The “Electrify Everything” Movement’s Consumption Problem
Electrification offers an opportunity to rethink how we use energy. Will we squander it?
Environment
Oil and Water
After Spying on Standing Rock, TigerSwan Shopped Anti-Protest "Counterinsurgency" to Other Oil Companies
More than 50,000 pages of documents were recently made public after the company behind the Dakota Access pipeline lost a court case to keep them secret.
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” Movie Poses Terror Threat, Kansas City Intel Agency Claims
The Kansas City Regional Fusion Center warned law enforcement of a “developing threat” — but with no specifics.
Biden Is Fulfilling Trump’s Cruel Policy on Wild Horses
The record-breaking roundups of iconic Western mustangs are a gift to ranching and mining interests.
Lauren Boebert Waved Around Pictures of Dead Babies in Her Call to Gut the Endangered Species Act
Republicans used conspiracy theories and unsound science in a hearing proposing to end protections for wolves and grizzlies.
Biden Moves Forward With Mining Project That Will Obliterate a Sacred Apache Religious Site
In court, the feds said Oak Flat would be in the hands of mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP by early summer.
Biologist Doug Smith looks back on a quarter century leading one of the most historic and controversial government conservation initiatives of all time.
Norfolk Southern Argued Against “Emotional Evocations of ‘Deadly Chemicals’” After 2005 Derailment
After East Palestine, as in 2005, harmful chemical releases are unlikely to affect the rail company’s stock price or bottom line.
The Four Horsemen of Inflation
War, pestilence, climate change, and the rich.
The Myth of Safe Plastics Persists, Despite Risk of Disasters Like East Palestine
The vinyl lobby has poured millions of dollars over the years into convincing lawmakers that PVC plastic is safe and sustainable.