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Fossil Fuel Industry
How Oil and Gas Companies Are Dealing With Low Prices
While prices have halved over the past year, the number of mergers and acquisitions has most definitely not.
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Big Oil and Gas Want Them Out, but One Small Clan Is Standing Up to Pipeline Expansion
A First Nations clan is bringing pipeline projects to a grinding halt - simply by occupying their traditional lands.
Slurp, Baby, Slurp: Trump Supports Ethanol Production in Iowa
Donald Trump is pandering to Iowa voters and the ethanol industry.
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New Report Reveals Electric Utility Industry’s Influence at Universities
Energy and Policy Institute has released a report detailing how several universities, funded by utility companies are producing academic reports.
Fossil Fuel Spill Tracker 2015: A Map of Environmental Disasters
An explosion in North American fossil fuel extraction has led to a dangerous rise in pipeline spills and oil train derailments.
On the Corrupting Influence of Money in Politics, Bernie Sanders Is Dead Right
“Congress is owned by big money and refuses to do what the American people want them to do,” says Sen. Bernie Sanders.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The US Holds More Than 300 Natural Gas Storage Facilities Like the One Leaking in California, and More
In today's On the News segment: There are more than 300 natural gas storage facilities around the US like the one leaking in Aliso Canyon, and any one of …
Eating the Fossil Fuel Elephant, One Bite at a Time
If the fossil fuel industry's costs far exceeded profits, oil, coal and gas would surely be left in the ground.
Nevada’s Right Wing Could Get Burned Trying to Shut Solar Power Down
Judy Treichel is being penalized by by right-wing effors to protect the fossil-fuel monopoly.
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In Ohio, Communities Work to Defend Themselves Against Fossil Fuel Industry
Passing a law is one thing - building a movement to demand its enforcement is another.