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Clean energy is catching up to natural gas
This article discusses how clean energy is catching up to natural gas. The natural gas “bridge” to sustainability may be shorter than expected.
For around 10 years, the conventional wisdom in the energy sector has been that natural gas is ascendant. Coal is dirty, and it’s getting expensive, […]
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Zombie Coal Plants Show Why Trump’s Emergency Plan Is No Cure-All
This article discusses how Trump’s stupid policy cannot save the coal industry. Two old Virginia power plants already operate under federal emergency authority. They don’t meet pollution standards, and one failed and has been offline for weeks.
Yorktown, where Lord Cornwallis accepted General Washington’s victory to end the American […]
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Coastal cities are already suffering from “climate gentrification”
This article discusses how climate change and its impact on heat waves and sea level rise, is impacting coastal cities.
Though some may still deny it, climate change is having an effect on our lives. It’s making weather patterns more severe and unpredictable, and in some parts of the world, agricultural […]
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Banks Pivot Toward Greener Finance in Climate Action Push
This article discusses how financial institutions are becoming more aware of the financial impact of climate change.
Some of Europe’s largest banks are unveiling plans to lend and manage money in greener ways as pressure mounts to account for risks associated with climate change.
“It is coming, it’s a trend that’s […]
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Study: ‘Climate Gentrification’: A 21st Century Problem
This article discusses a new study investigates the intersection of climate change and real estate, and finds that higher elevations bring higher values.
It’s no surprise that a list of places most at risk from climate change and sea-level rise reads like a Who’s Who of global cities, […]
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Study: Coastal Cities Race to Keep Tabs on Rising Seas, Skyrocketing Costs
This article discusses the impact on US coastal cities because of sea level rising.
Major coastal cities—from New York and Boston to San Francisco and smaller communities like Imperial Beach, Calif.—are already preparing for a potentially perilous future because of sea level rise.
But even though these cities have spent years […]
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Coal firms created by bankruptcy plan to recombine
This article discusses how a coal company removed liabilities and debt from its balance sheet, by splitting into 2 companies and declaring bankruptcy. Now, after emerging from bankruptcy, the two companies plan to recombine. The bankruptcy allowed one company to escape about $120 million of reclamation liabilities while the second […]
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As Industry Pushes Billion-Dollar Fracked Petrochemical Projects, State Regulators Struggle To Keep Up
This article discusses how the fossil fuel industry is investing in petrochemical plants.
Fueled by fracking in the region, petrochemical and plastics projects in the Ohio River Valley are attracting tens of billions of dollars in investment, but as plans for this build-out hit the drawing boards, signs already are emerging that […]
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Fracking Execs Plan Profits by Using Automation to Shrink Workforce
This article discusses how fracking companies are cutting jobs in favor of using machines.
At a recent industry conference, Terry Spencer, head of natural gas infrastructure company ONEOK, made clear the direction the fracking industry was headed: “One of these days one of these big ol’ fracs will be operated with nobody there.”
Translation: Computers and […]
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For first responders, climate change could add even more stress
This article discusses the increased strain our first responders are under because of climate change.
When storms, floods, and fires strike, emergency responders work around the clock to save families and their homes.
Friese: “We’re already in a situation for a lot of communities, where resources, whether it be E.M.S, police, […]
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