While Feds Fund Coal Miner Re-Training, Conservatives Lie in Ads
As the Department of Labor announces millions of dollars to help laid-off coal miners, advertisers are taken to task for outright lies about power plant regulations.
Fossil Fuels
Eye-Opening Map of Front Groups Attacking Renewable Energy
If you have any doubts about the extent of the fossil fuel industry's influence, this infographic should make it crystal clear.
Ooops! Estimates of California's Natural Gas Off By 96%
The US Energy Information Administration wildly overestimated how much gas can be recovered by fracking in California.
No End To Greed: Tar Sands Expands Into Crucial Caribou Habitat
Rather than protecting one of the last great wilderness areas on earth, more acreage is sold to tar sands oil companies.
China's War On Pollution Has Unintended Consequences
China is putting plenty of muscle into cleaning up its degraded air, soil and water, but massive coal to methane operations are a huge problem.
Big Day for Fossil Fuel Divestment: Stanford U Says YES
Stanford announced it is divesting from coal mining companies, the first major university to do so.
Oil Industry & Gun/Hunter Groups: Perfect Together?
TThe oil and gas industry is spending big money to convince groups that traditionally protect wildlife habitats that drilling should be allowed even in wildlife refuges.
Fossil Fuel Divestment Gaining Traction
Harvard is one of many universities under pressure, since it has the largest university endowment.
Two Cool Technologies That Can Help With Oil Spills
One technology uses sunlight on nanoparticles to completely break down oil; another is a computer model that predicts where an oil spill will travel.
Ohio Moves on Fracking-Earthquake Connection
A consortium of states are now looking into this connection; Ohio issued the first regulations.
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