Question: Here’s an update from Bloomberg Green on pension funds’ move to divest themselves of Big Oil and other corporate polluters. Before you open it, take a cool guess: What percent of the total remains in these dirty investments? Answer: …
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Corporate Polluters Have No Incentive To Change
All corporate polluters have one thing in common, and that’s true whether we’re talking about plastics, CO2 emissions, or toxic waste: our society gives them permission to use our skies and waterways as their own private sewers. I’m sure that …
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Trump Sabotaging Environment As He Leaves Office
From this piece: With President Donald Trump’s term soon coming to an end, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday finalized a rule that critics are calling a last-minute attempt to “sabotage” future efforts by President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration to …
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Some Beneficiaries of the Trump Administration Have Been Overlooked
It’s obvious that the Trump administration has been great for billionaires, corporate polluters, weapons manufacturers, evangelical Christians, and a few privileged sexual abusers, including the president himself. What may not be so obvious is that another set of beneficiaries include …
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U.S. Supreme Court and Democratic Socialism
I thought I’d publish part of the conversation I’m having with my mother, who, as is the case with many Americans, both young and old, sees our country going to the dogs. Her particular concern is that the Supreme Court …
Jobs in Energy: Coal’s Loss Is Wind’s Gain
As we’ve discussed so often, environmental stewardship and economic strength are not mutually exclusive; in fact, they often go arm in arm. Of course, there are people who deny this; they’re called “corporate polluters.”
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Understanding EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt
Here’s a fairly detailed article describing how Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is attacking journalists and stifling the media’s attempts to report on the core actions that the EPA is taking to roll back regulations put …
