Truthout
Fossil Fuels
Rejecting Campus Consensus, MIT Cozies Up to Fossil Fuels
MIT has ignored its own campus to appease fossil fuel companies - and that should worry us all.
|
Fracking Goes on Trial for Human Rights Violations
The fight against the dangers of fracking has become a fight for basic human rights.
|
Why Is the MacArthur Foundation Investing in Fossil Fuels and Ignoring Grassroots Action?
MacArthur's response mimics the “pass the buck” mentality of shirking responsibility.
Who Can Follow This Climate Leader?
President Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline while backing increased oil, gas and coal production.
After White House Rejects Keystone XL, Battle Against Larger Texas Pipeline Intensifies
A massive natural gas pipeline project in Texas is generating grassroots resistance among ranchers, artists, environmentalists and residents.
We Need to Put a Price on Carbon
The fossil fuel industry is the only industry that doesn't have to pay to clean up its own waste.
|
The Corporatization of Higher Education Is Holding Back Fossil Fuel Divestment
The fossil fuel divestment movement across college campuses is a moral question.
Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal Highlights Fracking’s Threat to Human Rights
The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal on the human rights impacts of fracking will put extreme energy on trial in the US and UK.
Tennessee Paid to Lure Lawbreaking Volkswagen to Chattanooga
Volkwagen's scheme to sell vehicles equipped to cheat US air pollution limits is worsening.
Bill McKibben on the University of California Divesting From Coal and Tar Sands
The university announced that it sold off more than $200 million worth of investments in coal and tar sands companies.