Coal Industry

What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism.

What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism. What’s the Greatest Threat to Action on Climate Change? Nationalism.

It’s going to take global solidarity to avoid a climate-change doomsday.

Sep 15, 2016 / Michael T. Klare

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

Fracking in action

Tell Democrats to Boycott Big-Oil Propaganda Events at the DNC Tell Democrats to Boycott Big-Oil Propaganda Events at the DNC

The American Petroleum Institute, a group that spent millions of dollars denying the science on climate change, is trying to burnish its image.

Jul 26, 2016 / no-paywall / NationAction

Greenhouse Gases

Bad News: We’re Actually Using More Fossil Fuels Than Ever Bad News: We’re Actually Using More Fossil Fuels Than Ever

Renewable forms of energy are growing far faster than anyone expected. But so is the use of oil, coal, and natural gas.

Jul 14, 2016 / Michael T. Klare

Colstrip coal plant

6 Tough Climate Questions the Democratic Platform Committee Will Have to Answer 6 Tough Climate Questions the Democratic Platform Committee Will Have to Answer

Democrats have a chance to set a bold agenda for dealing with global warming. 

Jun 3, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Coal worker leads on tour of old coal facility

Only 2 Presidential Candidates Have a Plan for Coal Country Only 2 Presidential Candidates Have a Plan for Coal Country

And neither is Donald Trump.

May 10, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Coal worker leads on tour of old coal facility

Just Because Big Coal Is Collapsing Doesn’t Mean Appalachia Has to Follow Just Because Big Coal Is Collapsing Doesn’t Mean Appalachia Has to Follow

Is an environmentally sustainable economic transition possible?

May 4, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Big Coal Is Bankrupt. Who Will Pay to Clean Up Its Mess?

Big Coal Is Bankrupt. Who Will Pay to Clean Up Its Mess? Big Coal Is Bankrupt. Who Will Pay to Clean Up Its Mess?

Regulators treated the coal industry like it was “too big to fail.” Now taxpayers and the environment may pay the price.

Mar 22, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

The Koch Brothers Have Radically Changed American Politics

The Koch Brothers Have Radically Changed American Politics The Koch Brothers Have Radically Changed American Politics

A new book exposes the hidden campaign to mainstream their libertarian agenda.

Jan 28, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Fossil-Fuel Industry Is Like a Zombie That Won’t Die

The Fossil-Fuel Industry Is Like a Zombie That Won’t Die The Fossil-Fuel Industry Is Like a Zombie That Won’t Die

The fight against the Keystone XL pipeline was just the beginning of the battle to stop climate change.

Jan 19, 2016 / Bill McKibben

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