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“Certainly Intimidation”: Louisiana Sues EPA for Emails With Journalists and Cancer Alley Residents
2024-02-02 by in The InterceptThe state’s far-right government is escalating its fight against environmental protection with a rare use of public records law.
Tagged under: Louisiana
Leading News Outlets Are Doing the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Greenwashing
2023-12-05 by in The InterceptSeven of the world’s “most trusted” media companies produce and promote content touting the key talking points of oil and gas.
When Idiot Savants Do Climate Economics
2023-10-29 by in The InterceptHow an elite clique of math-addled economists hijacked climate policy.
Tagged under: Economics
Samuel Alito’s Wife Leased Land to an Oil and Gas Firm While the Justice Fought the EPA
2023-06-26 by in The InterceptA deal made by Samuel Alito’s wife with an energy company paints recent Supreme Court decisions on the environment in a damning light.
Activists Face Felonies for Distributing Flyers on "Cop City" Protester Killing
2023-05-03 by in The InterceptThe activists face 20 years in prison for distributing flyers that identified a state trooper they linked to a protester's killing in Atlanta’s “Cop City.”
Tagged under: Activism
Clarence Thomas Billionaire Benefactor Harlan Crow Bought Citizenship in Island Tax Haven
2023-04-25 by in The InterceptLeaked documents reveal the GOP megadonor held dual citizenship in St. Kitts and Nevis as Crow lavished Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with gifts.
The Crackdown on Cop City Protesters Is So Brutal Because of the Movement’s Success
2023-01-29 (or before) in The InterceptOne protester was killed by police, 20 were charged under a “domestic terror” law, and Georgia’s governor gave himself broad “emergency” powers.
Tagged under: Trees | Activism
Subpoenaed Fossil Fuel Documents Reveal an Industry Stuck in the Past
2022-12-28 (or before) in The InterceptThe industry is still running the same five-step plan, to the same end: preserving power, subsidies, and social license.
Tagged under: Disinformation and Misinformation
Addressing Climate Change Will Not “Save the Planet”
2022-12-05 (or before) in The InterceptThe dismal reality is that green energy will save not the complex web of life on Earth but the particular way of life of one domineering species.
Tagged under: Climate Change
Holding the COP27 Summit in Egypt’s Police State Creates a Moral Crisis for the Climate Movement
2022-11-09 (or before) in The InterceptThe ongoing hunger strike of Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd El Fattah forcefully reminds us that there can be no meaningful climate action without political freedom.
Tagged under: COP27
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Privately Blew Up Biden Nominee Needed to Enact Regulatory Agenda
2022-08-26 (or before) in The InterceptSinema quietly killed Biden’s nomination of Ganesh Sitaraman for an important regulatory office.
Tagged under: Joe Biden
Massive Quantities of PFAS Waste Go Unreported to EPA
2022-08-07 (or before) in The InterceptUS Ecology failed to report more than 11 million pounds of PFAS-contaminated waste at its facility in Beatty, Nevada.
Tagged under: PFAS aka Forever Chemicals
How the Media Launders Fossil Fuel Industry Propaganda Through Branded Content
2022-07-31 (or before) in The InterceptThe oil and gas industry is using branded content, and the news media’s hunger for revenue, to peddle misleading claims about natural gas.
Documents Show How Polluting Industries Mobilized to Block Climate Action
2022-07-31 (or before) in The InterceptSince its inception, the IPCC itself has been the target of corporate obstructionism.
Big Fossil’s Disaster Capitalist Response to Russia-Ukraine
2022-07-31 (or before) in The InterceptThe industry moved quickly to capture the narrative, going from disinformation blitz to policy wins within a matter of weeks.
Tagged under: Disinformation and Misinformation | Capitalism | Fossil Fuels | Russia
Oil and Gas’s Pivot to Blue Hydrogen Is Falling Through
2022-07-31 (or before) in The InterceptAnd that’s a really, really good thing.
Tagged under: Hydrogen
How Charles Koch Purchased the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision
2022-07-04 (or before) in The InterceptDecades of contributions aimed at influencing the judiciary bought the fossil fuel billionaire the ruling he’s always wanted.
Tagged under: Judiciary
Right-Wing Judges Say It’s “Harmless” to Label Climate Activist a Terrorist
2022-06-09 (or before) in The InterceptA court upheld Jessica Reznicek’s excessive sentence for vandalism aimed at stopping the Dakota Access pipeline.
Tagged under: Activism
Pentagon War Game Includes Scenario for Military Response to Domestic Gen Z Rebellion
2022-05-29 (or before) in The InterceptThe 2018 war game envisioned a “Zbellion” by a tech-savvy generation that no longer believed in the American dream.
Toxic Nostalgia, From Putin to Trump to the Trucker Convoys
2022-03-03 (or before) in The InterceptWar is reshaping our world. Will we harness that urgency for climate action or succumb to a final, deadly oil and gas boom?
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Vladimir Putin
How Your 401(k) Is Helping Destroy the Amazon Rainforest
2021-11-25 (or before) in The InterceptThe growing financialization of Brazilian agribusiness is enabling foreign investment in the industry most responsible for deforestation.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
EPA Failed to Correct Industry Misinformation About Deadly Air Pollution at Public Meetings
2021-10-14 (or before) in The Intercept“We need people more than we need ethylene oxide,” responded one outraged resident. “Stop making it, stop putting it out there.”
Tagged under: Disinformation and Misinformation
New Evidence of Corruption at EPA Chemicals Division
2021-09-20 (or before) in The InterceptEPA whistleblowers have provided evidence that agency officials avoided calculating the health risks posed by hundreds of new chemicals.
Tagged under: Health
Whistleblowers Expose Corruption in EPA Chemical Safety Office
2021-07-05 (or before) in The InterceptEPA managers removed information about the risks posed by dozens of chemicals, according to whistleblowers.
How Pesticide Companies Corrupted the EPA and Poisoned America
2021-07-01 (or before) in The InterceptPesticide manufacturers that have long dodged regulation by the EPA now face billions in damages for causing cancer, brain damage, and Parkinson’s disease.
Toxic Chemicals Threaten Humanity’s Ability to Reproduce
2021-03-18 (or before) in The InterceptIn a new book, epidemiologist Shanna Swan looks at the impact of environmental chemicals on human sexuality and reproductive systems.
Environmental Group Charges EPA With Ignoring Evidence of Cancer
2021-02-27 (or before) in The InterceptThe EPA downplayed the risks of the pesticide Telone, according to a complaint filed with the agency’s inspector general.
India Targets Climate Activists With the Help of Big Tech
2021-02-27 (or before) in The InterceptTech giants like Google and Facebook appear to be aiding and abetting a vicious government campaign against Indian climate activists.
Tagged under: Activism | India
Louisiana Environmental Activists Charged With “Terrorizing”
2020-06-25 by Alleen Brown in The InterceptTwo activists face 15 years in prison for sending plastic pellets to an industry advocate affiliated with the Taiwanese petrochemical giant Formosa.
Tagged under: Louisiana | Activism
How the Environmental Lawyer Who Won a Massive Judgment Against Chevron Lost Everything
2020-01-29 (or before) in The InterceptSteven Donziger won a multibillion-dollar judgment against Chevron in Ecuador. The company sued him in New York, and now he’s under house arrest.
Tagged under: Chevron
With a Green New Deal, Here’s What the World Could Look Like for the Next Generation
2019-01-27 (or before) in The InterceptJust what would a “Green New Deal” entail, exactly?
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