Nearly 70 Activists Arrested Attempting to Steal Coal From One of New England's Biggest Coal Plants
"“While everyone showing up globally is really important, I think it’s even more important to take on local battles because we aren’t seeing the sweeping change in the United States for climate policy with the current administration at all, so doing things locally is really important because everybody has a stake in the future of the climate,” Beaulieu said. “Shutting down one coal plant might not seem like this huge, world-changing event, but it’s one more step in the right direction.”"
Monday, September 30, 2019
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
No, The U.S. Is Not A Net Exporter Of Crude Oil
No, The U.S. Is Not A Net Exporter Of Crude Oil (via Forbes)
Sorting out how complex it is to understand oil dependence (or independence)
Sorting out how complex it is to understand oil dependence (or independence)
Tomgram: Michael Klare, A Formula for Catastrophe in the Arctic | TomDispatch
Tomgram: Michael Klare, A Formula for Catastrophe in the Arctic | TomDispatch
How Mike Pompeo and the militarist-oil factions want to keep warming the planet so we can get at the fossil fuels and other minerals under the Arctic.
How Mike Pompeo and the militarist-oil factions want to keep warming the planet so we can get at the fossil fuels and other minerals under the Arctic.
The scramble for the Arctic’s resources was launched early in this century when the world’s major energy firms, led by BP, ExxonMobil, Shell, and Russian gas giant Gazprom, began exploring for oil and gas reserves in areas only recently made accessible by retreating sea ice. Those efforts gained momentum in 2008, after the U.S. Geological Survey published a report, Circum-Arctic Resources Appraisal, indicating that as much as one-third of the world’s undiscovered oil and gas lay in areas north of the Arctic Circle. Much of this untapped fossil fuel largess was said to lie beneath the Arctic waters adjoining Alaska (that is, the United States), Canada, Greenland (controlled by Denmark), Norway, and Russia -- the so-called “Arctic Five.”
Friday, September 20, 2019
Thursday, September 19, 2019
U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afghanistan
U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afghanistan
We are a sick country involved in a senseless war.
We are a sick country involved in a senseless war.
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
The Words of Water: Why Environmentalists Are Losing the Water Wars • The Revelator
The Words of Water: Why Environmentalists Are Losing the Water Wars • The Revelator
Sent to me by a WUSTL GEAD alum, Julia Widman, a GEAD Hall of Famer now, who now works for the Waterkeepers Alliance, fighting fossil fuel expansion along the Gulf Coast. The author of this article offers this great quote, which has everything to do with what we call "discursive formations.":
Sent to me by a WUSTL GEAD alum, Julia Widman, a GEAD Hall of Famer now, who now works for the Waterkeepers Alliance, fighting fossil fuel expansion along the Gulf Coast. The author of this article offers this great quote, which has everything to do with what we call "discursive formations.":
"Language is a tool of political manipulation — when you use and repeat your opponent’s language, you solidify their status and your own oppression.Consider this mumbo-jumbo that you hear when talking to water agencies: “When a water right is in priority, you perfect it by sweeping the river so that excess supplies are held in storage for consumptive use.”
What really happened? They dammed, drained and destroyed a river, which is a living, breathing life force — the veins of the planet — providing survival to a vast array of nonhuman creatures that have entire cultures and languages of their own.
If they steal your language, they steal your soul. Don’t let them."
The oil industry vs. the electric car (Politico)
The oil industry vs. the electric car
"The oil industry is trying to crush the booming electric car movement. Groups backed by industry giants like Exxon Mobil and the Koch empire are waging a state-by-state, multimillion-dollar battle to squelch utilities’ plans to build charging stations across the country."
"The oil industry is trying to crush the booming electric car movement. Groups backed by industry giants like Exxon Mobil and the Koch empire are waging a state-by-state, multimillion-dollar battle to squelch utilities’ plans to build charging stations across the country."
The Shift to Electric Vehicles Propels a Strike Against GM
The Shift to Electric Vehicles Propels a Strike Against GM
It's a lot easier to make EVs than fossil cars, and that means fewer jobs.
For a just transition, corporations and government have to help workers transition into new jobs.
It's a lot easier to make EVs than fossil cars, and that means fewer jobs.
For a just transition, corporations and government have to help workers transition into new jobs.
Monday, September 16, 2019
Friday, September 13, 2019
On Afghanistan: Andrew Bacevich, Ending War, American-Style | TomDispatch
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, Ending War, American-Style | TomDispatch
Best source for understanding why militarism is a problem, from a militaryman. (Scroll down to get to Bacevich, the first part is the editor's musings"
Best source for understanding why militarism is a problem, from a militaryman. (Scroll down to get to Bacevich, the first part is the editor's musings"
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
This Is the Drilling Method for Most US Oil But Regulators Offer Almost No Oversight
This Is the Drilling Method for Most US Oil But Regulators Offer Almost No Oversight
We will be discussing fracking in coming weeks, but also, when people talk about carbon sequestration (i.e. 'clean coal') of CO2, they are often talking about using that CO2 to do this: get more oil out of the ground (enhanced oil recovery, EOR)...stay tuned.
The legislation that added a new tax credit for those who store CO2:
The legislation to get government to support more CCUS:
Update on 'Carbon Capture' legislation, April 2019:
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/438534-senators-introduce-bipartisan-carbon-capture-bill
Follow the bill through congress: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1201/titles
We will be discussing fracking in coming weeks, but also, when people talk about carbon sequestration (i.e. 'clean coal') of CO2, they are often talking about using that CO2 to do this: get more oil out of the ground (enhanced oil recovery, EOR)...stay tuned.
The legislation that added a new tax credit for those who store CO2:
"The tax credit offered $10 per metric ton for enhanced oil recovery previously. That will ramp up to $35 a ton by 2024. A $50 a ton tax credit will be available for companies doing carbon capture and storage (CCS) in geologic formations."
https://energynews.us/2018/07/10/midwest/an-faq-on-45q-what-federal-carbon-storage-tax-credit-means-for-midwest/
The legislation to get government to support more CCUS:
Update on 'Carbon Capture' legislation, April 2019:
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/438534-senators-introduce-bipartisan-carbon-capture-bill
Follow the bill through congress: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1201/titles
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
The future is four wheels, cyclists be damned
The future is four wheels, cyclists be damned
Great piece that echoes the automobility lecture, all except the very pessimistic ending.
On the contrary, we can change this.
Great piece that echoes the automobility lecture, all except the very pessimistic ending.
On the contrary, we can change this.
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Property question prompts latest challenge to Grain Belt Express
Property question prompts latest challenge to Grain Belt Express
Read how complicated it is to build new renewable infrastructure. Big business (even if it's wind) is not the only path to a renewable future, but at least it's better than the big fossil fuel burning businesses we now have.
Read how complicated it is to build new renewable infrastructure. Big business (even if it's wind) is not the only path to a renewable future, but at least it's better than the big fossil fuel burning businesses we now have.
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Ameren Missouri Proposes Solar Energy Farms For Three Rural Cities
Ameren Missouri Proposes Solar Energy Farms For Three Rural Cities
Better than what they've got, but best would be locally owned solar and storage, not Ameren-owned solar and storage.
Better than what they've got, but best would be locally owned solar and storage, not Ameren-owned solar and storage.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
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