Fueling Corporate Welfare

Giving oil and gas companies royalty-free fuel is a huge waste of taxpayer and finite public resources. But, worst of all, we get nothing but the creation of perennial corporate parasites. —by Ryan Alexander Getting something for nothing is a pretty sweet deal —

“Antithesis” — Time to Send a Dictionary to Rep. Amodei

Yesterday, while the Keystone Extremely Lethal (KXL) pipeline was failing passage in the Senate, the US House was passing, HR1422, The EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act. 225 Republicans and 4 Republicans sporting Democratic credentials [Barrow (GA), Matheson (UT), Peterson (MN), and Rahall

Economics As If Future Generations Mattered

Creating a commons ethic for ecological restoration and social justice by Carolyn Raffensperger, Kaitlin Butler What are the principles needed to guarantee that we are fair to future generations? We have turned a corner on climate change— a wrong turn– and it is happening more

Here’s Why The Carbon Regulations EPA Announced Monday Are So Important

— by Jeff Spross   On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency will release a first-ever set of regulations to cut carbon dioxide emissions from the country’s existing fleet of power plants. The agency recently issued similar rules for new power plants, which

House Votes To Deny Climate Science And Ties Pentagon’s Hands On Climate Change

— by Ryan Koronowski on May 22, 2014 at 6:24 PM Sea level rise is impacting naval bases. Climate change is altering natural disaster response. Drought is influenced by climate change in the Middle East and Africa leading to conflicts over food and water — as in, for instance,

Shell Annual Report Delivers A Fossil-Fueled Bombshell

Believe it or not, Shell — of all companies — gets it. — By Brett Fleishman Royal Dutch Shell buried a bombshell in its recently released 2013 annual report. Amid 200 pages of predictably and mind-numbingly dry text, the world’s seventh-largest oil

Not Just the Koch Brothers: New Study Reveals Funders Behind the Climate Change Denial Effort

Press Release by Robert J Brulle, PhD A new study conducted by Drexel University environmental sociologist Robert J. Brulle, PhD, exposes the organizational underpinnings and funding behind the powerful climate change countermovement. This study marks the first peer-reviewed, comprehensive analysis ever conducted

The Weekend Reader

  On the Sabotage of Democracy by Bill Moyers "At least let’s name this for what it is, sabotage of the democratic process. Secession by another means. And let’s be clear about where such reckless ambition leads."   Are Utility Companies Out

2047: The Year the World Hits ‘Climate Departure’

‘Within my generation, whatever climate we were used to will be a thing of the past,’ says lead researcher of new study — Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams Staff Writer The “years of climate departure” for various cities across the globe. (Image: University

Boulder Taking On Golliath

When you’ve got giant energy companies this scared, you must be doing something right. The only way to counter the monies golliath corporations can flood communities with outright propaganda and lies is with people running a truly grassroots campaign advocating to put