• Energy

Four States Sign Compact to Ban Fracking In Delaware River Basin

• Delaware River
• fossil fuels
• fracking

by Amy Lupica, ODP Staff Writer In February, the governors of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware voted unanimously to ban fracking in the Delaware River Basin, but Republican-led lawsuits are seeking to stop this action. The ban prevented the natural gas industry from blasting up to 4,000 wells in the basin, serving a blow to the […]

• Energy

Read This: Spreading the Zero Carbon Energy Wealth and Power

• #ThirdWay
• clean energy
• fossil fuels
• oil and gas
• renewable energy
• Third Way

“trigger a massive spending boom in wind and solar power — at least doubling the pace of investment now underway.

• Energy

Fossil Fuel Companies Pocketed $8.2 Billion in COVID Relief, Fired 60,000 Workers

• fossil fuels
• loopholes
• oil and gas
• renewable energy
• subsidies
• tax breaks

A recent analysis (funded by Rockefeller Philanthropy) exposed that fossil fuel companies cut almost 60,000 jobs despite receiving billions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief.

Why This Matters: These findings reveal two important points. First, that lucrative tax loopholes for the fossil fuel sector continue to be heavily exploited. Second, the narrative that oil companies are a “necessary engine of employment and succeed on an equal playing field in the free market” is hypocritical at best. As fossil fuel operations close, many states and former coal and oil communities are setting their sights on clean energy projects to provide new jobs and stability.

• Energy

Petaluma, CA Becomes First City to Ban New Gas Stations and Pumps

• California
• electric vehicles
• EV infrastructure
• fossil fuels

by Amy Lupica, ODP Staff Writer The city of Petaluma, California is the first American city to ban new gas stations and pumps in an effort to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2030.  The city unanimously passed a bill extending a two-year moratorium indefinitely, and while the town’s 16 gas stations will still be permitted to operate, advocates […]

• Energy

Texas Gas Companies are Pulling Strings in Local Green Energy Policy

• carbon footprint
• climate change
• consultants
• energy grid
• fossil fuels
• lobbyists
• oil and gas

In the wake of one of the largest power losses in United States history, the conversation about green energy in Texas is back in the headlines. Emily Holden and two other investigative reporters collaborated on a story that ran in The Guardian, The Texas Observer, and San Antonio Report exposing how the Texas Gas Service was successful in significantly watering down a plan by the city of Austin to reduce the use of natural gas there in the future. 

Why This Matters: The oil industry has spent billions to manipulate the national conversation around green energy.

• Energy

Oil Spill Hits Israel’s Mediterranean Coast

• fossil fuels
• Israel
• oil spill

by Ashira Morris, ODP Staff Writer Clumps of sticky oil washed up on Israel’s Mediterranean beaches this weekend after a tanker was suspected of leaking. Officials are calling it one of the country’s “most serious ecological disasters” that has already seriously harmed marine life, including sea turtles and a fin whale that washed up dead […]