Clearing the Air

Clearing the Air

Here’s some good news: the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new rule that would make coal-fired power plant operators clean up their act. It would block up to 123 billion pounds of carbon pollution annually from entering our skies by limiting...
Blowing a Chance to Save American Jobs

Blowing a Chance to Save American Jobs

Republicans and Democrats rarely agree on anything these days. But there’s one proposal that both commands bipartisan support and can generate new American jobs during this tough economy. The Production Tax Credit helps level the playing field for clean-energy...
We Can’t Afford Energy Subsidies and Tax Breaks

We Can’t Afford Energy Subsidies and Tax Breaks

Last year, the top six U.S. oil companies made $148.7 billion in profits. That works out to about $407 million a day, $17 million an hour, or $283,000 per minute. At that pace, in roughly the amount of time it will take to read this commentary, just these six oil...
The Pipeline from the Black Lagoon

The Pipeline from the Black Lagoon

Oil from tar sands Is our gripe; Hard to keep it In the pipe. Poor TransCanada. Everything looked so promising. The company had just finished drawing a line across Saskatchewan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, and Oklahoma, with hardly a peep of protest. The folks...