The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Was a Cover-Up, Not a Cleanup

Alison Rose Levy / Truthdig Feb 17, 2020 With his reelection at stake, Barack Obama made a series of decisions to control the disaster. It's clear now just how calamitous they were. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Proof Oil Companies Own America’s Political System

Joan Meiners / ProPublica Dec 27, 2019 A new probe finds Louisiana has failed to pursue millions in remediation for spills—money environmental groups say they desperately need. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Just 100 Companies Will Sign Humanity’s Death Warrant

Lee Camp / Truthdig Oct 15, 2019 A batch of corporate boards filled with sociopaths are knowingly killing us all. But one thing could end their murderous streak. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Texas Can Lead a Green Revolution

Michael Siegel / Truthdig Sep 25, 2019 In a congressional district where voters rely on fossil-fuel jobs, it’s not easy, but it's absolutely essential. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Facebook’s New Transparency Rules Are Being Dodged With Ease

Jeremy B. Merrill / ProPublica Nov 1, 2018 A new investigation finds a range of industries were able to successfully mask their sponsorship of political ads on the social network. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The Oil Spill You’ve Never Heard of May Rival BP

Ilana Novick Oct 23, 2018 It’s been going on since 2004, with no end in sight. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Baltimore Sues Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Change

Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Jul 21, 2018 The city's filing comes just a day after a federal judge dismissed New York City's suit against five top fossil fuels firms, and about a month after another federal judge tossed out a pair of suits brought by two cities in California. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Shrinking Oil Industry

By Paul Brown / Climate News Network May 16, 2017 Many of the oil services companies employed when new fields are developed have been laying off workers, and oil companies have been taking write-downs of their assets. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Gas Pipelines Threaten EU Climate Goals, Critics Contend

By Terry Macalister / Climate News Network Sep 14, 2016 Critics claim that 3 billion euros in European funding for the Southern Gas Corridor energy project would undermine European Union climate-change targets and gloss over human rights abuses. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hooked on Fossil Fuels Forever

By Michael T. Klare / TomDispatch Jul 15, 2016 Whatever the advances of renewable energy, projections suggest fossil fuels will continue to dominate the global landscape for decades to come, accelerating the pace of global warming and ensuring the intensification of climate-change catastrophes. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Death by Fracking

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 19, 2015 We are committing suicide by failing to rise up in large numbers to oppose a practice that poisons our air and water, causes epidemics of cancers and other diseases, and lays a hellish hand on the ecosystem. The longer we wait for the political process to work, the more assured is our mutual destruction. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Why an Oil Glut May Lead to a New World of Energy

By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch Aug 14, 2015 While most oil-company executives continue to insist that a turnaround is sure to occur in the near future, some analysts are beginning to wonder if oil's diminished profitability doesn’t actually signal a fundamental transformation of the industry. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )