‘Biggest Oil Find’ of 2016 Puts Crown Jewel Texas Oasis in Crosshairs for Fracking
Texas is about to sacrifice one of its few sources of fresh water, as well as the wildlife in the area, to the oil industry.
Read more...Texas is about to sacrifice one of its few sources of fresh water, as well as the wildlife in the area, to the oil industry.
Read more...Among Trump’s cabinet nominees, Scott Pruitt stands out in a bad way. Bill Moyers explains how he has represented energy interests over voters
Read more...Why the Republicans will kill Obamacare or have to live with it in more or less its present form.
Read more...How Goldman became influential in DC and is likely to influence Trump’s policies.
Read more...Right to repair laws are back on the agenda in five states. These measures would reduce costs and waste, and promote local repair services.
Read more...There are many things for progressives to criticize Trump about. The Obama mortgage deduction sleight of hand isn’t one of them.
Read more...Just because Trump gets on with Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage does not mean that a trade pact with the US will be a salvation for the UK.
Read more...Next week, Congress will begin to use the Congressional Review Act to roll back recently-issued federal rules; oil and other companies will benefit.
Read more...Why the corporate and finance funded, labor-loathing New Democrats have been a disaster for the party and America and need to go.
Read more...A symptom of pressure on water quality and supply: over 40 million American citizens may be unable to afford water in the next five years.
Read more...Yesterday, a federal judge blocked Aetna’s $34-billion acquisition of Humanam, citing concerns that their combined pricing power would raise costs to consumers.
Read more...Treasury Secretary nominee Steve Mnuchin only got his hair messed up a bit at his Senate confirmation hearing.
Read more...There is little agreement on how government should respond to the challenge posed by “losers” from globalization.
Read more...Yves here. Remember the explosion of press coverage last year when incoming Minneapolis Fed member and former Goldmanite and Treasury official Neel Kashkari announced his intent to develop a plan to end the “too big to fail” problem. He not only was going to devote Minneapolis Fed researchers to his program, but solicited broad based […]
Read more...How CalPERS went from being a leader in good governance to being a train wreck, and now fixates on stymieing itsl one effective board member.
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