The Coronavirus Might Kill Fracking

Alexander Sammon The American Prospect
The last recession brought us the fracking boom, but this one might end our addiction to cheap oil

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How America Is Causing Global Obesity. Bohemian Rhapsody (Donald Trump Cover). The Green New Deal's 10 Year Vision. Trump Melts Down at Rally After Getting Impeached. The Black Hole Image That Made History.

The Green New Deal's 10 Year Vision

Rhiana Gunn-Wright, the policy lead for the Green New Deal, debunks some of the biggest myths about the policy. Critics say the Green New Deal can't be done in ten years. But what does the science say?

Plan for a Global Green New Deal

Cell Press phys.org
An updated vision of the steps that 143 countries around the world can take to attain 100% clean, renewable energy by the year 2050

A Clean Energy Scheme to Entrench a Dirty Occupation

Maureen Clare Murphy The Electronic Intifada
wind turbine Al-Marsad...has found that the Tel Aviv-based company’s wind turbine project violates the indigenous Syrian population’s right to self-determination. The scheme also serves to strengthen Israel’s control over the territory.

How a Green New Deal Could Exploit Developing Countries

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò The Conversation
an engineer working at Soroti Power plant in the Soroti District of eastern Uganda I am concerned that the Green New Deal could exacerbate what scholars like sociologist Doreen Martinez call climate colonialism – the domination of less powerful countries and peoples through initiatives meant to slow the pace of global warming.
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