Offshore drilling

Drilling in California Central Valley

As We Focus on Impeachment, Trump Is Restructuring the Country As We Focus on Impeachment, Trump Is Restructuring the Country

His administration is working hard to shut down immigration, eliminate environmental regulations, and undermine abortion rights.

Oct 8, 2019 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky

Shell Alaska rig

How Far Will the Trump Administration Go to Loosen Offshore Drilling Rules? How Far Will the Trump Administration Go to Loosen Offshore Drilling Rules?

Proposals jeopardize safety precautions put in place after the Deepwater Horizon blowout.

Sep 12, 2018 / Adam Federman

Rex Tillerson in Washington

Normalizing Denial: Trump, Tillerson, and Climate Reality Normalizing Denial: Trump, Tillerson, and Climate Reality

A political culture that can accommodate Exxon’s climate denial is a political culture ripe for Trump.

Dec 14, 2016 / Editorial / Wen Stephenson

Join 1 Million People Demanding That Fossil Fuels Stay in the Ground

Join 1 Million People Demanding That Fossil Fuels Stay in the Ground Join 1 Million People Demanding That Fossil Fuels Stay in the Ground

Sign our petition calling on the Obama administration to keep fossil fuels on public lands in the ground.

Sep 14, 2016 / no-paywall / NationAction

COP21

Good News on Climate Change… and Bad News Good News on Climate Change… and Bad News

Global emissions may have peaked—but temperatures are rising at record speed, threatening a massive sea-level rise that could destroy major cities by 2100.

Apr 7, 2016 / Editorial / Mark Hertsgaard

The Future of Oil Is Here—and It Doesn’t Look Pretty

The Future of Oil Is Here—and It Doesn’t Look Pretty The Future of Oil Is Here—and It Doesn’t Look Pretty

As prices plummet and oversupply continues, the once-unsinkable industry is foundering.

Mar 8, 2016 / Dispatch / Michael T. Klare

Grand Canyon

This Conservation Program Is the Most Successful in US History. Why Are Republicans Destroying It? This Conservation Program Is the Most Successful in US History. Why Are Republicans Destroying It?

The Land and Water Conservation Fund is just the first of several vaunted nature and wildlife programs the GOP wants to kill.

Nov 18, 2015 / Jimmy Tobias

Blockadia protest

‘Blockadia’ Activists Up the Ante Against Shell Oil ‘Blockadia’ Activists Up the Ante Against Shell Oil

For more than 36 hours, activists on land, sea, and in the air held up the ship headed to Shell’s Arctic oil-drilling effort.

Jul 31, 2015 / Arun Gupta

Greenpeace activists

People Will Remember Shell Oil As a Symbol of Planet-Destroying Greed People Will Remember Shell Oil As a Symbol of Planet-Destroying Greed

On the day the heat index in an Iranian city broke world records, Shell Oil moved forward with its plan to drill in the Arctic.

Jul 31, 2015 / Bill McKibben

Paradise Fire

The Wettest Rainforest in the United States Has Gone Up in Flames The Wettest Rainforest in the United States Has Gone Up in Flames

When fire can eat a rainforest in a relatively cool climate, you know the Earth is beginning to burn.

Jul 30, 2015 / Subhankar Banerjee

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