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us/With Coal’s Decline, Pennsylvania Communities Watch the Rise of Natural Gas-fueled Plastics
By Julie Dermansky
on
For Beaver County, just northwest of Pittsburgh, the construction of Royal Dutch Shell’s towering new plastics factory overshadows the closure of the Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, the state’s larges...
us/Stanford Study Says Renewable Power Eliminates Argument for Using Carbon Capture with Fossil Fuels
By Justin Mikulka
on
New research from Stanford University professor Mark Z. Jacobson questions the climate and health benefits of carbon capture technology against simply switching to renewable energy sources like win...
uk/Companies Criticised for Prioritising Shareholders Over Climate Emergency
By Alex Varley-Winter
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The UK’s largest energy companies, Shell and BP, have been called out for putting shareholders before the planet. The companies lavished £25 billion on their shareholders last year, while spending ...
us/Rachel Maddow’s New Book on Russia, Oil, and Politics Accidentally Had Perfect Timing With Trump Impeachment Inquiry
By Dana Drugmand
on
As public hearings in the Trump impeachment inquiry headed into their second week, one of the nation’s top political cable news hosts was connecting the dots between the rise of authoritarianism, c...
us/Creating a New Market for Coal in the Push to Mine ‘Critical Minerals’ for National Security
By Laura Peterson
on
With the backing of the mining industry and anti-regulatory groups, the Trump administration has been seeking to expand mining on public lands and further loosen environmental rules under the banne...
us/As New York Takes Exxon to Court, Big Oil’s Strategy Against Climate Lawsuits Is Slowly Unveiled
By Guest
on
By Dan Zegart Last week, in a historic first, the former CEO of a major oil company took the witness stand in a New York City courtroom and spent four hours defending his company against charges t...
us/Chesapeake Energy’s Stock Falls Below $1 But Driller Plans to Spend Over $1 Billion on More Fracking
By Sharon Kelly
on
The company that for the past decade has been emblematic of the rise and pitfalls of shale drilling and fracking, Chesapeake Energy, saw its stock price collapse today, plunging by 29.15 percent in...
us/Fossil Fuel Investments Cost California and Colorado Pension Funds Over $19 Billion, Report Finds
By Sharon Kelly
on
California and Colorado’s public pension funds together lost out on over $19 billion over the past decade by investing in fossil fuel stocks, according to a report released on Tuesday. The three p...
us/New Estimates Predict a Lot More Renewable Power Growth in the U.S. Very Soon
By Justin Mikulka
on
After revising its three-year U.S. power forecast, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has predicted major declines for fossil fuels and nuclear power alongside strong growth in renewab...
uk/Comment: Cuadrilla Has Failed in Lancashire, But Only a Full Ban Can End Fracking For Good
By Guest
on
By Claire Stephenson, a campaigner with Frack Free Lancashire The announcement by the Conservative government last week, proclaiming they are ending their support for the shale gas industry in the...

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us/With Coal’s Decline, Pennsylvania Communities Watch the Rise of Natural Gas-fueled Plastics
ByJulie Dermansky
on

For Beaver County, just northwest of Pittsburgh, the construction of Royal Dutch Shell’s towering new plastics factory overshadows the closure of the Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, the state’s larges...
us/Stanford Study Says Renewable Power Eliminates Argument for Using Carbon Capture with Fossil Fuels
ByJustin Mikulka
on

New research from Stanford University professor Mark Z. Jacobson questions the climate and health benefits of carbon capture technology against simply switching to renewable energy sources like win...
uk/Companies Criticised for Prioritising Shareholders Over Climate Emergency
ByAlex Varley-Winter
on

The UK’s largest energy companies, Shell and BP, have been called out for putting shareholders before the planet. The companies lavished £25 billion on their shareholders last year, while spending ...
us/Rachel Maddow’s New Book on Russia, Oil, and Politics Accidentally Had Perfect Timing With Trump Impeachment Inquiry
ByDana Drugmand
on

As public hearings in the Trump impeachment inquiry headed into their second week, one of the nation’s top political cable news hosts was connecting the dots between the rise of authoritarianism, c...
us/Creating a New Market for Coal in the Push to Mine ‘Critical Minerals’ for National Security
ByLaura Peterson
on

With the backing of the mining industry and anti-regulatory groups, the Trump administration has been seeking to expand mining on public lands and further loosen environmental rules under the banne...
us/As New York Takes Exxon to Court, Big Oil’s Strategy Against Climate Lawsuits Is Slowly Unveiled
ByGuest
on

By Dan Zegart Last week, in a historic first, the former CEO of a major oil company took the witness stand in a New York City courtroom and spent four hours defending his company against charges t...
us/Chesapeake Energy’s Stock Falls Below $1 But Driller Plans to Spend Over $1 Billion on More Fracking
BySharon Kelly
on

The company that for the past decade has been emblematic of the rise and pitfalls of shale drilling and fracking, Chesapeake Energy, saw its stock price collapse today, plunging by 29.15 percent in...
Series: Finances of Fracking: Shale Industry Drills More Debt Than Profit
Series: Fracking Finances
us/Fossil Fuel Investments Cost California and Colorado Pension Funds Over $19 Billion, Report Finds
BySharon Kelly
on

California and Colorado’s public pension funds together lost out on over $19 billion over the past decade by investing in fossil fuel stocks, according to a report released on Tuesday. The three p...
Series: Finances of Fracking: Shale Industry Drills More Debt Than Profit
Series: Fracking Finances
us/New Estimates Predict a Lot More Renewable Power Growth in the U.S. Very Soon
ByJustin Mikulka
on

After revising its three-year U.S. power forecast, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has predicted major declines for fossil fuels and nuclear power alongside strong growth in renewab...
Opinion
uk/Comment: Cuadrilla Has Failed in Lancashire, But Only a Full Ban Can End Fracking For Good
ByGuest
on

By Claire Stephenson, a campaigner with Frack Free Lancashire The announcement by the Conservative government last week, proclaiming they are ending their support for the shale gas industry in the...
Series: Frack Off: Meet the Campaigners Protecting Lancashire from Fracking
Series: Campaigners Against Fracking Lancashire