Montana Youths Prepare for Trial in Major Climate Case Against the State Landmark lawsuit alleges Montana’s government contributes to climate change by promoting a fossil-fuel-based energy economy By Micah Drew June 7, 2023 In this story: climate change, fossil fuels, dirty fuels
Can Anything Stop the Backyard Drillers? A California law banned them, but the oil industry won a do-over—and freedom to drill near homes, schools, and hospitals By Judith Lewis Mernit May 27, 2023 In this story: oil
The Biden Administration Moves to Slash Carbon Pollution From Power Plants Guidelines were crafted to pass Supreme Court review, but hurdles remain By Osha Gray Davidson May 11, 2023 In this story: EPA, clean energy, coal, climate change
Supreme Court Refuses to Give Big Oil a “Get Out of Jail Free” Card State and local climate liability lawsuits will be heard by state courts By Jason Mark April 25, 2023 In this story: Supreme Court, environmental justice, oil, climate change
ICYMI: Daddy Dearest, Killer Kitties, Kitty Killers & Three Nukes Shut, Another Nuke Opens A weekly roundup for busy people By Paul Rauber April 21, 2023 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 A weekly roundup for busy people By Paul Rauber April 7, 2023 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 The upcoming sale was demanded by Senator Joe Manchin as a condition of passing the Inflation Reduction Act By Osha Gray Davidson March 7, 2023 In this story: oil, methane gas, drilling, offshore drilling
TVA Reaches an Inflection Point In the past three months, the company has issued rolling blackouts, invested in gas plants, and blown up three smokestacks without adequate public preparation By Austyn Gaffney February 18, 2023 In this story: utilities, oil, methane gas, clean energy
Will the Biden Administration Greenlight ConocoPhillips’ “Carbon Bomb”? The Alaska project, known as Willow, would be the biggest oil and gas development on federal land By Adam Federman February 16, 2023 In this story: oil, methane gas, climate change
Biden Suggests a Windfall Profits Tax on Fossil Fuel War-Time Profiteering What a proposed tax on excessive oil profits would do By Nick Cunningham November 3, 2022 In this story: oil, methane gas