Coal-Fired Power Plants Still Threaten Americans’ Health By Ben Jealous June 5, 2023 For people living near coal stations, pollution can be a matter of life or death In this story: environmental justice, coal, dirty energy
Can Anything Stop the Backyard Drillers? By Judith Lewis Mernit May 27, 2023 A California law banned them, but the oil industry won a do-over—and freedom to drill near homes, schools, and hospitals In this story: oil
What We Cannot Permit By Ben Jealous May 26, 2023 The Republican plan for energy-permitting “reform” will end up sacrificing people and places In this story: dirty fuels, pipelines, clean water
The Biden Administration Moves to Slash Carbon Pollution From Power Plants By Osha Gray Davidson May 11, 2023 Guidelines were crafted to pass Supreme Court review, but hurdles remain In this story: EPA, clean energy, coal, climate change
Supreme Court Refuses to Give Big Oil a “Get Out of Jail Free” Card By Jason Mark April 25, 2023 State and local climate liability lawsuits will be heard by state courts In this story: Supreme Court, environmental justice, oil, climate change
ICYMI: Daddy Dearest, Killer Kitties, Kitty Killers & Three Nukes Shut, Another Nuke Opens By Paul Rauber April 21, 2023 A weekly roundup for busy people In this story: climate change, dirty fuels, nuclear
ICYMI: No Scooters in Paris, No Salmon Season in California, No Protection for Coyotes & No Dubya National Park By Paul Rauber April 7, 2023 A weekly roundup for busy people In this story: wildlife, indigenous communities, coal, dirty fuels
Environmental Groups Sue Interior Department to Halt Oil and Gas Lease Sale in the Gulf of Mexico By Osha Gray Davidson March 7, 2023 The upcoming sale was demanded by Senator Joe Manchin as a condition of passing the Inflation Reduction Act In this story: oil, natural gas, drilling, offshore drilling
A Year of War: An Energy Justice Take on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine By Sandy Smith-Nonini February 24, 2023 What Putin’s war can teach us about energy transitions and political will In this story: environmental justice, economic justice, renewable energy, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), fracked gas
TVA Reaches an Inflection Point By Austyn Gaffney February 18, 2023 In the past three months, the company has issued rolling blackouts, invested in gas plants, and blown up three smokestacks without adequate public preparation In this story: utility rates, oil, fracked gas, clean energy