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Another War for Oil? This Is Why We Need Renewable Energy

Another War for Oil? This Is Why We Need Renewable Energy

| Apr 1, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Peace / SecurityThe war on Iran has caused the biggest oil supply disruption in history, as oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz falters. Taken together with this year’s invasion of Venezuela, home to the world’s largest proven oil reserves, and the Trump administration’s...
Biden’s Inflation Bill Is (Mostly) Good News for People and the Planet

Biden’s Inflation Bill Is (Mostly) Good News for People and the Planet

| Aug 17, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP FeaturedPresident Biden and the Democrats are celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, a stripped down version of the Build Back Better agenda. The new bill will help reduce inflation, address climate change, and ease economic hardship —  a little, over time,...
There’s No Better Time to Start Kicking Our Oil Addiction

There’s No Better Time to Start Kicking Our Oil Addiction

| Mar 23, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedLong used to cheap gas at the pump, Americans are experiencing serious sticker shock these days. News headlines link this sharp increase to Russia’s war on Ukraine. But that assumes oil companies have no control over the price of oil — that high prices stem...
Nearly All Americans Want Off Fossil Fuels

Nearly All Americans Want Off Fossil Fuels

| Jan 13, 2020 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedLate last year, The Washington Post reported a remarkable poll finding: Nearly half of American adults — 46 percent — believe the U.S. needs to “drastically reduce” fossil fuel use in the near future to address the climate crisis. Another 41 percent favor a more...
Refusing to Fund Our Own Destruction

Refusing to Fund Our Own Destruction

| Jun 26, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedI spent the summer of 2015 knocking on doors across Cincinnati. As a rising college sophomore, I’d joined a group called Ohio Citizen Action to canvass for my community and the planet.  That year, the Ohio River was the most polluted body of water in the nation. Named...
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