Biden’s Dangerous Climate Hypocrisy
Even as Biden announces some relief for the symptoms of extreme heat, his administration continues to green light the fossil fuel projects that are driving it.
COP28 Captured by Oil Producers
The oil and gas industry and its government backers are taking over this year’s global climate talks, with US backing.
Latin America’s ‘New’ New Left
The recent election in Colombia has produced new hope for the country–and for the whole region.
Key Oil and Gas Pipelines Are on Their Last Legs — That’s Good News
A systematic program of investment in renewables and energy efficiency will create many more jobs than pipelines and pose far less threat to life on our planet.
“Freedom Gas” Will Be Used to Justify Oppression at Home and Abroad
As anti-extraction protests gain momentum, government responds with threats of federal prison time for those who interfere with the fossil fuel industry.
We’ve Been Calling Out the Overpaid Oil Execs Trump’s Considering for Secretary of State for Years
As someone who’s been analyzing excessive CEO pay for more than 20 years, I feel like I know these guys.
We’ve Used Up Our One-Time-Only Economic Boost From Fossil Fuels
It’s high time to come up with a new model of economic growth and innovation that works for all of us.
A Failed State in Latin America?
There’s still hope for the “pink tide” that swept aside Latin America’s right-wing dictators. But in Venezuela, Chavismo is on its last legs.
Rethinking U.S. Foreign Policy on Oil and the Middle East Wars
How will low oil prices and the inexorable shift to clean energy affect the Middle East, and how should America’s relationship with the region change in response?
What a Sanders Foreign Policy Doctrine Could Look Like
A foreign policy framework based on ‘No wars for the billionaire class’
In the Keystone Suit, It’s Big Oil vs. Democracy
A Canadian oil conglomerate is suing the U.S. over its actions to protect the climate. It’s a small taste of what could come under the TPP.
The Geopolitics of Cheap Oil
Economists said the market would save the planet. It didn’t.
Will the Paris Climate Talks Deliver the World We Need? Not Likely.
Even as governments set climate targets, they’re working hard to expand the extractive global economy with measures that could deepen the climate crisis.
How our screwed-up CEO pay system makes climate change worse
Runaway CEO pay at the 30 largest U.S. public fossil fuel corporations rewards short-term actions, with disastrous results for the world’s climate.
A Slick Maneuver
The Iran deal could trigger an end to restrictions on U.S. crude oil exports.