A growing chorus agrees the expansion of the natural gas industry, which feeds plastics and petrochemical plants like Shell’s, is moving the U.S. in the wrong direction to prevent catastrophic impacts from climate change.
Read more...Unpacking the many political and policy contradictions in Bolivia over the past decade.
Read more...Even a massive recycling campaign won’t make a dent in the plastics problem, as long as the industry ramps up production; some thoughts on raccoons, and rubbish.
Read more...Looking at the hurdles electric cars have to surmount.
Read more...Why the problem of human energy consumption is intractable.
Read more...A short-form debunking of a popular but unsound idea for addressing carbon emissions.
Read more...UK halts all fracking in England with immediate effect. On its face, a big win, but will the Tories make the moratorium permanent?
Read more...Oil industry lobbies to weaken emissions standards, deploying “public interest groups” that are mere mouthpieces for fossil fuel companies.
Read more...Why might investors be skittish about Aramco’s oil reserve claims?
Read more...So first came the blackout….
Read more...Back to the future means not just considering the ability to repair but more actively purchases of new goods just for the thrill of acquisition.
Read more...New York begins climate change trial against Exxon Monday; meanwhile, Massachusetts is readying its own action.
Read more...Justin Mikulka continues his excellent coverage of fracking for DeSmogBlog.
Read more...California prototypically lead the US. It’s PG&E infrastructure failure and lack of good remedies to escalating wildfire risks are the latest example.
Read more...Latest installment in Justin Mikulka’s excellent DeSmogBlog series on fracking follies.
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