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Green Watch
Far-Left Activists Disinter FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps . . . for Global Warming?
At a time when the Left is reclassifying almost everything as “infrastructure” it should come as no surprise that someone would recall President Franklin Roosevelt’s public work relief program, the…
by Hayden Ludwig on June 25, 2021

Green Watch
The Left’s War on Coal: Why Coal Matters
“Go green”—and go broke. President Biden is in the White House and radical environmentalists are in the driver’s seat, with global warming taking a central role in every department and…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 17, 2021

Green Watch
The Left’s War on Coal: The Hawaiian Model
In 2017, Hawaii’s biggest utility provider announced it was shutting down AES Hawaii on Oahu, the state’s last coal-fired plant, in order to replace it with renewables in 2022, part…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 17, 2021

Green Watch
The Left’s War on Coal: Global Warming Is Great for Business
Two decades after the Enron collapse, the parallels between cronyism and activism are striking. Far from their traditional role as the bogeymen of the eco-Left, Big Oil and Gas are…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 17, 2021

Green Watch
The Left’s War on Coal: “Green” Activism Inc.
The environmental Left doesn’t merely want to replace coal; it hates it. Far-left Greenpeace believes that “ending our addiction to coal should be non-negotiable.” Coal survived the Obama years, but…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 17, 2021

Green Watch
Ken Braun Talks Hollywood Leftism with Bill Meyer
On Tuesday, March 9, 2021, Ken Braun talked with Bill Meyer on The Bill Meyer Show about his four-part series on how eBay founder Jeffrey is using Participant Media to…
by Ken Braun on March 16, 2021

Green Watch
Environmentalists Spent a Record $2.4 Billion Pushing Global Warming Ideology
New research from the Capital Research Center reveals that groups on the environmental Left poured out the record $2.4 billion in 2019 (see the data in the Appendix). This stunning…
by Hayden Ludwig on February 22, 2021

Philanthropy
Revival of DOJ “Slush-Fund” Settlements Raises Important Questions About the Nonprofit Organization Revolving Door
The president’s day one executive order directing a review of numerous agency actions related to climate change and the environment. One such review involves the possibility of reviving a controversial Justice Department practice allowing…
by Robert Stilson on February 16, 2021

Green Watch, Organization Trends
The Biden-Harris Transition: Labor, Justice, Education, and EPA
Following the 2020 election, President-elect Joe Biden has been releasing the names of those he intends to nominate to senior executive branch posts, as well as those who are serving…
by Robert Stilson on January 11, 2021

Green Watch
The “Greening” of Pennsylvania: Energy Powerhouse of the East
The Keystone State, an oil and natural gas powerhouse, is under siege by an alliance of well-organized, well-funded “green” activists. From cap-and-trade schemes meant to bleed ratepayers dry to fracking…
by Hayden Ludwig, Kevin Mooney on October 27, 2020