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As Oil Price Plummets, Call to Nationalize Industry Rises
The price of oil dropped below zero, prompting new subsidies from the Federal Reserve. Progressive voices in the U.S. and Canada have a different idea:…
How Can Oil Be Worth Less Than Zero?
Dan Dicker traded oil futures for 25 years on the NYSE. He explains how COVID-19 created a perfect storm for oil markets, and why it…
Study: Methane Emissions from Fossil Fuels Vastly Underestimated
A new Rochester University study raises new grave questions about fossil fuel production and climate change. The author of the first major study on methane…
Argentina’s Fracking Boom Is Creating Climate Justice Concerns
Big Oil hopes Argentina’s shale oil and gas boom can rival the United States’. Backed by US dollar diplomacy, the boom has come at the…
Year in Climate Crisis: Fossil Fuels Expansion, Scary Science and Global Activism
The Real News Network’s Steve Horn and Dimitri Lascaris talk about the 2019’s biggest climate stories. The post Year in Climate Crisis: Fossil Fuels Expansion,…
After Democrats Push Bill to Send Fracked Gas to EU, Trump Includes in Budget
The European Energy Security and Diversification Act, legislation offering $1B to promote sending U.S. fracked gas to EU countries, was inserted into the federal budget…
Big Rail Spends More on Denying Climate Change than Big Oil
A new study concludes that rail is the industry that’s injected the most money into climate change denial propaganda efforts in the last 25 years….
GOP Lobbyists Behind Gas Industry ‘Empowerment Alliance’ Oppose Green New Deal
Photo Credit: Nicholas A. Tonelli | Wikimedia Commons There is a new group in support of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and in opposition to the Green…
San Diego Ends Electricity Monopoly, Aims for 100% Renewables by 2035
Photo Credit: Nenad Kajić | Wikimedia Commons By Steve Horn SAN DIEGO — San Diego has become one of the largest cities nationwide to adopt…
Documentary “Blowout” Follows Climate Cost of Oil Boom from Fracking to Exports
The new film follows the U.S. oil supply chain, covering health, climate and environmental justice impacts. And it points to the president central to creating…
As Activists Push Democratic Climate Debate, DNC Donors Profit from Oil, Gas
Top Photo Credit: JefParker | Wikimedia Commons After weeks of pressure from climate activists, the Democratic National Committee is officially considering a pair of resolutions…
G20 Members Dole Out Coal Subsidies Despite Climate Crisis Talk
A new report documents G20 member states giving $63.9 billion in subsidies per year to King Coal, while professing the urgency of the climate crisis….
Methane Emissions Down, but Still Causing Climate Change
A new study concludes U.S. oil and natural gas site emissions have risen in the past decade, but at lower levels than measured before. Big…
Climate Activists Protest Trump California Public Lands Fracking Plan
Top Image: San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon speaks at May 22 rally in before hearing at Embassy Suites by Hilton in San Luis Obispo;…
Earth Day: How Can Climate Activists Fight Misinformation?
Award-winning filmmaker Josh Fox talks about his new book, The Truth Has Changed, and how climate movements can—and must—fight misinformation campaigns The post Earth Day:…
Puerto Rico Faces a Flood of Fracked Gas in Wake of Hurricane Maria
The gas industry and its allies in Congress hope to push LNG exports to the island’s electricity grid, ravaged from climate change-fueled natural disaster The…
Bills Criminalizing Pipeline Protest Arise in Statehouses Nationwide
By Steve Horn The oil and gas industry has started its 2019 lobbying efforts with a bang. Eight different statehouses across the nation are considering…
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