The businesses competing with the big oil drillers are also the dirtiest operators around.
Private Equity
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
A Community Hospital in Deep-Red Wyoming
After significant cutbacks and tragedies at their private equity–owned hospital, the community of Riverton, Wyoming, tried something different.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Envision Healthcare Hits the Skids
Backed into a corner financially, the private equity–owned physician staffing company could put doctors and patients at risk.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Rollups: Private Equity Eyes Youth Treatment Centers as a Takeover Target
A new report highlights increased private equity investment in troubled teen, foster care, and other behavioral services, alongside disturbing reports of abuse and neglect.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Private Equity’s Favorite Failing Coal Plant
The saga of Longview Power shows the extent of private equity’s interest in coal power.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Private Equity’s Airline Strategy Could Draw a Challenge
Budget airlines Frontier and Spirit, buoyed by a private equity investor, announced a merger earlier this week. But a revamped antitrust enforcement atmosphere awaits.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Silver Lining in the Story of Private Equity Killing the Press
The Provincetown Independent reminds us what a local paper is supposed to look like.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Great American Ammunition Conspiracy
Two companies are at the root of the current shortage.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Private Equity’s Potential Payday From Build Back Better
Hundreds of billions of dollars are scheduled for industries private equity dominates. Advocates want to make sure workers and families benefit, not financiers.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Sacklers?
Judges have grown accustomed to issuing get-out-of-litigation cards to corporate looters in bankruptcy court.