California First, As Both Climate Victim and Responder, the National Style-Setter Leads the Way
An old saying among trend-mavens is that as California goes, so goes the nation. That means its devastating drought is a real warning.
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Climate Change: Have We Reached the Point of No Return?
This Real News Network segment provides a sobering assessment of the speed of climate change and species die-offs.
Read more...Judges Nixing Keystone XL South Cases Had Tar Sands-Related Oil Investments
Lambert here: As ever, the scandal is what’s legal. Ka-ching. By Steve Horn, a Madison, WI-based Research Fellow for DeSmogBlog and a freelance investigative journalist. He previously was a reporter and researcher at the Center for Media and Democracy. Originally published at DeSmogBlog. On August 4, the U.S. Appeals Court for the 10th Circuit shot […]
Read more...Don Quijones: Spain Hit by Trade Suits, a Bitter Foretaste of TTIP
Spain has been hit by 19 trade suits over renewable energy subsidies alone. More would come if the TTIP become law.
Read more...Hillary Clinton State Department Emails, Mexico Energy Reform, and the Revolving Door
Three Flexians from HillaryLand envision and implement a Mexico energy “reform” architecture from which they personally benefit.
Read more...Campaign 2016: Where Are The Candidates On Energy?
With the 2016 campaign underway too early for comfort, some of the candidates are starting to state their energy policies.
Read more...Why Carbon Taxes Would Be the Ultimate Energy Game-Changer
Carbon taxes are one of the most effective ways to curb the use of fossil fuels and promote renewable energy sources. And they also help businesses because providing for a predictable price of carbon encourages investment. Has their time finally arrived?
Read more...Paradise Burning: Why We All Need to Learn the World ‘Anthropogenic’
When fire can eat a rainforest in a relatively cool climate, you know the Earth is beginning to burn.
Read more...Gaius Publius: The Rorschach Candidacy of Hillary Clinton
What you can learn from applying the Hillary Clinton Rorschach test to friends and family!
Read more...Gaius Publius: One Way to Ease the Worldwide Water Crisis — End Privatization
“We have 15 years to avert a full-blown water crisis.” Why stopping privatization of water will help.
Read more...California’s North Coast Wine Industry: How “Sustainable” Is It?
How California’s wine industry contributes to the drought and spends big bucks to tell consumers otherwise.
Read more...Gaius Publius: California Drought, the “Bigger Water Crisis” & the Consumer Economy
The California drought is exacerbating severe, structural problems with water use in the West.
Read more...Michael Hoexter: Climate Defeatism is as Much a Threat to Human Survival as Climate Denial – Part 1
Human beings face the choice whether to preserve parts of our present civilization or create elements of a new one or alternatively, head towards self-extinction.
Read more...Dirty Energy vs. Clean Power, The Past Battles the Future at Seneca Lake
How Seneca Lake in upstate New York became a key battleground in the fight over fracking.
Read more...Military Spending Could Give Big Boost to Renewable Energy
The military has a keen interest in reducing its dependence on conventional fuel sources for transportation and the spending heft to speed development.
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