Extracting oil from the tar sands is a nasty, polluting, energy-intensive business. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
Although most Americans don't know it, the U.S. gets more oil from Canada than it does from the entire Middle East. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
Is it in our national interest to overheat the planet? That's the question Obama faces in deciding whether to approve Keystone XL,… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
Obama wants to be thought of as the president who freed us from foreign oil. But if he doesn't show some political… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
In reality, studies show that investments to spur renewable energy and boost energy efficiency generate far more jobs than oil and coal. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
If you think Wall Street firms have it good, you haven't looked closely at Big Oil. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
But Big Oil and Big Coal have always been as skilled at propaganda as they are at mining and drilling. Like the… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
The oil industry fought hard to keep Keystone alive, making wildly exaggerated claims that the pipeline - the country's largest infrastructure project… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for America's energy problems never give up. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
The biggest tab the public picks up for fossil fuels has to do with what economists call 'external costs,' like the health effects of… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
To understand how quickly we're cooking the planet, we need good data. To have good data, we need good satellites. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means that changes caused by planet-warming pollution - warmer seas, which can drive stronger… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
In the world of energy politics, the sudden vanishing of the word 'coal' is a remarkable and unprecedented event. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
The end of coal in Appalachia doesn't mean that America is running out of coal (there's plenty left in Wyoming). But it should end… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
You think the weather is weird now? Just wait. A new MIT study, just published in a peer-reviewed journal, projects that the Earth could… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
Subsidies are hugely important; they represent America's de facto energy policy. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who also happens to be the 10th richest person in America, with a personal fortune of some $18… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
“When I asked the mayor if flood insurance rates had gone up after Sandy, he said, “Not really.” This is how disaster relief works… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
In the United States, we do a pretty good job of protecting iconic landscapes and postcard views, but the ocean gets no respect. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
