Bargaining for the Common Good approach to the climate crisis
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Hurricane Dorian Spares Puerto Rico, but Trump Does Not
The president unleashes a tweetstorm against the mayor of San Juan and anything else associated with the island except, of course, his own failed leadership.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Climate Activists Win Partial Victory in Climate Debate Battle
At the resolutions committee meeting Thursday morning, two hours of debate only yielded a non-DNC sanctioned discussion—not a climate debate.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Activists Fear Imminent Betrayal From DNC Quashing Climate Debate
Tomorrow the DNC votes on a resolution to hold a climate debate, but Chair Tom Perez’s competing resolution would undermine that effort.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can the Appalachian Trail Block a Natural Gas Pipeline?
The question of the trail’s ownership looms large in a case that may be headed to the Supreme Court. The answer could determine the fate of natural gas megaprojects on the East Coast.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Story of Climate
Science journalist Jon Gertner discusses his new book ‘The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey Into Greenland’s Buried Past and Our Perilous Future.‘
