Strong Federal Safeguards Needed for Coal Ash
States have an inadequate or non-existent patchwork of rules, with many treating the toxic material like household garbage.
Corporate Negligence by any Other Name
Resurrecting the Amoco brand would be just a cynical ploy at a time when we need to move forcefully into a new economy that doesn’t ravage the environment.
After the BP Oil Disaster
It’s time to protect and treat this planet like the gift that it is.
Look Out, BP’s Doing It Again!
First, BP is drilling down two miles under the Beaufort Sea.
Spilling Subsidies to BP
BP’s claim that taxpayers will pay nothing is likely to be little more than doublespeak.
Obama BP Speech Should Signal Shift in Energy Future
Obama has a golden opportunity to show that his administration is about changing politics as usual – if he and his advisors have the political courage to seize the moment.
It’s Time to End our Dependence on Oil
Let’s stand up to the oil industry and move America beyond its dependence on oil.
It’s Your Fault
BP is out there drilling in deep water to feed our oil addiction.
Oil Begins to Hit Florida Beaches; Disaster May cost BP $37 Billion
As Hightower says, it’s oozing on us.
Adding Toxic Chemicals to a Toxic Oil Spill
With BP’s disastrous oil slick filling the Gulf and sliming our shores, the corporation has already bought a third of the world’s supply of dispersants and is spraying them onto the slick.
King Coal and Big Oil are in Trouble
It’s time to end the massive subsidies currently enriching the fossil-fuel industries and making their disasters possible.
From the Frontlines: May 21st, 2010
Your wrapup before the weekend.
Brown Bag Discussion: The Perils of Extreme Energy
The oil industry’s reckless pursuit of extreme energy carries with it the inevitable risks of environmental and political peril. The Gulf oil spill is only the latest in a series of disasters. Arctic drilling, deals with African dictatorships, natural gas pipelines in Central Asia: the pursuit of fossil fuels has brought the United States into war, corruption, and ecological messes.
What Would Palin Do?
Sarah, tell us what to do about the BP oil disaster.
Energy Disaster
If you like my offshore oil drilling program, you’ll love my clean coal and safe nukes.