The Road to a Decarbonized Future or Just Another Lifeline for Fossil Fuels? With billions in tax credits at stake, Pennsylvania gas producer CNX wants in on the hydrogen revolution Capital & Main · May 24, 2024
A Safety Net Will Not Close California’s Income Gap Leaders need to create ways for workers to get the skills needed for higher-paying jobs. Capital & Main · May 23, 2024
Is Colorado Really the Clean Energy Leader It Claims to Be? A campaign touting the oil and gas industry’s environmental progress says its energy-producing hydrocarbons are very clean, but not all of its claims can be verified. Capital & Main · May 22, 2024
Like It Or Not, a Hydrogen Ecosystem Is Coming to New Mexico Production, distribution, power generation, carbon capture all in the works: Questions, concerns, confusion abound. Capital & Main · May 21, 2024
Money Has Run Out for Fruits and Vegetables for Low-Income Californians. Elected Leaders Are Silent. The fresh food rebate pilot program delivered on its promises, but politicians won’t pledge to put it in the budget. Capital & Main · May 20, 2024
Abandoned Wells, Methane-Emission Loopholes and Underground Toxic Waste Dumps All Raise Concerns Here are the world’s top banks financing fossil fuels — is yours on the list? Capital & Main · May 17, 2024
The Florida Paradox: Voters Believe in Climate Change. They Also Believe in Trump. As Florida reels amid climate change, Trump asks Big Oil for $1 billion and pledges to roll back Biden’s green agenda. Capital & Main · May 17, 2024
Why Health Care Leaders Are Sounding an Alarm About the Danger of a Trump Presidency A bipartisan group including six former American Medical Association presidents say access to health coverage will fall while prices rise, and Americans need to pay attention. Capital & Main · May 16, 2024
Governor’s Budget Includes Painful Cuts to Housing, Homelessness and Welfare Programs Despite reductions to housing and antipoverty programs, Gov. Gavin Newsom maintains Medi-Cal funding. Capital & Main · May 15, 2024
New Mexico Loophole May Allow Record Methane Releases Despite efforts to rein in emissions, state is unlikely to meet greenhouse gas reduction goals, group says. Capital & Main · May 14, 2024
How the Bank-Run Bond Market Could Make Clean Energy Cheaper Georgia utilities are getting a discount on gas — but paying full price for renewables. Capital & Main · May 13, 2024
Calculating the ‘White Bonus’ By attempting to put a cash value on how white Americans, including her own family, benefit from discrimination, Tracie McMillan hopes to inspire a conversation on how racism drives notions of who deserves to live well. Capital & Main · May 10, 2024
Biden’s Obamacare Expansion for DACA Immigrants Is Big. California’s Need Is Bigger. While 40,000 Dreamers are likely to gain coverage, nearly half a million undocumented immigrants still cannot afford health insurance. Capital & Main · May 9, 2024
California’s Dream of a Green Hydrogen Future Could Backfire Gov. Gavin Newsom's push to ramp up the renewable fuel carries risks: increased emissions and pollution. Capital & Main · May 8, 2024
Capital & Main · May 7, 2024 ‘How Do You Approve an Underground Toxic Waste Dump Without Telling Nobody?’ An oil and gas firm planned to convert a New Mexico water well into a disposal site for toxic wastewater. A familiar face stood in its way.
Capital & Main · May 3, 2024 Election Disinformation Campaigns are Targeting Latinos. Fact Checkers are Fighting Back. As the November election nears, journalists work to counter false and misleading information aimed at Spanish-speaking voters.
Capital & Main · May 2, 2024 For Health System Reform, Even With Majority Will, There Is No Way Most Californians say they want single-payer care, but in the Legislature the health care industry has been unstoppable.
Capital & Main · May 1, 2024 U.S. Oil and Gas Production Is Booming. So Are the Industry’s Donations to Its GOP Allies. Not Donald Trump. Not Ted Cruz. But a little known Republican from West Texas ranks as the top recipient of fossil fuel money.
Capital & Main · Apr 30, 2024 As Book Bans Soar, Public Libraries Are the New Battleground Huntington Beach has led a charge on “relocating” children’s books. Now they may hand the library off to a private firm.
Capital & Main · Apr 29, 2024 Thousands of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Pollute the Texas Landscape For one West Texas rancher, the orphaned wells have become both a mission and an existential threat.
Capital & Main · Apr 26, 2024 At Occidental College, Upcoming Vote Reflects Rise in Undergraduate Labor Organizing The organizing effort at the private liberal arts campus is part of a broader “societal shift” in favor of labor unions.
Capital & Main · Apr 25, 2024 California Often Leads Change, but Not for Single-Payer Health Care Supporters say pushing yearly in Sacramento, even if unsuccessful, is vital to keep leaders from ducking the issue.
Capital & Main · Apr 24, 2024 An Author Reflects on the Effort to Rebuild L.A. After the ‘Violent Spring’ of 1992 Gary Phillips’ newly reissued mystery novel of that name is set in post-riot Los Angeles.
Capital & Main · Apr 23, 2024 A Whole-Person Approach to Combating Homelessness An ambitious pilot program provides a myriad of resources to help participants achieve financial independence through stable employment.
Capital & Main · Apr 22, 2024 Regional U.S. Banks Sharply Expand Lending to Oil and Gas Projects How a semantic twist gave a major bank a loophole to keep financing fracking.