Trump Can’t Hold Back the Tide of Climate Action
Climate activists remain hopeful despite the potentially disastrous Trump administration.
Both Candidates Are Bad on Climate, and You Can Thank Campaign Finance Rules For That
Building new pipelines and subsidizing fossil fuels with taxpayer dollars will not help us avoid climate disaster, Janet Redman tells the Real News.
Democratic Party Platform: Lots of Hot Air on Climate Change
Janet Redman, who provided testimony at the DNC Platform Committee, and Wenonah Hauter, the executive director of Food & Water Watch, address the draft’s shortcomings on the carbon tax, TPP, fracking, and fossil fuel extraction
Resilience + Resistance: A Recipe for Justice and Sustainability
In order to achieve climate justice, we must use both resistance to interrupt and prevent encroachment by a politically powerful fossil fuel industry and resilience to build new skills and institutions for sustainable communities.
Oil and Gas Executive Was a Wrecking Ball Businessman
Fracking pioneer Aubrey McClendon, who crashed his car the day after he was indicted by a grand jury, epitomized the oil and gas industry’s destructive nature.
How Many Natural Gas Leaks Will it Take to Change Public Opinion on Fracking?
The latest fracking disaster in California should help to finally erase the industry’s undeserved reputation as a clean energy source.
Betting the Farm on Free Trade
The White House is gambling with our health, jobs, and the environment by embracing the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Pensions Powered by Climate Change
Fossil fuel executives have gained financial security while leaving everyone else behind.
Don’t Get Burned by Coal’s Demise
Everyone, including pension fund managers, must dump their holdings in the bedeviled industry.
A Slick Maneuver
The Iran deal could trigger an end to restrictions on U.S. crude oil exports.
Virginia Is for Dirty-Energy Lovers
Dominion is skimping on solar and wind as it aims to build a fracked-gas pipeline and another nuclear reactor.
It’s Not Easy for Obama to Prove He’s Green
Hillary Clinton would probably stick with his counterproductive energy policies.
Going off the Rails
There’s no safe way to haul oil by the trainload.
Tilting at Turbines
Market forces are sparking solar and wind energy growth.
The Fracking Rush Hits a Pothole
Oil and natural gas gluts are driving prices so low that drill-baby-drillers may have to hit the brakes.