Low on Water, California Farmers Turn to Solar Farming
Some California farmers are shifting their “crops” to reduce water use. But is it too little, too late?
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Why We Need Publicly Owned Energy for a Green New Deal
Moving to zero carbon output requires a decentralized, publicly-owned energy system.
Read more...As Risky Finances Alienate Investors, Fracking Companies Look to Retirement Funds for Cash
Latest DeSmogBlog coverage of fracking follies: the still unprofitable industry turns to pension funds and private equity for capital.
Read more...Keeping the Oil in the Soil
The goal of any serious climate policy is to keep oil and other fossil fuels in the ground. The central question is how.
Read more...PG&E Neglected Maintenance for Years Despite Known Fire Risk; Judge Demands Prompt and Clear Answers to WSJ Expose
A Wall Street Journal expose of PG&E’s willful failure to maintain its transmission lines, directly tied to California’s most lethal fire, led a judge to demand answers.
Read more...Trump’s Version of the Iran Accord: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
A clinical look at the Administration’s disingenuous Iran spin.
Read more...Philadelphia Explosion One in String of ‘Near Miss’ Accidents at Refineries Using Deadly Chemical
Accounts emerging from workers and others on site paint a troubling picture of how close to disaster Philadelphia may have come.
Read more...”Maximum Pressure” Campaign Fails To Kill Off Iran’s Oil Exports
Iran and the US look deadlocked.
Read more...Are Economists Blocking Progress on Climate Change?
As they so often do, by promoting unrealisitc models, economists have become part of problem rather than the solution.
Read more...Former Shale Gas CEO Says Fracking Revolution Has Been ‘A Disaster’ For Drillers, Investors
“Excluding capital, the big eight basin producers have destroyed on average 80 percent of the value of their companies since the beginning of the shale revolution,”
Read more...Wolf Richter: Bring on Higher Oil Prices: They’ll Boost the US Economy. Powell Sees it Too. A New Experience for the US
The plunge in oil prices since August has caused the oil-and-gas sector to get skittish with capital expenditures this year, and Powell picked up on that. Investment in the US shale sector has a big impact on the real economy.
Read more...What Is a ‘Climate Refugee’ and How Many Are There?
Climate-change-induced migration is significant and set to grow. But no one seems to have any answers, save perhaps the neoliberal default, “Die sooner”.
Read more...California’s Solar Energy Problem
California is overdoing on solar power, and that isn’t as good an idea as you might think.
Read more...US Poised to Approve Shipping LNG by Rail for Export With No New Safety Rules
Trump administration soon to allow massive trains to transport LNG in unit trains 100 cars long and for the express purpose of moving LNG to export facilities – with scant regard for safety consequences.
Read more...Climate Change: Judge Allows New York’s Martin Act Lawsuit Against Exxon to Proceed
New York state judge allows climate fraud lawsuit brought under the Martin Act to proceed, rejecting defendant Exxon’s claims for dismissal.
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