Climate Change isn’t funny anymore

By Robert A. Vella Back in the late 1960s, I started my lifelong study of climate change which at that Continue reading →

How the Koch Brothers Are Killing Public Transit Projects Around the Country

In cities and counties across the country — including Little Rock, Ark.; Phoenix, Ariz.; southeast Michigan; central Utah; and here Continue reading →

New Zealand stuns oil industry with offshore drilling ban

New Zealand has stunned the energy industry by slapping a new cap on drilling for oil and gas in its Continue reading →

How the Wireless Industry Convinced the Public Cellphones Are Safe & Cherry-Picked Research on Risks

AMY GOODMAN: Talk about what you have found, what we do know about cellphone safety, and how dangerous are cellphones. Continue reading →

Trump Picks ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State

It’s official: Donald Trump has chosen the CEO of the world’s largest oil company and a man with no political Continue reading →

Solar Power runs into political roadblock in America, the Republican Party’s allegiance to Fossil Fuels

By Robert A. Vella America is a place of great treasures, and one of its most valuable is millions of Continue reading →

Nevada’s Solar Bait-and-Switch

WHEN President Obama proclaimed in his State of the Union address last month that “solar is saving Americans tens of Continue reading →

After 23 years, David Koch resigns from Natural History Museum board amidst protests by scientists

David Koch is resigning from his post on the board at the American Museum of Natural History. For 23 years, everyone’s Continue reading →