The Two Joes and What They Mean for US Climate Policy
At least one-half of last year’s Washington power couple — Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) — has taken to holding hostage the other Joe’s climate plans and promises.
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UK airlines’ new ‘sustainable’ fuels may be causing deforestation in Asia
The “greenwashing” efforts of UK airlines may be contributing to the destruction of rainforests in Asia, openDemocracy can reveal.
Fast Tracking Extinction: The Rush to Streamline Permitting for “Green” Energy
This picture paints its own conclusion: fast-tracking renewable infrastructure in America will fast-track our extinction crisis.
Divest, decarbonize and disassociate — inside the bold new push to get fossil fuels off campus
Divesting is as important as ever, but it can now be seen as one plank in a more comprehensive approach climate activists are taking on college campuses.
I Warned Against the Green Energy ‘Boom.’ It Sparked Debate
And then comes the long-term thinking Arcadians. They are asking, how do we learn to live with less and do better to prevent the exhaustion of the Earth’s resources?
Spike in German Finance For Gas Export Projects Harms U.S. Gulf Coast Communities, Report Finds
Deutsche Bank and other German lenders have poured finance into gas export terminals on the U.S. Gulf Coast since Russia invaded Ukraine, a report has found, sparking anger among residents who say the megaprojects are devastating their communities.
Can We Make Bicycles Sustainable Again?
Cycling is the most sustainable form of transportation, but the bicycle is becoming increasingly damaging to the environment. The energy and material used for its production go up while its life expectancy decreases.
Red States and the Inflation Reduction Act: Environmental Hypocrisy or Just Good Politics?
The budget battle brewing in Congress could see the US become a dead-beat debtor if the warring factions can’t come to some arrangement on raising the nation’s debt ceiling.
A Stranded Society: Fossil Fuel Infrastructure in a Post-Carbon World
We need to decarbonize not just to save the world, but to save our ability to live within it.
Oilsands Projects Likely Triggered Mysterious Alberta Quakes: New Research
A Stanford study has confirmed the results of a Tyee investigation that identified a bitumen wastewater disposal well most likely triggered recent record earthquakes in Peace River country that rattled homes and shook Albertans as far away as Edmonton.
Turning a Pain in the [Coal] Ash into an Asset (2)
There are two basic ways of correctly dealing with coal combustion residuals (CCR) — whether existing or new. They are storing it in lined ponds, preferably as far from potable water supplies as possible, and finding a way to use it so it doesn’t need to be stored at all.
A seismic win went almost unnoticed amidst the Tuckerstrom
If juries begin delivering massive damage awards in one place after another, at a certain point even the mighty oil industry may have to settle.
