Business & Economy

Kentucky Republicans’ War Against Green Investing

Blanca Begert / Grist Jan 9, 2023 From the U.S. House to state governments, the GOP takes aim at pro-climate finance strategies. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The New Industrial Revolution Will Be Undeniably Green

Paul Brown / Climate News Network Jan 28, 2020 The tide is turning against the fossil fuel industry as countries and companies recognize the green business boom of alternative energy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Renewable Electricity Revolution Is Almost Here

Paul Brown / Climate News Network Nov 25, 2019 New ways to generate renewable electricity will offer cheap stored power and a solution to balancing supply and demand. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Greatest Scam in History Is Taking Us All Down

Naomi Oreskes / TomDispatch Nov 11, 2019 The energy companies took us all. Think of it as the climate-change scam that beat science, big time. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders’ Green New Deal Is the Hail Mary Our Planet Needs

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 25, 2019 The presidential candidate's breathtaking plan aims to create 20 million jobs and pay for itself over 15 years. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump’s Policies Are Destroying Rural America

Gloria Oladipo / OtherWords Aug 21, 2019 Like several of the administration's policies, a new EPA rule will prove especially devastating for people of color and rural Americans. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Solar-Powered Future Is Finally Upon Us

Paul Brown / Climate News Network Jul 15, 2019 Progress across the globe shows an increasingly positive solar future as fuel from the sun grows cheaper and more abundant. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

India Could Pull Off a Green Energy Miracle

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jun 19, 2019 For the first time in history, India is investing more in solar energy than in coal and could soon catch up with the U.S. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Green New Deal Can Crush Inequality, Too

Héctor J. Figueroa / OtherWords May 13, 2019 Communities across the U.S. don’t experience climate change and inequality as two isolated issues, but as interlinked crises. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Renewables Have Reached a Critical Tipping Point

Juan Cole / Truthdig May 6, 2019 For the first time in U.S. history, the country produces more electricity with renewables than with coal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Many-Sided, Overlapping Meanings of May Day

Paul Street / Truthdig May 1, 2019 The working-class holiday has Marxist and anarchist industrial-era roots, but the significance of May 1 goes deeper than that. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Is Going Green Even Possible?

Jill Richardson / OtherWords Apr 29, 2019 If environmental solutions aren’t systemic, living green will always mean going against the grain—and usually failing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )