New York State has approximately 2,625 miles of coastline. There are, of course, a myriad of reasons for protecting the state’s coastline. Beyond the
Category: Energy
Tracking Trump’s regulatory rollbacks: so far, so bad
While Donald Trump distracts us with bellicose pronouncements and internecine White House wars, his henchmen in regulatory agencies are methodically rolling back decades of
“A Message to Trump from Climate Scientists”
At the annual gathering of The American Geophysical Union in fall of 2016, more than twenty-three thousand earth and space scientists from around the
Rex Tillerson: What does he really think about climate change? Who knows?
Donald Trump’s pick of Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State sends a chilling message about the new administration’s commitment to addressing the challenges of
Teaching the reality of climate change, one classroom at a time
You wouldn’t think that it would be controversial for a journalism professor to come to high schools in the Midwest to discuss his reporting
STL landfill fire nears collision with radioactive waste: What’s next?
What happens when a landfill fire meets a radioactive waste dump? St. Louis, Missouri, may be the first metropolitan area to find out. In
Keystone pipeline vote: corporate money trumps public good
The fossil-fuel industry is reaping the rewards of its three-quarters of a billion dollar investment to secure a Republican controlled congress. But they weren’t just buying
Claire McCaskill’s doomed love affair with Keystone XL
Today Claire McCaskill did it. She voted with all Senate Republicans and nine Senate Democrats to pass the House’s Keystone XL authorization. Of course,
Health risks demand a moratorium on fracking
A rapidly growing body of research demonstrates that hydraulic fracturing poses dangers not only to the environment but to people’s health. Once contamination occurs
We’ve adjusted to the new normal, and that’s unfortunate
Don Corrigan, newspaper editor, author and college professor, taught us something new at the Missouri Progressive Action Group meeting on Saturday. In addition to