Oil and Gas

Marine walks in Afghanistan

The $8 Trillion Cost of Failure The $8 Trillion Cost of Failure

The time and money it took to give Kabul to the Taliban could have been used to help struggling Americans.

Sep 9, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt

Big Oil’s Delay Tactics Are the New Climate Science Denialism

Big Oil’s Delay Tactics Are the New Climate Science Denialism Big Oil’s Delay Tactics Are the New Climate Science Denialism

Academic researchers say the fossil fuel industry engages in “discourses of delay” to divert attention away from the crisis.

Sep 9, 2021 / Amy Westervelt

Edwin Edwards

The Grim Legacy That Edwin Edwards’s Obit Writers Left Out The Grim Legacy That Edwin Edwards’s Obit Writers Left Out

The four-time Louisiana governor is instead remembered for having said that he’d lose his election if he were “caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy.”

Aug 6, 2021 / Jason Berry

Oil pumpjacks

How a Powerful US Lobby Group Helps Big Oil to Block Climate Action How a Powerful US Lobby Group Helps Big Oil to Block Climate Action

The American Petroleum Institute receives millions from oil companies—and works behinds the scenes to stall or weaken legislation.

Jul 21, 2021 / Chris McGreal

Exxon

It’s Time to Repeal Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Say Progressives It’s Time to Repeal Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Say Progressives

Oil and gas executives are being called on to publicly answer for their industry’s decades-long misinformation campaign and destruction of the planet.

Jul 9, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Stop the Enbridge Ecocide!

Stop the Enbridge Ecocide! Stop the Enbridge Ecocide!

From Minnesota to Massachusetts, the Canadian pipeline company is engaged in crimes against humanity and the earth—abetted by state power.

Jul 6, 2021 / Wen Stephenson

Eureka Oil Platform

Big Oil and Gas Kept a Dirty Secret for Decades. Now They May Pay the Price. Big Oil and Gas Kept a Dirty Secret for Decades. Now They May Pay the Price.

Via an unprecedented wave of lawsuits, America’s petroleum giants face a reckoning for the devastation caused by fossil fuels

Jun 30, 2021 / Chris McGreal

Oil Tanker Fire

The Climate Crisis Is a Crime Story The Climate Crisis Is a Crime Story

Fossil fuel companies lied for decades about climate change, and humanity is paying the price. Shouldn’t those lies be central to the public narrative?

Jun 30, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard

Wind Turbines

We Don’t Need Science Fiction to Avert Climate Catastrophe We Don’t Need Science Fiction to Avert Climate Catastrophe

Europe is showing the world that a clean-energy transition is possible with existing technology.

Jun 14, 2021 / Paul Hockenos

Shell court ruling

Big Oil Loses Big in a Day of Game-Changing Climate News Big Oil Loses Big in a Day of Game-Changing Climate News

A Dutch court ruling and two shareholder revolts have brought new hope in the climate emergency fight.

May 27, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard

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