Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
Climate Change
Follow:
-
Rural Resistance: 7th Town in Maine Passes Resolution Opposing Tar Sands Pipeline
Otisfield residents voted overwhelmingly to pass a municipal resolution that opposes sending tar sands oil through ExxonMobil’s Portland-Montreal Pipeline -- making it the 7th Maine town to officially oppose the plan.
-
Of Cranes and Climate Change: Why Our Survival Depends on Local Solutions
Cranes could be the next mascot for the climate change movement, like polar bears.
-
Local Lawmaking: A Call for a Community Rights Movement
Communities like Wells Township, Pa. and Barnstead, N.H., are leading the way creating local governments — and establishing new laws — that protect the rights of citizens, not corporations.
-
Investigation: Tar Sands, ALEC and the Obstruction of Low-Carbon Fuel Standards
The American Legislative Exchange Council recently adopted a “model” bill from an oil-industry lobby group that would limit states' ability to negotiate “low-carbon fuel standards” designed to reduce the carbon output of transport fuels.
-
California's Fracking Gone Wrong, Part 2: The Environmental Costs
Many scientists and environmental experts-turned-activists are making their way to the Golden State in recent months as the battle over fracking the Monterey Shale Deposit heats up.
-
Tar Sands Protesters Shut Down Keystone XL in Oklahoma as #FearlessSummer Begins
Eight protesters blocked construction of a pump station for TransCanada’s controversial Keystone XL pipeline on Seminole lands by locking themselves to equipment.
-
Pennsylvanians Demand Moratorium on Fracking as EPA Delays Frack Study By 2 Years
A recent poll showed that almost two-thirds of Pennsylvanians are in favor of a full moratorium on fracking.
-
Landmark Law Moves Nevada From Coal to Renewables
A coal-fired power plant might be closing, and a nightmare ends.
-
California’s Fracking Gone Wrong, Part 1
Fracking is inundating the country - even reaching idyllic Monterey in central California, where it's setting off a battle over who owns the future environmental and community health of the state. Part 1 in a 3-part series.
-
Frackademic Scandal: University of Tennessee to Lease Forest For Drilling, Enriching Governor's Family
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and his industry-connected family stand to gain windfall profits when 8,600 acres of UT-Knoxville's Cumberland Forest gets leased this August to be fracked and drilled.
