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2021 Has to Be the Beginning of the End for Big Oil
It seems like everyone had a pretty rough 2021, and no wonder — we’ve had to contend with an ongoing global pandemic, crumbling political infrastructure, climate disasters with no end, and all of Joe Manchin’s ongoing bullshit. But there’s one thing that put a little bit of a spring in my step, and that’s that…
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New York City Passes Landmark Bill to Ban New Gas Hookups
Gas will soon be a thing of the past in New York City, thanks to a bill passed on Wednesday by the City Council. It’s a historic bill, one that puts the weight of the largest city in the country behind a growing movement to ban gas and electrify everything.
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How a Billionaire Benefited From a Disastrous Oil Spill Caused by Her Company
There’s an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that has been ongoing since 2004, potentially spilling as much or more oil over the course of 17 years as the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Yet rather than being held accountable, the owner of the company at fault used the slow cleanup as a write-off so she…
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How the American Oil and Gas Industry Funds the Fulbright Program
When Carina Spiro first decided to apply to the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program in 2016 as a senior in college, a particular phrase caught her eye. “In the description of Malaysia, the program said applicants must have ‘a sense of adventure,’” she said. “I thought, that’s me, sign me up.”