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Dakota Access Pipeline: The Wrong Side of a Long, Long History of Resource Extraction
On the bogus economic case for the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Read more...Obama Again Sounds Climate Change Alarm But Continues To Support Fossil Fuel Industry
Obama talks the climate change talk, but his policies continue to support increased US fossil fuel production, especially via fracking.
Read more...Dakota Pipeline Will Proceed As Feds Undertake Smoke and Mirrors Policy Reconsideration
Following a federal court decision to deny an injunction blocking the Dakota Access pipeline, three federal agencies impose a limited, “voluntary” temporary halt on construction of one small section.
Read more...BLM Moves Onshore Oil and Gas Lease Auctions Online To Stymie ‘Keep It In The Ground’ Protests
Jerri-Lynn here. This short post highlights an important problem that we’ve seen arise over and over again with the administration which pledged to be the most transparent ever: the disconnect between public rhetoric and behind-the-scenes practice. The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) presides over the allocation of oil and gas […]
Read more...Major Insurers to G20 Nations: Stop Wasting Time, Phase-Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies by 2020
Insurers and finance pressure governments to end $444 billion in fossil fuel subsidies.
Read more...Emergy (with an “m”) and Environmental Accounting for Maine’s Landfill
Policy implementing the Maine Solid Waste hierarchy should be justified using emergy as the unit of account, and not dollars.
Read more...Michael Hoexter: Democratic Party Platform 7/1/16 Draft Would Lock In Catastrophic Climate Change
Why the Democratic party plans for taking on climate change are grossly inadequate.
Read more...5 Eco-Friendly Social Housing Projects
Demonstrating that public housing can be attractive and environmentally responsible.
Read more...Debate: Is “Degrowth” the Way to Reduce Greenhouse Gases?
A debate on sustainable growth versus degrowth.
Read more...Portland Is a Sustainable Utopia—How It Happened
How Portland is working to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 80% and reduce its environmental load on other fronts.
Read more...Clinton Chasing Votes With Fracking U-Turn
Clinton’s fracking reversal will alienate the energy industry without appeasing environmentalists, since fracking produces methane and earthquakes.
Read more...Can We Cut Carbon Emissions and Still Have Economic Growth?
This Real News Network segment marshals data to make a provocative argument: there are more ways to decouple carbon emissions and GDP growth than most observers believe.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Will Sanders Play His Ace?
Sanders lists demands for Clinton if he fails to get the nomination…and it includes demands like single payer that are so far from her current position that it is inconceivable that she will give them lip service.
Read more...A Wake-Up Call on Climate Change and Clean Energy
Why 2017 could be an event horizon as far as climate change is concerned.
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