It happened again. Another oil spill, and another claim by a Big Energy company that the environmental impact is minimal. Then, a day or two later, or maybe even longer, the world learns somehow that the spill is much larger than was originally announced, and that the ecological damage is a lot more severe. The most extreme example of this Big Oil dishonesty, of course was what happened in home...
Protesters pick up slack for government inaction on fossil fuels
It’s beginning to look like 2015 will be a banner year for political activism around efforts to block the growth of fossil fuels — both here in the United States and around the world. Indeed, this year we’ve even seen the invention of a new word — “kayaktivists” — to describe the protesters in Seattle who bravely tried to block the movement northward of...
Environmental Must-Reads – July 1, 2015
A selection of the latest headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking to the BP oil spill.
Environmental Must-Reads – June 26, 2015
A selection of the latest headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking to the BP oil spill.
Environmental Must-Reads – June 25, 2015
A selection of the latest headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking to the BP oil spill.
Environmental Must-Reads – June 22, 2015
A selection of the latest headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking to the BP oil spill.
Environmental Must-Reads – June 16, 2015
A selection of the latest headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking to the BP oil spill.
Environmental Must-Reads – June 15, 2015
A selection of the latest headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking to the BP oil spill.
America’s growing pipeline safety crisis
The fate of the Keystone XL pipeline — the project that’s become the face of fossil-fuel exploitation in the United States — remains very much up in the air. It’s still not 100 percent clear which way the Obama administration will go on the project, while some Republican candidates like former Texas Gov. Rick Perry say that — in the case the issue is still unresolved...
Environmental Must-Reads – June 11, 2015
A selection of the latest headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking to the BP oil spill.