Has the Energy Transition Hit a Wall?
The much-touted green transition is flagging due to rising materials costs.
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Risks of Fracking Are “Real and Growing,” Report Warns
More evidence that fracking is not good for humans and other living things.
Read more...After Years of Tanking Climate Action and Anti-Poverty Measures, Manchin Announces Exit From Senate
“During his time in office, Manchin served the fossil fuel industry and lined his pockets with the payoff,” said one critic.
Read more...New Report Issues Damning Verdict on Food’s Fossil Fuel Addiction
Research shows fossil fuel companies are investing heavily in petrochemicals for use in pesticides, fertilisers, and plastic packaging.
Read more...Why Fossil Fuel Companies Can’t Leave Resources Stranded
A discussion of how fossil fuel companies’ imperatives and our legal regime preclude getting them to leave oil and gas in the ground.
Read more...Elongating the Fossil Fuel Era, One Trick at a Time
A mini-catalogue of strategies the fossil fuel industry is using to forestall the transition to other energy sources.
Read more...The Dirty Secret Behind the Hydrogen Hype
Despite promises of opportunity and jobs, communities slated for hydrogen projects oppose these handouts for the fossil fuel industry
Read more...Global Warming Is Accelerating
Some updated sightings on the global warming front.
Read more...Ethanol and Carbon Capture on the Great Plains
A mega project that would pipe carbon from five states and inject it underground in North Dakota relies on dubious technology, risks prolonging the ethanol boondoggle and could destroy lives and land.
Read more...Wildfire Smoke Leaves Harmful Gases in Floors and Walls − Air Purifiers Aren’t Enough, New Study Shows, but You Can Clean It Up
An easy, cheap and effective way to improve indoor air quality following wildfires.
Read more...With Whales in Trouble, Conservationists, Fishers, and Others Team Up to Protect Them
A California program aims to help the fishing industry and marine wildlife adjust to warming oceans. Whales as a case study.
Read more...Beware Climate Finance Charade
Finance has increased, not reduced, greenhouse gas emissions. Yet the industry is bizarrely touted as part of the solution.
Read more...Exxon, Apple and Other Corporate Giants Will Have to Disclose All Their Emissions Under California’s New Climate Laws – That Will Have a Global Impact
An assessment of new California emissions disclosure legislation.
Read more...Palm Oil: The Ingredient Behind Human Rights Abuses and Eco-Destruction That’s Probably in Your Home Right Now
It’s not the oil palm plant that is the problem, but rather the way it’s grown.
Read more...How U.S. Hospitals Undercut Public Health
The U.S. health care industry is one of the world’s worst polluters, causing many of the deaths it seeks to prevent.
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