In just a matter of weeks, we will be confronted with a critical decision. It is not mere hyperbole to assert that we are facing a make-or-break election as far as climate change is concerned. My co-author Tom Toles (the Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post) and I put it this way in the […]
By Khalid Pitts, Sierra Club Political Committee This is it. This is the homestretch. It’s just under 50 days until the election, which means it’s time to put up or shut up—and the Sierra Club is doubling down. It’s hard to look at the stakes in this election and not want to jump in the […]
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spoke to a crowd of fossil fuel industry executives at the Shale Insight conference in Pittsburgh Thursday making it clear that he is continuing to push a fossil fuel agenda. “America is sitting on a treasure trove of untapped energy—some $50 trillion in shale energy, oil reserves and natural gas […]
During his final UN General Assembly address, President Obama pressed for a “sense of urgency” in bringing the Paris agreement into force and for scaling up ambition on climate action. He also called for more clean energy investment in developing countries. According to the United Nations, 30 countries are expected to formally join the Paris […]
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump released an economic agenda Thursday that would eliminate safeguards for America’s air, land, waters and food supply; open public lands to damaging oil and gas development; and worsen the impacts of climate change. Trump photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr Trump went on the attack against clean air, safe water and […]
By Steve Horn Continental Resources—the company founded and led by CEO Harold Hamm, energy adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and potential U.S. Secretary of Energy under a Trump presidency—has announced to investors that oil it obtains via fracking from North Dakota’s Bakken Shale basin is destined for transport through the hotly-contested Dakota Access Pipeline. […]
Voters across the political and demographic spectrum find Trump increasingly objectionable and Millennials in particular are refusing to support the Republican nominee because of his position on climate change. While a USA Today / Rock the Vote poll just released shows that Clinton is “trouncing Trump 56 percent – 20 percent among those under 35,” […]
By Climate Denier Roundup Though they still refuse to support Trump, the Kochs apparently feel they have to do something with their $750 million budget to influence voters. Beyond focusing on down-ballot races, they’re also revving up a new (probably) anti-electric car and (definitely) pro-fossil fuel front group as part of their ongoing efforts documented […]
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton wants to make the U.S. a “clean energy superpower” if elected, she said during a speech in Michigan laying out her economic plan. Clinton called for “enough renewable energy to power every home in our country” and knocked Republican nominee Donald Trump for not offering any “credible plans” on clean energy. […]
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