The Republican Party is fully and unapologetically committed to the defense of coal, oil and natural gas at all costs.
human-caused climate change
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Big Oil’s Big Nightmare
Fossil fuel companies are scared to death that carbon pricing efforts could be implemented in places like Washington state.
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Anthony Kennedy’s Betrayal of the Planet
History will show that when our climate needed a champion, Kennedy largely failed to answer the call.
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On Climate, the Courts Are Closed
The only path to a stable climate future lies in the consolidation of political power among climate hawks, not futile lawsuits.
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The Unsinkable Scott Pruitt?
The right doesn’t care how many people will be harmed by Pruitt’s actions as EPA Administrator.
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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Has No Sense of Humor
When it comes to publications that want to suck up to Trump, it’s time to turn the page.
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An Honorable Life, With Honor in Death
David Buckel made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of protecting the only planet we call home.
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March for the Ocean on June 9. Vote for the Ocean on November 6.
At the end of the day, the most important march is the one that ends at the ballot box. No disrespect to Bill McKibben and David Helvarg, who are calling upon Americans to head to Washington, D.C., on Saturday, June 9, to protest the Trump administration’s offshore drilling schemes. As both men note, there’s plenty […]
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The Royal Scam: A Press Corps at Its Lowest Point
Seriously, who gives a damn? The attention that American mainstream-media entities are giving to the worthlessness in Windsor Castle today is nothing short of repulsive, an indictment of the Fourth Estate’s fetish for frivolity over seriousness and substance, a worsening of the anti-intellectual trends in American culture. Why are we paying so much attention to […]
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Will the Media Stop Exploiting John McCain?
I can’t be the only one who finds this coverage to be more than a little creepy: As he battles brain cancer and the debilitating side effects of his aggressive treatment, Mr. McCain himself is reckoning with his history and the future, as he and a stream of friends share memories and say what needs […]
