DeSmogBlog’s Top 10 Stories of 2014
It was a year of highs and lows as far as climate change and energy issues. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the lows got a lot of the attention, which is why the top 10 posts on DeSmog this year are mostly of the outrageous, infuriating or depressing variety. We’ve already collected the top clean energy revolution stories […]
2014 Year in Review: Photos of All Things Fracking Related
The oil and gas fracking industry continues to change America’s physical and political landscape. Falling oil and gas prices have threatened to stall the industry’s production growth, but for now, new drill sites continue to spring up. It was a very eventful year for both the industry and its critics. Here is my look back […]
Top 5 Clean Energy Revolution Stories of 2014
The steady march of renewable energy, primarily wind and solar, toward mainstream usage continued apace in 2014. Here are the top 5 clean energy revolution stories in the U.S. this year: • Solar And Wind Continued To Surge In The U.S. In November 2014, nearly three-fourths (71.82%) of the 873 megawatts (MW) of new electricity generation […]
Theo Colborn’s Legacy Will Be Kept Alive By TEDX
Dr. Theo Colborn, founder of the Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX), died on December 14, 2014. For nearly 30 years, she studied the effects that chemicals used in the fossil fuel industry have on the endocrine system, producing groundbreaking work on the subject. The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX), founded in 2003, compiles and disseminates scientific evidence on […]
Canadian Government: This Reporter's Question About ALEC 'Undeserving of Response'
This article is re-published with permission from mikedesouza.com As some of you may know, I’ll be starting a new role in January 2015 as an investigative resources correspondent for Reuters. Getting access to records about government decisions and policies has long played a key role in the work of many journalists around the world. It will […]
Christmas Parade in the Shadow of an Oil Refinery
The city of Norco, Louisiana, 25 miles from New Orleans, held its annual Christmas parade on December 7th. It is situated on the east bank of the Mississippi River, along the stretch between Baton Rouge and New Orleans that is known to some as “The Petrochemical Corridor” and to others as “Cancer Alley.” The parade departed […]
Harvard Professor Tribe Makes Peabody Coal’s Case Against Clean Power Plan in The Wall Street Journal
This is a guest post by Climate Nexus. While many legal experts have already picked apart his argument, Harvard Professor Laurence H. Tribe took his analysis on behalf of the world’s largest privately held coal company against the EPA Clean Power Plan (CPP) to The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page. The opposition of fossil fuel interests to […]
Climax Denied As Climate Denial Group Hits Repeat At UN Climate Talks in Lima
You know that weird sensation when you experience something and you immediately get the feeling you’ve seen that very same thing before? No, I’m not talking about déjà vu. I’m talking about watching a press conference from climate science denialists at United Nations climate talks. Specifically, we’re talking about the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) whose delegation […]
Lord Ridley Gets Coal for Christmas
Christmas lore is that children who are good get candy, and children who are bad get a lump of coal. The myth might well originate from Victorian England, where a pan of burning coal would be kept under the bed in winter to stop children dying of pneumonia. The children of the virtuous and rich would enjoy […]
As New York Bans Fracking, Calls for Moratorium in Pennsylvania Grow Stronger
This week, New York Governor Cuomo announced that his state would ban fracking, due in large part to concerns about impacts on public health. But right across the border in Pennsylvania, one of the fastest-moving shale booms in the country still proceeds at breakneck speed. While Governor-elect Tom Wolf campaigned on promises to tax shale gas […]