New Report Reveals Corporate-Funded Hydra Head Blocking U.S. Renewable Energy
A new report from the Energy and Policy Institute reveals the fossil fuel- and utility sector-funded network working to curb the proliferation of renewable energy in the United States. Co-authored by Gabe Elsner and Matt Kasper and titled, “Attacks on Renewable Energy Policy in 2015,” the 86-page report shines a spotlight on the bevy of coordinated attacks […]
Australia’s War on Wind Energy is Shortsighted and Ideological, says Global Industry Group
Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott isn’t much of a fan of wind power. In an interview with Alan Jones, the country’s most popular radio shock jock, Abbott said he thought wind farms were “visually awful” and they “make a lot of noise.” You know, like coal mines? But the Abbott Government’s opposition to wind farms goes much further […]
Bernie Sanders Electrifies Crowds in Louisiana with Message to Fight Climate Change
“I hear that you have somewhat of an oil industry here,” said Bernie Sanders, Democratic candidate for President, drawing laughter from the crowd of 4,500 at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner, Louisiana on Sunday evening. The audience whistled and cheered when Sanders said we need to end our dependence on fossil fuels. He acknowledged the transition […]
The Landed Gentry ‘Jackals’ Claiming Billions in Farm Subsidies
Wealthy aristocrats and farmers in Britain have landed £3.6 BILLION from hugely controversial European subsidies funded by taxpayers, according to new figures snuck out after the general election. The revelations today will be hugely embarrassing for many of the super-rich farming benefits claimants – including those who have publicly attacked the scheme. Lord Ridley, the famous science […]
Mother Nature Braces For Republican Environmental Onslaught
With evidence of climate change all around us — floods, droughts, super-storms — it would make sense that now would be the time for our elected leaders to start taking the threat of climate change seriously. Sadly, the opposite is taking place in the United States, and Republicans are leading the charge to completely dismantle the few […]
Senators Call For End To Arctic Drilling As Shell Gets Permits To Begin Work In Chukchi Sea
Shell received the final permits it needed to begin drilling exploratory wells in the Chukchi Sea last Wednesday, but a group of Senators led by Oregon’s Jeff Merkley is calling for a ban on Arctic drilling altogether. According to the Associated Press, the permits are somewhat conditional: In granting the company the green light, the […]
EPA Called On To Stop States From Permitting Polluting Facilities Through Discriminatory Processes
The US Environmental Protection Agency was recently called on to respond to a decade’s worth of complaints regarding discriminatory practices on the part of states issuing permits to polluting facilities sited in marginalized communities already overburdened by environmental degradation. A lawsuit filed in a US District Court for the Northern District of California seeks to […]
Amber Rudd Fails to Disclose That Brother is Top Financial Lobbyist with Energy Clients
Amber Rudd, secretary of state for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), continues to come under fire this week as it’s revealed that she failed to disclose links to a top lobbyist in official parliamentary records. New rules, introduced after the general election by the parliamentary Committee on Standards, require MPs to disclose all […]
Cuadrilla to Appeal Lancashire’s Refusal of Fracking Applications
By Kyla Mandel and Ben Lucas Shale gas developer Cuadrilla will be appealing against Lancashire County Council’s decision to refuse planning permission for its proposed exploratory drilling sites at Roseacre Wood and Preston New Road. After six months of delay, the council rejected Cuadrilla’s planning application for both sites last month. While environmental campaigners hailed this as […]
Alaska Fishing Community Spurred to Action by Mount Polley Spill
Wrangell, Alaska — A fishing boat chugs across the water in front of the patio at Wrangell’s Stikine Inn, temporarily disrupting dinner conversation as residents of the tiny Southeast Alaska town tuck into heaped plates of rockfish and chips. At the next table, where a group of friends are celebrating an 80th birthday, the talk is […]