Utilities Score All-Time Low on Transition From Coal and Gas as Climate Crisis Accelerates According to the Sierra Club's “Dirty Truth” report, energy companies are failing more than ever By Emma Smith September 22, 2026 In this story: Dirty Truth Report, dirty energy, utility rates, clean energy, climate change
Could Data Centers Be a Last Gasp for Gas? Fossil fuel companies are relying on data centers to extend the use of their product By Marin Scotten September 18, 2026 In this story: data centers, natural gas, dirty fuels
Trump, Zeldin Try to “Unleash” Dirty Energy With Repeal of Pollution Standards The EPA’s rollback of power plant emission standards puts public health, climate at risk By Dana Drugmand September 16, 2026 In this story: EPA, climate change, Trump, dirty energy, environmental law
How Lee Zeldin Turned the EPA Into a Shield for Polluters Across the country, from West Virginia to Louisiana and beyond, communities are feeling the impacts By Alexander Nazaryan September 8, 2026 In this story: EPA, climate change, Trump, coal, data centers
US Oil Majors Profit As Canada Ramps Up Fossil Fuels Canadian officials cite questionable technologies like carbon capture while rolling out polluting pipeline projects By Ron Johnson July 14, 2026 In this story: pipelines, oil
How the Oil Industry Convinced the World That Carbon Capture Would Solve Climate Change A widely quoted paper by Princeton researchers touted the technology, but "Wedges" has some holes in it By Maddie Stone July 13, 2026 In this story: oil, natural gas, methane gas, politics, money in politics
Indiana Communities Suffer Under Trump’s Coal Ash Rollback A rule proposed this spring threatens decades of progress cleaning up coal’s toxic byproducts By Nick Engelfried May 19, 2026 In this story: coal, coal ash, beyond coal
Bridger Pipeline Is the Latest Attempt to Revive the Keystone XL “Zombie Project” Its proposed expansion could impact fragile ecosystems and Indigenous rights By Katie O'Reilly May 15, 2026 In this story: pipelines, oil, dirty energy, Trump, fossil fuels
The War in Iran Has Precipitated the Biggest Energy Crisis Since the 1970s But this time, countries are plotting a course away from oil, gas, and coal to renewable energy By Dana Drugmand May 4, 2026 In this story: fossil fuels, renewable energy, oil, natural gas, energy costs
While Extreme Heat Bakes the US, Utah Moves to Protect the Fossil Fuel Industry A new law shields polluters from accountability for planet-warming emissions By Dana Drugmand April 17, 2026 In this story: environmental law, climate change, legislation, fossil fuels, dirty energy