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Fossil Fuels

Business Science

How Bankruptcy Lets Oil and Gas Companies Evade Cleanup Rules

“It’s basically bankruptcy for profit.”

Naveena Sadasivam Grist Jun 2021 10min Permalink

Politics Health

The Fight for an Equitable Energy Economy for the Navajo Nation

Diné activist Nicole Horseherder’s long quest for equity from the rise and fall of the coal economy.

Jessica Kutz High Country News Feb 2021 15min Permalink

Politics Science

Is It OK to Have a Child?

The polar icecaps are melting. Is it OK to have a child? Australia is on fire. Is it OK to have a child? My house is flooded, my crops have failed, my community is fleeing. Is it OK to have a child? It is, in a sense, an impossible question.

Meehan Crist London Review of Books Mar 2020 35min Permalink

Business Science

Shell Is Looking Forward

The fossil-fuel companies expect to profit from climate change. I went to a private planning meeting and took notes.

Malcolm Harris New York Mar 2020 30min Permalink

Politics Science

Is Nuclear Power Worth the Risk?

After Fukushima, balancing the risk of another disaster against the rising danger of climate change.

Carolyn Kormann New Yorker Dec 2019 30min Permalink

Science

The Deluge

The impact of the oil and gas booms taking place all over the world, and our future on fossil fuels.

Vince Beiser Pacific Standard Mar 2013 25min Permalink