Since last May, I’ve contributed to a series for The Intercept utilizing leaked documents and public records to reveal a troubling fusion of private security, public law enforcement, and corporate money in the fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline and
The Federal Government is Trying to Imprison These Six Water Protectors
In February, a federal grand jury issued indictments of four Standing Rock water protectors on charges of Federal Civil Disorder and Use of Fire to Commit a Federal Crime. The federal investigators accused the four men—James White, Brennan Nastacio, Dion
Brown Administration Supports Proposal That Would Block Increased Bay Area Tar Sands Refining
I co-authored this April 18th East Bay Express blog post with Jean Tepperman: The California Air Resources Board has announced support for a proposal that would block the increasing use of Alberta tar sands and other extra-polluting crude oil at the Bay
Building Trades Union Asks Trump to Fast-Track First-Ever US Pacific Coast LNG Terminal, 25 Other Infrastructure Projects
In mid-February, representatives of North America’s Building Trades Unions presented President Donald Trump a list of 26 infrastructure projects for which they are requesting fast-track regulatory approval, McClatchey reported last week. The list includes six major oil and gas pipelines, including
How California’s Oil Refining Sector Became, Proportionately, the Most Carbon-Intensive in the World
[Check out my new story in East Bay Monthly…] California is one of the world’s most important political arenas for climate change policy. In contrast to the Trump administration, which has begun to dismantle the federal government’s existing climate change
Brown Administration Weighing In on Proposal to Stop Bay Area Tar Sands Refining
On May 17, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District will consider a proposal that would make the San Francisco Bay Area the world’s first region to place limits on oil refineries’ overall greenhouse-gas and particulate-matter emissions. This new regulation,
This Bay Area Proposal Would Strike a Huge Blow Against Dirtier Oil Production (The Nation)
As I noted in a December post, I am preparing new stories on efforts by Bay Area climate justice activists who are mobilizing for the first-ever overall limits on oil refinery greenhouse gas and particulate matter emissions, thus dealing a major blow to
First-Ever Overall Limit on Oil Refinery Climate Pollution? The Bay Area Could Adopt It
For those concerned about climate change, all eyes are on California as it braces for the Trump era, particularly in the wake of Governor Jerry Brown’s fiery speech to the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco two weeks ago. Within the