Newsletter Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash Petrochemical industry in Louisiana plans a ‘defense’ amid growing opposition Chevron and ExxonMobil are among the companies in a ‘sustainability council’ countering grassroots activists.
Newslettercommons.wikimedia.org Why a pipeline project in Houston is raising concerns over environmental racism Experts say Houston and the pipeline project are microcosms of the nation’s persistent environmental racism that subjects people of color to hazards.
Causeswww.flickr.com A petroleum PR blitz in New Mexico Oil and gas money papers the state with industry messages.
Politics www.newyorker.com Bill McKibben: When “creatives” turn destructive: image-makers and the climate crisis If money is the oxygen on which the fire of global warming burns, then P.R. campaigns and snappy catchphrases are the kindling.
Causes ohiovalleyresource.org Power failure: A massive bribery scheme could change the Ohio Valley's energy system The scandal has rocked Ohio politics and could also impact energy policy in the Ohio Valley, as coal and nuclear power generators continue to struggle.
Solutions www.nytimes.com Trump, facing farmers' discontent, plans help for ethanol Amid rising political pressure from trade-war fallout, the Trump administration is moving to increase purchases of domestic grain to make ethanol.
Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley
