Big Coal Catches Black Lung
Companies large and small are hurtling toward bankruptcy.
Fudging the Future
How could oil experts miss the crude crash?
Pipeline to Nowhere
Cheap oil is bankrupting the financial rationale for building the Keystone XL.
What the U.S. Should Learn from Russia’s Collapse
For U.S. communities dependent on the same industries that have brought Russia to its knees, the time to start planning an economic transition is now.
A Lump of Coal for Fossil Fuels
Plunging oil, gas, and coal stocks make it a fine time to divest.
Dispatch from Lima: Seven Trends We Spotted at UN Climate Talks
We asked two veterans of UN climate talks to cut through the jargon and tell us what’s new and trending at this year’s summit in Lima, Peru.
Wealthy Countries Pony Up for Climate Justice
The developed world has pledged $9.5 billion to help fight climate change. But it’s going to take hundreds of billions more.
The Fracking Rush Hits a Pothole
Oil and natural gas gluts are driving prices so low that drill-baby-drillers may have to hit the brakes.
Make Your Investments Fuel Change
We’re igniting some Wall Street heat.
Obama: Into Africa
President Obama is definitely “into” Africa. Unfortunately that has translated into holding the door open for U.S. multinationals to do what outsiders have done for centuries: extract the continent’s wealth.
Vast Resources in Africa Cannot Be Extracted To Benefit the 1%
Large corporations — particulaly in oil, gas, mining, and land acquisition — dominate the table alongside the U.S. government in the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.
The Moment for Climate Justice
As global civil society calls for a renewable energy revolution, the U.S. Congress is considering an African energy initiative that leaves the door wide open to fossil fuels.
Fossil Fuels: The Tide is Turning
Institutions are starting to recognize that fossil fuels are part of a bygone era – and that the time to invest in clean energy alternatives is now.
Electrifying Africa – But at What Cost to Africans?
Two U.S. initiatives to provide Africans with electricity seem likely to lead to large, climate-polluting projects rather than the locally sourced renewable energy rural Africa needs.
Petro-Machismo: The Geopolitical Exploitation of Increased North American Oil and Gas Production
You’re invited to a discussion with Michael Klare, as he details how rising oil and gas production close to home is enabling a more aggressive stance toward rivals abroad.