Category: Energy
Peabody Settles with NY Attorney General, Will Disclose More on Climate – But Not Much
Peabody Energy settled a multi-year investigation by the New York state attorney general’s office last night, agreeing to make more truthful disclosures to investors about climate change-related risks to its coal mining operations. However the …
Edelman Shuns Coal and Climate Denial – The year in review
Aug 2014 – The original CIC PR Industry Climate Change Survey Aug 4, 2014 Guardian story – World’s Top PR Companies Rule Out Working With Climate Deniers Aug 5, 2014 CIC blog – PR Industry Climate Change Survey Aug …
Obama’s Arctic Adventure – Michael Klare commentary
Michael Klare, professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, (my alma mater for full disclosure), has written extensively about the geopolitics of oil, the quest for “extreme energy”, exploring to the ends …
“Are Coal, Oil and Gas the Subprime Assets of the Future?”
That question was actually asked by British Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey last year, and its ramifications are extensively explored in a provocative report released today by the Center for …
Peabody’s Five Point Plan for Getting the World to Adapt To Peabody
When a coal company chief executive officer offers a decarbonization plan, it means one of two things. One, he has finally seen the light, and realizes that coal is irremediably dirty. Or two, this is …
Southern Company Dumps Climate Denier Willie Soon
The Washington Post broke the news yesterday that Southern Company confirmed it is dropping the contract with Dr. Willie Soon at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. But not immediately…at the end of the current 2015 contract. …
Alabama Power: No Public Oversight, No Plan, No Relief in Sight
What happens when a politically powerful utility is allowed to spend its customers’ money without any public accountability for over thirty years? In Alabama, billions went to upgrade coal-fired power plants that are approaching – …
Willie Soon Scandal: Markey, Whitehouse, Boxer Letter to 100 Companies, Industry Groups
The new Telsa (electric car) has an acceleration setting called INSANE MODE…literally. The car goes from 0 to 60mph in 3.2 seconds… That’s what three Senators just did to accelerate the Willie Soon scandal. …
Willie Soon Harvard Smithsonian Documents Reveal Southern Company Scandal
All the Willie Soon documents are organized and attached below. This post will be updated as this investigation proceeds… Just wanted to get something up tonight…and since the stories were supposed to be embargoed for …
Big Oil Paid Edelman and FleishmanHillard Over $400 Million Since 2008
The Center for Public Integrity has just released a report compiling spending by industry trade associations on public relations over the past decade or so. The report, titled Who needs lobbyists? See what big business …