by Ilana Cohen, The Nation.
Climate activists at other institutions can learn from Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard after their victory at the world’s richest university.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was produced for Student Nation, a program of The Nation Fund …
By Christian Morris, Climate X Change, Aug. 12, 2021
This week, the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reaffirmed what scientists, advocates, and scholars have been telling us for years: our planet is in dire straits, and human activity …
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 powered our country through two world wars and two energy crises. But today, many of …
PSR is proud to publish Fracking with “Forever Chemicals,” a report presenting previously unpublicized evidence that major oil and gas companies, including ExxonMobil and Chevron, have used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), or substances that
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 oil and gas methane pollution from new wells, processing plants and other facilities across the …
Bill McKibben, June 11, 2021, New York Times.
The announcement this week from the Canadian company TC Energy that it was pulling the plug on the Keystone XL pipeline project was greeted with jubilation by Indigenous groups, farmers and ranchers, …
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 some resistance from Japan, the G7 agreed to end their financial support for coal development …
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, April 22, 2021. Laura Legere.
Pennsylvania Senate Republicans are blocking Gov. Tom Wolf’s appointments to the state Public Utility Commission until the Democratic governor drops his effort to use executive authority to join a regional partnership for …
Ohio River Valley Inst. blog post, April 14, 2021, by
For more than 150 years, Appalachia has provided the cheap energy that has powered the nation’s industrial growth and helped construct the middle class. But …
Kirkus Review, Dec. 25, 2020.
BRIGHT GREEN LIES
HOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT LOST ITS WAY AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT
BY DERRICK JENSEN & LIERRE KEITH & MAX WILBERT ‧ RELEASE DATE: MARCH 16, 2021
A critical …