This Federal Policy Enabled the Fracking Industry’s $280 Billion Loss
Fri 1:05pm By Justin Mikulka
Most people probably aren’t familiar with the acronym ZIRP. It stands for zero interest rate…Company Behind Proposed Natural Gas Power Plant in New Orleans Tied to Astroturfing Campaign
May 10, 2018, 10:15 pm By Julie Dermansky
Entergy New Orleans, the company that recently won approval to build a controversial $210 million…EPA's Scott Pruitt Dined With Fellow Climate Science Denier and Vatican Treasurer Cardinal George Pell, Documents Show
May 10, 2018, 9:55 pm By Graham Readfearn
One of the Catholic church's most powerful figures, Australian climate science denier Cardinal…Pennsylvania Lawmaker Advancing Pro-Fracking Legislation Profits from Leasing his Land to Drillers
May 9, 2018, 6:26 pm By Itai Vardi
A Pennsylvania state senator, who is responsible for a slew of legislation favoring the oil and gas…Climate Science Denial Group GWPF Rejected by Scandal-Hit EPA Chief Scott Pruitt
May 8, 2018, 5:22 am By Mat Hope
Even Scott Pruitt — the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief known rarely to turn down…Louisiana Court Says State Wrongly Issued Permit for Bayou Bridge Pipeline Through Vulnerable Town
May 8, 2018, 4:12 am By Julie Dermansky
A Louisiana judge ruled that state regulators violated guidelines when they issued a coastal use…Fossil Fuel Interests 'Coached' Conservatives to Reject Climate Science in US and Australia, Study Finds
May 7, 2018, 8:38 pm By Graham Readfearn
There’s a widely held belief that when it comes to human-caused climate change, you’re far less…As Rest of World Moves Towards Renewables, US Keeps Offering Exclusive Tax Breaks for Fossil Fuels
May 6, 2018, 6:58 am By Sharon Kelly
About a half decade ago, as the shale drilling rush was sweeping across the U.S., drillers needed…Scott Pruitt's Secret Science Plan Was Developed to Defend Tobacco and It Could Be Coming for Clean Air Rules
May 5, 2018, 9:28 am By Graham Readfearn
In early 1998, lobbying and PR company Powell Tate was busy with a strategy to protect its tobacco…How Wall Street Enabled the Fracking 'Revolution' That's Losing Billions
May 4, 2018, 1:34 pm By Justin Mikulka
The U.S. shale oil industry hailed as a “revolution” has burned through a quarter trillion…17 States Sue EPA Over Pruitt's Decision to Weaken Auto Standards
May 3, 2018, 12:16 pm By Ben Jervey
It didn’t take long for the first legal challenges be filed against the Trump administration’s…Kicking Big Polluters Out Of Climate Talks 'Not Very Useful', Says Poland's Climate Envoy
May 3, 2018, 6:33 am By Guest
By Megan Darby, Climate Home News Poland’s climate envoy dismissed calls to keep polluters out of…Exporting Gasoline by Rail to Mexico Likely to Recreate the Mistakes of Explosive Bakken Oil Trains
May 2, 2018, 3:51 pm By Justin Mikulka
The oil industry learned an important lesson from its rush to move by train the highly flammable…CNN Wrongly Blames Electric Cars for Unethical Cobalt Mining
May 2, 2018, 12:16 pm By Ben Jervey
This week, CNN published a startling multimedia report on cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic…All Paris Agreement Signatories Now Have at Least One Climate Change Policy
May 1, 2018, 7:17 pm By Guest
By Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch. Reposted with permission from EcoWatch. A new report highlights the…The 'Green' Biomass Industry Pruitt Called 'Carbon Neutral' Uses Typical Fossil Fuel Industry Tricks to Pollute More
Apr 30, 2018, 11:57 am By Justin Mikulka
This past week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt declared that…Melting Arctic Sends a Message: Climate Change Is Here in a Big Way
Apr 30, 2018, 8:11 am By Guest
By Mark Serreze, University of Colorado Scientists have known for a long time that as climate…Growing Pressure for Lobbying Transparency in Climate Talks
Apr 30, 2018, 5:37 am By Mike Small
This week at the U.N. climate treaty talks, governments are poised to hash out the details needed to…Ford Touts 'Green' Image While Arguing for Weaker Efficiency Standards and Planning to Sell Only Trucks
Apr 29, 2018, 5:18 pm By Ben Jervey
Ford Motor Company would really like the public to believe that it supports strong emissions and…New York Gov. Cuomo Pushes Environmental Protections While Accepting Oil and Gas Donations
Apr 27, 2018, 5:03 pm By Alex Kotch
By Josefa Velasquez and Alex Kotch. This post originally appeared on Medium. Challenger Cynthia…
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