Wow, these people who do the “Exxon Hates….” videos sure don’t mince words. Those who recall “Exxon Hates Your Children” will see much of the same style in their current effort, “Exxon Hates America.”
Category: Fossil Fuels
Despite Heavy Protest, Canada Approves Northern Gateway Pipeline: Sad But Not Unexpected
Rebecca McKenzie, one of our great interns who did a ton of excellent work in the early days of our sister site SustainabilityRoleModels.com, wrote me a sad note just now: Hi Craig, Did you see this article on Canada’s approval …
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The EPA’s Justifications for Its Power Plant Regulations
If there is one thing that people of all political persuasions can agree upon, it’s that “opinion” and “news” are two different things, and that editorials should not be presented as if they were fact. This is why I cringed …
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Oil Exploration, the Amazon Rain Forest, and the Migration to Renewable Energy
Those of us who had hoped for agreements that would leave some of the Earth’s fossil fuels safely in the planet’s crust are a little less confident in the success of such arrangements today than we were last week, before …
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Migration from Fossil Fuels Carries Numerous Benefits
One of the great many side benefits of a migration away from fossil fuels is that, when it’s complete, we can greatly reduce the rate at which we’re putting energy workers in harm’s way, e.g., exposing coal miners to black …
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Good News On Chinese Coal-Fired Power Plants
Here’s some good news for those of you out there with lungs: a report suggesting that China is working hard to reduce its dependence on coal-fired power plants, including a bold step to declare war on pollution. It’s hard to …
Understanding the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Attacks on Renewable Energy
Here’s a good article that shows how powerful and well-organized the fossil fuel industry is in its nonstop aggression against renewable energy—and anything else aimed at protecting the environment from harmful emissions. As a reader commented, “I hope the gig …
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Fracking May Wind Up on the Ballot in California
This week, I’ve run into several politically active Californians who want to add my signature to a petition that would put fracking on the ballot in November. I presume what they mean by this is that they want a public …
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U.S. Fossil Fuel Industries Waging a Tired Battle Against Clean Energy
Here’s an article in Forbes on the “tired battle” that the fossil fuel industry is waging against renewable energy. The author details how this is playing out in various states – even conservative ones like Kansas—where “only” about 80% of …
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ExxonMobil Responds To Investors’ Concerns re: the Report of the International Panel on Climate Change
I had a lengthy breakfast meeting yesterday with 2GreenEnergy’s intern Louis de Saint Phalle, during which we spoke about the overall state of the world vis-à-vis climate change and the fossil fuel industry that, according to our scientists, is the …
