Carbon dioxide removal: The right thing at the wrong time?
We can’t keep digging up and reburying carbon in the ground in a perpetual cycle. Carbon dioxide removal may someday be needed, but it shouldn't be a priority now.
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How to get more from state energy efficiency programs
“Certified natural gas” is not a source of clean energy
How much does American driving contribute to global climate pollution?
Op-Ed: ‘Permitting reform’ can’t mean more fossil fuels
High gas prices are a symptom of our dependence on oil. It’s time to cure the disease.
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Energy Efficiency for Everyone
New U.S. fossil fuel projects are ticking carbon bombs
Building fossil fuel infrastructure locks us into a higher-carbon future
Fossil fuels outnumber clean energy projects in NEPA environmental review
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An estimated three million abandoned oil and gas wells in the U.S. threaten water quality and are worsening global warming.
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Drilling in the Arctic is a terrible idea. Let’s stop before we start.
Drilling in the Arctic was always a bad idea, and it is only getting worse. Though the first lease sale of land in the Arctic National Wildlife refuge was a complete failure, we need to prevent any future sales and make sure the entire refuge is fully protected from any future development.
The future is now: Plastics at a turning point
The world already has more plastic than it needs, wants or can handle. And the world is starting to push back.
Public lands should be our ally in combating climate change, not part of the problem
Energy leasing on U.S. public lands makes these lands a major contributor to the country’s greenhouse gas emissions - but it doesn’t have to be that way.
Fifth time’s the charm? How the Trump administration is pushing an unpopular fracking bailout
The oil and gas industry imposes tremendous costs on our environment and health, but despite those costs, the Trump administration and some in Congress have continued to push increasingly desperate - and sometimes absurd - steps to pull the oil industry out of its current ditch.
The fracking industry lobbied for bailouts from Congress. They’re already being subsidized by states.
A huge petrochemical plant is receiving $1.6 billion worth of subsidies from Pennsylvania. Does plastic manufacturing and fracking deserve that kind of support?