Energy

Coal worker leads on tour of old coal facility

Just Because Big Coal Is Collapsing Doesn’t Mean Appalachia Has to Follow Just Because Big Coal Is Collapsing Doesn’t Mean Appalachia Has to Follow

Is an environmentally sustainable economic transition possible?

May 4, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Oil Worker Bahrain

Did OPEC Just Start Preparing for the End of the Oil Era? Did OPEC Just Start Preparing for the End of the Oil Era?

The debacle in Doha may be the beginning of the end for the old oil order.

Apr 28, 2016 / Michael T. Klare

A hazard sign indicating radiation

30 Years After the Chernobyl Meltdown, Why Is the Ukrainian Government Pushing Nuclear Energy? 30 Years After the Chernobyl Meltdown, Why Is the Ukrainian Government Pushing Nuclear Energy?

Or, how Ukraine learned to stop worrying and love its nuclear power plants.

Apr 25, 2016 / Dusty Christensen

The Democrats’ Fracking Fracture

The Democrats’ Fracking Fracture The Democrats’ Fracking Fracture

Grassroots activists have pushed the needle far beyond the Democratic establishment.

Apr 15, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Fracking in action

Lead Isn’t the Only Threat to Drinking Water Lead Isn’t the Only Threat to Drinking Water

The EPA abandoned a study of fracking pollution in Wyoming. Then one of the agency’s scientists kept investigating.

Apr 13, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

I Used to Support Bernie, but Then I Changed My Mind

I Used to Support Bernie, but Then I Changed My Mind I Used to Support Bernie, but Then I Changed My Mind

I have a variety of concerns about both candidates’ campaigns. But I intend to vote for Hillary Clinton in the California primary for one fundamental reason.

Apr 12, 2016 / Tom Hayden

Bernie Sanders

Can Markets Solve Climate Change? This Democratic Socialist Thinks So. Can Markets Solve Climate Change? This Democratic Socialist Thinks So.

Here’s how.

Apr 12, 2016 / Mark Paul, Anders Fremstad, and James K. Boyce

COP21

Good News on Climate Change… and Bad News Good News on Climate Change… and Bad News

Global emissions may have peaked—but temperatures are rising at record speed, threatening a massive sea-level rise that could destroy major cities by 2100.

Apr 7, 2016 / Mark Hertsgaard

The Problem With Hillary Clinton Isn’t Just Her Corporate Cash. It’s Her Corporate Worldview.

The Problem With Hillary Clinton Isn’t Just Her Corporate Cash. It’s Her Corporate Worldview. The Problem With Hillary Clinton Isn’t Just Her Corporate Cash. It’s Her Corporate Worldview.

Clinton is uniquely unsuited to the epic task of confronting the fossil-fuel companies that profit from climate change.

Apr 6, 2016 / Naomi Klein

Flint Water Plant tower

Private Infrastructure Contracting May Be a Quick Way to Round Up Capital, but Does It Create Lasting Jobs? Private Infrastructure Contracting May Be a Quick Way to Round Up Capital, but Does It Create Lasting Jobs?

To avoid “disaster capitalism,” community organizations need to be deeply involved.

Apr 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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