by Emily Schwartz Greco | Dec 10, 2015 | Blog, Climate
Investors who choose to steer clear of oil, gas, and coal are protecting their portfolios in the short term and the long run. Who has divested lately? The fast-growing list includes the University of California, insurance giant Allianz, the German city of Munster, and...
by Jim Hightower | Dec 9, 2015 | Blog, Climate, Conservatism
Disgraced coal baron Don Blankenship didn’t get what he deserves in his recent federal trial. But he richly deserves what he got. “Guilty,” declared all 12 West Virginia jurors, who convicted this arrogant and avaricious former CEO of Massey Energy of willfully...
by Bill Scher | Dec 8, 2015 | Blog, Climate
We're close to an international climate agreement that most agree will be both a major step forward and insufficient to avert a catastrophe. Energy will quickly turn to what should be our next steps. The rival Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders campaigns lay out two...
by Bill Scher | Dec 2, 2015 | Blog, Climate
President Barack Obama had returned home from his trip to Paris, where he helped kick off the United Nations climate summit. He had a consistent theme, familiar to those who follow Obama's rhetoric closely: Embracing clean energy also creates clean energy jobs. On...
by Bill Scher | Nov 30, 2015 | Blog, Climate
President Barack Obama and leaders from nearly every country are in Paris today to begin international climate talks that are widely expected to produce an agreement to cut global greenhouse gas emissions. Such an agreement will represent a huge step forward in the...
by Bill Scher | Nov 19, 2015 | Blog, Climate
In the first few months of President Obama's first term, there was talk of passing legislation to cap carbon emissions using budget reconciliation, which would prevent Republicans from using the filibuster and allow passage with a simple majority vote. But the Senate...
