Climate & Energy: Dirty Energy

Superfund Scandal Leads to Prison Time for Coal Lobbyist, Lawyer

Birmingham coal lobbyist and lawyer were convicted of bribing state official

By Matt Smith October 24, 2018

In this story: coal

Clean Coal Is Not a Joke

There’s nothing clean about coal and nothing funny about its impacts

By Natasha Geiling September 25, 2018

In this story: coal ash, coal, climate change

So WOTUS Is Legal. Now What?

Fewer strip malls and subdivisions, possibly

By Heather Smith September 26, 2018

In this story: clean water, agriculture, oil

Indigenous Peoples Want Canada to Start Listening

Why is the government going to such lengths for the Trans Mountain pipeline?

By Ron Johnson September 14, 2018

In this story: oil, activism, climate change

Free Advice to Wells Fargo’s CEO

How to prevent people from hating you even more

By Paul Rauber September 11, 2018

In this story: oil, drilling

Water Protectors Stage Civil Disobedience Against Tar Sands Pipeline

Protesters engage in day of action opposed to Enbridge’s Line 3

By Jonathan Hahn August 29, 2018

In this story: pipelines, tar sands, oil, activism

Donald Trump Doesn’t Care About States' Rights

The administration shows its true motivations on emissions standards

By Natasha Geiling August 29, 2018

In this story: clean energy, dirty energy, EPA

Pollution Makes the Personal Political

How an asthma epidemic turned one town against Big Oil

By Ada Statler August 8, 2018

In this story: clean energy, dirty energy, environmental justice, oil, politics

Scott Pruitt Tried to Do More Harm on His Last Day on the Job

You’ve probably never heard of glider trucks, a major source of air pollution

By Austin Price July 23, 2018

In this story: EPA, dirty energy

The Unstoppable Don Steinke

This volunteer has helped to close one fossil fuel terminal after another

By Wendy Becktold July 6, 2018