Banks weakened US financial regulations yet again. As usual, Obama is no obstacle to them.

State and local taxes in the US fall heavily on the poor.

Why the EPA's proposed regulation of methane leaks is too leaky to do the job.

Offshore wind power in the Atlantic could provide twice the jobs and twice the energy of offshore oil drilling. That's in addition to protecting marine mammals from explosions and all sea life from future oil spills.

I wonder if it is possible to use offshore windmills as a kind of fence to keep ships away from rocks where they could cause oil spills.

The rationale for permitting superPACs is that they are independent of candidates, but nearly half of them backed just one candidate.