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Steve Horn

Steve Horn is the owner of the consultancy Horn Communications & Research Services, which provides public relations, content writing, and investigative research work products to a wide range of nonprofit and for-profit clients across the world.

An investigative reporter on the climate beat for over a decade and former Research Fellow for DeSmog between 2011-2018, his work has appeared in outlets such as The Guardian, The Intercept, Wisconsin Watch, The Coast News, and elsewhere. His work has been cited in a U.S. Senate report, federal litigation, and by publications such as The New York Times, Bloomberg, The New Yorker, Voice of San Diego, La Jornada, Democracy Now!, among outlets.

Articles by Steve Horn

us/Locking in Dirty Energy Demand: GE Signs Deal with Clean Energy Fuels for Gas-Powered Vehicles
BySteve Horn
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On November 13, Clean Energy Fuels (CEF) signed a deal with General Electric (GE) to purchase its natural gas vehicle fueling assets in an effort to expand what it describes as “America’s Natural G...
us/Shale Gas Bubble Bursting: Report Debunks "100 Years" Claim for Domestic Unconventional Oil and Gas
BySteve Horn
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Food and Water Watch (FWW) released a report today titled “U.S. Energy Security: Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution.”  It shows, contrary to industry claims, there aren't 100 ...
us/Shale Gas Bubble About to Burst: Art Berman, Bill Powers
BySteve Horn
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Food and Water Watch recently demonstrated that the dominant narrative, “100 years” of unconventional oil and gas in the United States, is false. At most, some 50 years of this dirty energy resourc...
us/Chesapeake Energy Tied to Mansfield, OH Bill of Rights Astroturf Attack
BySteve Horn
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The oil and gas industry is waging an 11th hour astroturf campaign in Mansfield, OH in an attempt to defeat the “Community Bill of Rights“ referendum.  A “yes” vote would, in effect, prohibit hydra...
us/SUNY Buffalo Faculty, Staff Tell Shale Institute to Go
BySteve Horn
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The battle royale being waged against ”frackademia” at SUNY Buffalo has reached a tipping point. On Oct. 31, the UB Coalition for Leading Ethically in Academic Research (UB Clear), a consortium of ...
us/Exclusive: Tea Party, Fracking Industry Launch Astroturf Campaign Against Mansfield, OH Community Bill of Rights Referendum
BySteve Horn
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Ohio is referred to as a “battleground state” due to its status as a “swing state” in presidential elections. But another important battle is brewing in the Buckeye State, also set to be settled in...
us/Merchants of Doubt Deny Climate Change Connection to Hurricane Sandy
BySteve Horn
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Many serious, thought-provoking post-mortems have ensued in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which recently tore through the heart of the financial capital of the world. The disaster will cost the...
us/Tar Sands South: First US Tar Sands Mine Approved in Utah
BySteve Horn
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The race is on for the up-and-coming U.S. tar sands industry. To date, the tar sands industry is most well-known for the havoc it continues to wreak in Alberta, Canada - but its neighbor and fellow...
us/As You Sow: Coal Investments, Shale Gas, a Bad Bet
BySteve Horn
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In a missive titled “White Paper: Financial Risks of Investments in Coal,” As You Sow concludes that coal is becoming an increasingly risky investment with each passing day. The fracking boom and t...
us/Fracking in PA Poisoning Communities as Floodgates Open for Drilling on Campuses, Public Parks
BySteve Horn
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Pennsylvania recently passed Act 147 - also known as the Indigenous Mineral Resources Development Act - opening up the floodgates for hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) on the campuses of its public...