by geddrystaff | Jul 20, 2015 | Energy, Uncategorized
Published on Thursday, July 16, 2015 by Common Dreams, by Andrea Germanos, staff writer If renewable energy advocates need more evidence that solar and wind are better investments than nuclear power, a new report may offer just that. The findings come from the newly...
by MGx Staff | Feb 23, 2015 | Energy
Published on Monday, February 23, 2015 by Common Dreams by Sarah Lazare, staff writer According to federal authorities’ own predictions, potentially deadly oil train accidents are likely to be commonplace in the United States over the next two decades, with...
by MGx Staff | Nov 18, 2014 | Energy
Published on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 by Common Dreams by Jon Queally, staff writer Internal strategy documents prepared by a public relations firm on behalf of Canadian pipeline giant TransCanada reveal details of an enormous and well-organized effort by the oil...
by MGx Staff | Nov 16, 2014 | Energy
by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica, Nov. 14, 2014, 3:20 p.m. The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating how Chesapeake Energy pays landowners for the natural gas it drills on their property, according to disclosures made earlier this month in the company’s...
by MGx Staff | Oct 9, 2014 | Energy
Published on Thursday, October 09, 2014 by Common Dreams by Jon Queally, staff writer In order to build an adequate low-carbon 21st century energy system that scientists have said is necessary to stave off the worst impacts of climate change, a new report argues that...
by MGx Staff | Dec 10, 2013 | Energy
In a ground-breaking move in November, voters in Boulder, Colo., approved an initiative to end their relationship with Xcel Energy, a utility with $10.7 billion in revenues, thus clearing the way for the city to form its own municipal utility that would lower rates...