New York City Will Divest Pension Funds from Fossil Fuel Companies
Jan 10, 2018, 6:44 pm By Justin Mikulka
Today New York Mayor Bill De Blasio announced a goal to divest New York City’s pension funds from…Port of Vancouver Votes to End Lease for West Coast Oil-by-Rail Terminal
Jan 10, 2018, 2:25 pm By Justin Mikulka
This week, three port commissioners in Vancouver, Washington, put another nail in the coffin…2017 Weather and Climate Disasters Cost US Record $306 Billion
Jan 9, 2018, 6:41 pm By Guest
By Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch. Reposted with permission from EcoWatch. 2017, one of the hottest years…Anti-Regulation Law, Favored by Kochs, Used to Sue Wisconsin Education Agency
Jan 7, 2018, 4:39 pm By Steve Horn
The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) has sued Wisconsin State…Trump's Offshore Oil Drilling Plans Ignore the Lessons of BP Deepwater Horizon Spill
Jan 6, 2018, 9:00 am By Guest
By Donald Boesch, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science The Trump administration…Republicans Pushing Oil-Friendly Tax Bill Received Significant Donations from BP Employees
Jan 5, 2018, 8:01 am By Chloe Farand
Several top Republican lawmakers behind the new US tax bill received donations from oil giant BP’s…Exclusive: Global Sea Level Data Agency Hits Back After Unfounded Attacks from Breitbart and Climate Science Deniers
Jan 5, 2018, 1:18 am By Graham Readfearn
A British government-backed research project that co-ordinates data from tide gauges around the…Concerned Citizens in Cancer Alley Vow to Ramp up Battle Against Industrial Pollution in 2018
Jan 4, 2018, 5:09 pm By Julie Dermansky
This past year in Louisiana’s St. John the Baptist Parish, a small group of residents began…Pennsylvania Suspends Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction, Citing Sunoco's "Egregious and Willful" Violations
Jan 3, 2018, 3:31 pm By Sharon Kelly
Pennsylvania today suspended permits for Sunoco Pipeline, LP's $2.5 billion Mariner East 2 pipeline…Mexico's Standing Rock? Sempra, TransCanada Face Indigenous Pipeline Resistance South of Border
Jan 2, 2018, 3:44 pm By Steve Horn
Since Mexico privatized its oil and gas resources in 2013, border-crossing pipelines including…Oil and Gas Industry's 2017 Suing Spree Could Set Speech-Chilling Precedents
Jan 2, 2018, 1:07 pm By Sharon Kelly
In 2017, while the Trump administration absorbed media attention with its cries of “fake news,”…Why Americans Will Never Agree on Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
8:39am By Guest
By Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington After decades of bitter struggle, the Arctic…Trump and the Rail Industry Had a Great First Year Together
Fri 4:13pm By Justin Mikulka
The election of Donald Trump was a big win for the oil and rail industries. Shortly after the…Exxon Mobil’s About-Face on Climate Disclosure
Fri 8:26am By Guest
By Paul Griffin, University of California, Davis Exxon Mobil Corp. has vowed to do a better job in…FERC, Which Rejected 2 Gas Pipelines Out of 400 Since 1999, to Review Approval Policy
Dec 26, 2017, 6:56 am By Steve Horn
The new chairman for the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Kevin McIntyre,…2017 in Photos: Capturing the Causes and Impacts of Climate Change
Dec 24, 2017, 6:01 am By Julie Dermansky
The year 2017 was, in many ways, stormy. It brought more storms super-sized due to global warming…The Energy Equality Coalition's Koch-Fueled Attack on the Federal Electric Car Tax Credit
Dec 23, 2017, 6:58 am By Ben Jervey
The federal electric vehicle (EV) tax credit has survived House and Senate negotiations and will not…Rail Industry Still Fighting Safety Fixes That Would Have Saved Hundreds of Lives
Dec 22, 2017, 3:16 pm By Justin Mikulka
The latest fatal Amtrak accident in Washington state was another reminder of the the reality of the…Will Canada’s Latest Boom in Tar Sands Oil Mean Another Boom for Oil-by-Rail?
Dec 21, 2017, 2:14 pm By Justin Mikulka
Nothing seems able to derail the rise in Canadian tar sands oil production. Low prices, canceled…US Bank Declares End to Oil and Gas Pipeline Loans—Then Quietly Joins $4B Deal with Dakota Access Owner
Dec 20, 2017, 11:49 am By Sharon Kelly
At a shareholder meeting this past spring, U.S. Bank announced it would be the first large American…
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