Joe Fassler is a writer and journalist whose work on climate and technology appears in outlets like The Guardian, The New York Times, and Wired. His novel, The Sky Was Ours, was published by Penguin Books. He teaches journalism and creative writing in the MA in Science Writing Program at Johns Hopkins University, where he serves as Program Director.
The deal would place 40 percent of California’s idle wells in the hands of one operator. Campaigners warn this poses an "immense" risk to the state — which new rules could help to mitigate, depending on how regulators act.
Despite progress pivoting away from fossil-fuel funding, the lion’s share of the bank’s oil and gas lending isn’t covered under the new rules.
New analysis and documents reveal how industry lobbying has fueled a growing idle well crisis.
Study is “a nail in the coffin” for the idea that the global ruminant sector can be climate positive at its current scale.
New research shows how a slew of recent climate pledges are based on incomplete accounting, which downplays the scope of methane pollution by the meat and dairy industries.
