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Kate AronoffThe Intercept |
Elon Musk is prone to strange asides in all aspects of his life, but Tesla’s quarterly earnings call earlier this week found him in rare form:...
On Monday, Earth Day, Joe Biden highlighted several steps his administration is taking to make good on its climate goals: using $7 billion from the...
Climate change is on track to cause $38 trillion worth of damages worldwide by 2049. That’s according to a study published this week in Nature by...
It’s been nearly a year since New York passed the Build Public Renewables Act via its annual budget, a rare attempt from the Empire State’s...
Tesla will reportedly lay off more than 10 percent of its global staff, according to the electric vehicle-centric news site Elecktrek. “There is...
Republicans have yet to encounter a household object they won’t try to turn into a culture war. Veterans of hard-fought battles around gas stoves...
Jamie Dimon is in the strata of rich guys whose opinions on just about anything are periodically deemed newsworthy. On any given week, a Google News...
The Subaru pavilion at this year’s New York International Auto Show, which ended its week-plus run on Sunday, was built to resemble a national park....
Last year, the Sierra Club faced a $40 billion funding shortfall and “significant fundraising uncertainty due to overall economic trends,” a...
Embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson is reportedly considering a deal to trade additional military aid for Ukraine—a top priority for Democrats,...
If you’ve been on a road in the last 10 years, you’ve probably noticed that cars have gotten bigger. SUVs and pickup trucks have replaced compacts...
Like the rest of us, the Environmental Protection Agency seems to have noticed that cars are an increasingly rare sight on American roads, having been...
For the last few years, oil and gas industry executives have talked a big game about their commitment to an “energy transition”—not their own...
Joe Biden has premised his reelection campaign on the idea that he will defend democracy against Trumpism. This election is “all about”...
Every few months, a major publication will publish a story profiling Republicans who are reportedly “evolving” on climate change—meaning...
Florida is in the midst of a historic crisis. Thanks to devastating climate-fueled hurricanes over the last several years, the average cost of home...
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday voted 3–2 to finalize a rule on what companies disclose about their greenhouse gas emissions and...
While campaigning for the presidency in 2020, Joe Biden promised , audaciously, to “spark the second great railroad revolution to propel our...
Millennials in the United States grew up taking their ability to recycle plastic bottles, food containers, and other kinds of packaging as an article...
Earlier this week, a 25 year old active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force walked up to the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. and lit himself on fire....
Hardly any plastics can be recycled. You’d be forgiven for not knowing that, given how much messaging Americans receive about the convenience of...
Last spring, the White House proudly rolled out new proposed regulations on tailpipe emissions as part of its effort to speed up the country’s...
On October 9, Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous joined a picket-line in support of the striking United Auto Workers. “I was raised in a...
Last week, the Congressional Budget Office—the body tasked with figuring out the expense of federal legislation—revised its estimate for how much...
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick might not seem to have much in common with socialists. After all, he’s made headlines for claiming that Texas...
William Bright, Wayne Reichle, and Stefan Axelsson have a lot in common. They live in Southern New Jersey and run commercial fishing operations whose...
Over the coming decades, experts estimate that upwards of a billion people could be displaced by the effects of climate change. A great many of those...
Elon Musk’s year is not off to a great start. His luxe compensation package from Tesla—estimated to be worth as much as $55 billion—was blocked ...
On Friday morning, the White House announced that it will pause new approvals for new liquified natural gas (LNG) export facilities. The decision has...
Most companies aren’t in the practice of suing their own shareholders. But ExxonMobil isn’t most companies. This week, news broke that the...
Staring down the barrel of a tough re-election fight, the White House still has not selected a nominee to lead the Department of Interior office...
Billionaire Philip Anschutz has made a lot of smart investments over the course of his career, having leveraged his father’s oil and gas business...
The response of Taylor Swift’s spokesperson to December reports that the pop star had generated 128 tons of carbon dioxide from private jet...
Even if your flight doesn’t catch fire, lose a door at 16,000 feet, or ruin your holiday plans, flying sucks. It’s famously not great for the...
2023 was by far the hottest year on record—and might be one of the coolest we’ll experience for the rest of our lives. Along similar lines, U.S....
New Year’s resolutions may not be worth much, but one hopes the Biden administration has set a few strong ones and intends to stick with them. In...
While much of the country was occupied last week with holiday travel and time with family, a little-known government agency approved a $90 million...
Jim Farley does a lot of complaining for a man who made $20 million last year. Seemingly immune to the copious amount of media training he must have...
The days leading up to the end of the year are, for many, a time for reflection: to look back on the last year and ahead to the next. That’s no...
On Wednesday morning in Dubai, as U.N. climate talks stretched well into overtime, COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber left no room for comments as he...
As the U.N. climate talks in Dubai enter their final hours, negotiators have fixated on one particular term: fossil fuel phaseout. The United States...
On the very first day of the UN’s climate change conference last week, negotiators notched an uncharacteristically early win: Nations agreed to...
Just a few days into COP28—the U.N. climate talks happening now in Dubai—world leaders have made a dizzying number of pledges. Some of the...
The United States is the world’s top producer of both oil and gas. That’s a fact you might forget listening to the U.S. diplomats attending this...
Elon Musk’s business empire has been built with government money. His spacecraft manufacturing and launching company, SpaceX, exists largely as a...
At the end of this month, world leaders will converge in Dubai for this year’s U.N. climate talks, COP 28. “COP” stands for “conference of...
Looking at the promoted advertising for Zion Oil & Gas that has popped up on social media feeds in recent weeks, you might think the company was like...
As Israel continues to bombard Gaza, fossil fuel companies are committed to continuing business as usual. Production at Israel’s Tamar gas field...
“Use the same type of approach, when you have politicians that come and ask for support,” Joe Manchin advised a room full of fossil fuel...
Tesla doesn’t have very many employees in Sweden, but it faces a growing headache there. Around 130 Tesla mechanics have opted to join IF Metall, a...