How a Century of Petroleum Propaganda Tied the American Dream to Fossil Fuels
What does going on a first date have to do with fossil fuels? Everything, according to the petroleum industry. An advertisement from the major pipeline company Energy Transfer follows two…
How a Century of PR and Propaganda Tied the American Dream to Fossil Fuels
What does going on a first date have to do with the global fossil fuel industry? Absolutely everything, according to a prominent commercial produced by the pipeline company Energy Transfer.…
Profits Over People: How Ruidoso Prioritized Tourism and Left Visitors Blind to Deadly Post-Fire Floods
This story was co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Peak tourist season had arrived in Ruidoso, New Mexico, and Mayor Lynn Crawford was campaigning to…
When Tourism Trumps Public Safety: How Ignored Warnings and Post-Fire Floods Led to Tragedy in Ruidoso
Peak tourist season had arrived in Ruidoso, New Mexico, and Mayor Lynn Crawford was aggressively campaigning to convince the public that the mountain village was completely safe. A Republican with…
When the Mountain Washes Away: How Ruidoso’s Tourism-First Gamble Ended in Tragedy
Peak tourist season had arrived in Ruidoso, New Mexico, and Mayor Lynn Crawford was campaigning hard to convince the public that the mountain village was safe. A Republican with white…
Trump’s Energy Emergency Declaration Fails to Lower Prices as Midterms Approach
On the very first day of his second term, President Donald Trump stepped before the nation and declared a formal "national energy emergency." Laying blame squarely at the feet of…
As Midterm Elections Loom, Trump’s Energy Emergency Declaration Fails to Ease Surging Prices and Consumer Strain
On the very first day of his second term, President Donald Trump stepped into the Oval Office and signed an executive order declaring that the United States was facing a…
President Trump’s Emergency Powers Fail to Stop Energy Crisis Ahead of Midterm Elections
On the very first day of his second term in office, President Donald Trump formally declared that the United States was experiencing a sweeping “national energy emergency.” In an executive…
The Concrete Jungle Under Scrutiny: John Wilson’s New Documentary Examines Our Most Pervasive Material
It is the second-most used material on Earth, an environmental disaster, and it is quietly falling apart all around us. Meet concrete, the subject of a compelling new feature-length documentary…
Filmmaker John Wilson Turns His Lens on Concrete, the Ubiquitous Material Crumbling Around Us
It is the second-most consumed material on Earth, trailing only water, yet it functions as an escalating environmental disaster that is literally falling apart all around us. Concrete, the foundational…