Should taxpayers gamble on blue hydrogen and carbon capture?
by Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, opinion contributor, The Hill, 09/20/22 Americans have an important decision to make: Do we fully embrace renewable energy, or do we divert scarce...
Lawsuit alleges Diversified and EQT played hot potato with abandoned oil and gas well responsibility
By Anya Litvak, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, July 25, 2022. “Abandoned oil and gas wells are having a moment — as global warming agitators, public safety...
This is how we defeat Putin and other petrostate autocrats
By Bill McKibben, The Guardian, Feb. 25, 2022. After Hitler invaded the Sudetenland, America turned its industrial prowess to building tanks, bombers and destroyers. Now,...
Trump failed fossil fuel-reliant communities — Build Back Better invests in them
The Hill, Feb. 6, 2022. By Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, the author of “America’s Energy Gamble: People, Economy and Planet”, is an associate professor at the University...
Other Voices: Plugging abandoned wells boosts local economies
Max Harleman and Jeremy Weber (Univ. Pittsburgh, GSPIA) in Pittsburgh Post Gazette, July 18,2021. Energy from oil and gas wells fueled American industrial growth and...
Bipartisan Climate and Health Win: House Votes to Reinstate Oil & Gas Pollution Rules; Methane Emissions Resolution now Moves on to the White House
Statement of Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund, June 25,2021 (WASHINGTON) With bipartisan support, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to restore EPA rules limiting...
350.org responds to G7 announcement to end coal financing
350.org press release, May 21, 2021 Global – Today the world’s richest nations made a major step towards phasing out the dirtiest energy source. After...
Wolf Administration Awards $2.5 Million Contract to University of Pittsburgh to Research Health Effects of Hydraulic Fracturing in Pennsylvania
12/22/2020 Press Release, Gov. Wolf office. Harrisburg, PA – The Wolf Administration today announced that a $2.5 million contract is in place with the University...
Plastic Market Trends Are Bad News for Appalachia Cracker Plans
by Eric de Place, Dec 14, 2020, Ohio River Valley Institute. What Peak Plastic Means for the Petchem Buildout The Ohio Valley petrochemical buildout is...
Trump Administration, in Late Push, Moves to Sell Oil Rights in Arctic Refuge
By Henry Fountain, Nov. 16, 2020, New York Times The Trump administration on Monday announced that it would begin the formal process of selling leases...