Senate Tax Bill Fallout: “America as we knew it is very much on the edge”
The Republican assault on hard-working American families and the environment reached an unprecedented level late on Friday night
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Trump’s $20 Billion-a-Year Hand Out to Dirty Energy
[caption id="attachment_26823" align="alignright" width="300"] C: Maisa_nyc: Flikr[/caption] Millions of Americans may be struggling to pay routine household bills, but still US taxpayers are handing out a whopping $20 billion in fossil fuel subsidies a year. This is the major finding...
#NoDAPL: Temporary Halt to Pipeline Construction; Arrest Warrant Issued for Veteran Journalist
There is good news and bad news for those fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline. First the bad news. A week ago I wrote about the outrageous attacks by security personnel on those protesting against the pipeline by using dogs and...
Should North Americans subsidize oil, gas, and coal for another 10 years?
[caption id="attachment_23425" align="alignright" width="300"] The clock starts now: we must end subsidies to oil, gas, and coal by 2020.[/caption] This week, the leaders of Mexico, Canada, and the United States met in Ottawa for the North American Leaders’ Summit. In...
Ten Years of Data Driven and People Powered Change
This week is the anniversary of Oil Change International’s founding. Ten years ago, when the organization started, I was thinking about what had happened ten years before that, when Shell killed a friend of mine in Nigeria. That friend, an...
Big Oil spin vs. Reality in Tonight’s Debate
It’s pretty safe to assume one or both of the candidates will bring up energy issues in some predictable ways.
New Study: Oil Subsidies Waste Money, Don’t Encourage Production
Thanks to The Checks and Balances Project for this cross post and Headwaters Economics for the study. When you fill up your tank for vacation this summer, keep in mind that the dial at the pump is spinning faster than...
Payback Time? The Supercommittee & Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The 12 members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or “supercommittee,” have received at least $4.2 million in campaign contributions from dirty energy interests lobbying to keep their wasteful taxpayer subsidies, according to a new report from Oil...
Shale Oil Jobs “Vastly Exaggerated”
The headline in yesterday’s Financial Times said it all “Surge in shale oil output fuels US jobs bonanza”. According to the FT: “The boom in shale oil and gas production has created one bright spot in the otherwise grim US...
Well, something’s going on…
From the southern states of the US to Northern Europe the words on many people’s lips is: Drought. In Texas the worst drought in more than a century is beginning to cripple the state. Ironically it is also threatening Texas’...