Tag Archives | natural gas

Mapping Faultlines: The planning, execution, and aftermath of Nord Stream sabotage

Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on February 18, 2023 (more by Peoples Dispatch) |

In this episode of Mapping Faultlines, NewsClick’s Prabir Purkayastha explains the details of the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines as revealed by journalist Seymour Hersh. He also talks about how benefited from this sabotage.
The corporate campaign to greenwash natural gas

Originally published: The Lever on February 14, 2023 by Naomi LaChance (more by The Lever) | (Posted Feb 15, 2023)

Fossil fuel-backed Democrats and Republicans are teaming up to promote natural gas as a clean energy source and maintain its use.
When market fundamentalism overcomes common sense: Myth of electricity markets

Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on September 11, 2022 by Prabir Purkayastha (more by Peoples Dispatch) | (Posted Sep 17, 2022)

The so-called electricity markets were created to help private capital, not people. It is time we wound up these bogus markets and returned public services to people, to be run cooperatively for their benefit