Joe Romm

Poll: 75 Percent of Americans Support Regulating CO2 as a Pollutant, 60 Percent Support Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax

A new national survey confirms strong public support for funding renewable energy research, regulating carbon pollution, and signing a global treaty to slash emissions. The study, conducted by the Yale Project on …

By: Joe Romm ,; ThinkProgress

April 27, 2012

News

Shale Shocked: “Remarkable Increase” In U.S. Earthquakes “Almost Certainly Manmade“

A U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) team has found that a sharp jump in earthquakes in America's heartland appears to be linked to oil and natural gas drilling operations. As …

By: Joe Romm ,; ThinkProgress

April 8, 2012

News

Scientists: Increase in US Earthquakes Almost Certainly Manmade

A seismograph monitoring an earthquake. (Photo: Bill McKay / Flickr)A U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) team has found that a sharp jump in earthquakes in America’s heartland appears to be …

By: Joe Romm ,; ThinkProgress

April 7, 2012

News

The Charts That Prove Obama Doesn’t Set Gas Prices

America produces 200 times as much oil as Germany, but our gas prices rise and fall in tandem (we pay far lower gas taxes). Source: Energy Information Administration and …

By: Joe Romm ,; ThinkProgress

March 22, 2012

News

Over Half of All US Tax Subsidies Go to Four Industries

Citizens for Tax Justice has analyzed corporate tax rates from 2008 to 2010. The report [PDF] examines over half of the Fortune 500 companies Perhaps it’s no …

By: Joe Romm ,; ThinkProgress

November 14, 2011

News Analysis

Bombshell: State Department Outsourced Tar Sands Pipeline Environmental Impact Study to “Major” TransCanada Contractor

The State Department assigned an important environmental impact study of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to a company with financial ties to the pipeline operator, flouting the intent of …