Bill McKibben’s Eaarth reframed climate change as an already altered planetary condition rather than a future threat. In the context of shale expansion, the book’s argument sharpened the stakes: energy choices shape not just markets, but the stability of the planet itself.
Source: Democracy Now! (2010) Read More
Some of the new data coming out today makes it clear that everyone’s suspicion that the U.S. was both bullying and buying countries into endorsing their do-little position on climate were even sort of worse than we had realized…
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“Shale Gas Shenanigans” cataloged disputed claims, regulatory inconsistencies, and industry messaging strategies surrounding hydraulic fracturing. The tone may carry humor, but the substance tracks contested science and policy gaps. Beneath the wordplay lies documentation.
Source: Energy Bulletin (2010) Read More
Let’s consider for a moment the targets the federal government chooses to make an example of. So far, no bankers have been charged, despite the unmitigated greed that nearly brought the world economy down. No coal or oil execs have been charged, despite fouling the entire atmosphere and putting civilization as we know it at risk.
Source: Grist (2011) Read More