ICYMI: No Scooters in Paris, No Salmon Season in California, No Protection for Coyotes & No Dubya National Park By Paul Rauber April 7, 2023 A weekly roundup for busy people In this story: wildlife, indigenous communities, coal, dirty fuels
Environmental Groups Sue Interior Department to Halt Oil and Gas Lease Sale in the Gulf of Mexico By Osha Gray Davidson March 7, 2023 The upcoming sale was demanded by Senator Joe Manchin as a condition of passing the Inflation Reduction Act In this story: oil, natural gas, drilling, offshore drilling
A Year of War: An Energy Justice Take on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine By Sandy Smith-Nonini February 24, 2023 What Putin’s war can teach us about energy transitions and political will In this story: environmental justice, economic justice, renewable energy, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), fracked gas
TVA Reaches an Inflection Point By Austyn Gaffney February 18, 2023 In the past three months, the company has issued rolling blackouts, invested in gas plants, and blown up three smokestacks without adequate public preparation In this story: utility rates, oil, fracked gas, clean energy
Will the Biden Administration Greenlight ConocoPhillips’ “Carbon Bomb”? By Adam Federman February 16, 2023 The Alaska project, known as Willow, would be the biggest oil and gas development on federal land In this story: oil, natural gas, climate change
Biden Suggests a Windfall Profits Tax on Fossil Fuel War-Time Profiteering By Nick Cunningham November 3, 2022 What a proposed tax on excessive oil profits would do In this story: oil, fracked gas
The Dark Side of the Inflation Reduction Act By Lindsey Botts October 10, 2022 For all of its good, the new climate legislation also mandates oil and gas drilling on public lands In this story: fracked gas, oil, climate change, Inflation Reduction Act
In Texas, Indigenous Land Protectors Face Off Against the Fossil Fuel Industry By Morgan O’Hanlon September 19, 2022 Members of the Karankawa Kadla are suing to stop an Enbridge oil export terminal In this story: fracked gas, liquefied natural gas, climate change
House Committee Investigates the Role of PR Firms in Spreading Climate Disinformation By Nick Cunningham September 18, 2022 The oil industry’s long history of disinformation is well documented, but PR firms have operated “behind the scenes” for decades In this story: oil, climate change
The Black Dunes of Detroit By Nancy Dziedzic September 4, 2022 A Downriver childhood In this story: transportation, clean energy, dirty energy, racial justice