Biden Still Hasn’t Appointed Anyone to Clean Up America’s Toxic Coal Crisis

There’s been some progress. Interior announced the appointment of Deputy Principal Director Sharon Buccino earlier this month. Proposed rules, first released by OSMRE last spring, would restore authorities the previous administration stripped away. A long-held strength of OSMRE enforcement had been citizens’ Continue reading Biden Still Hasn’t Appointed Anyone to Clean Up America’s Toxic Coal Crisis

Jim Jordan Makes a Clean Break From Reality in Rambling Rant

Even among his allies, Jordan’s shtick is beginning to “wear a little thin,” having possibly “worn out his welcome,” one senior House GOP member told Fox News’s Chad Pergram. Jordan’s longshot bid to become speaker has only grown more fraught Continue reading Jim Jordan Makes a Clean Break From Reality in Rambling Rant

Memes and Misinformation Are Threatening the Clean Energy Transition

But even without direct financial influence from polluting industries, anti-wind misinformation is transforming local politics in towns and counties across Iowa. In Fremont County and Page County, activists brought lawsuits this year against their county boards to fight wind ordinances. Continue reading Memes and Misinformation Are Threatening the Clean Energy Transition