Saturday, May 18, 2024

Seven in ten major UK pension funds yet to make ‘robust’ net zero commitment,...

They are calling on the government to “catalyze” change by setting mandatory science-based net zero targets.

Over 70,000 march in Brussels to demand Green New Deal, urgent climate action

"We need a Belgian Green New Deal and we propose more than 100 concrete solutions to make it happen.”

Mariner East 2 pipeline charged with 48 environmental crimes in Pennsylvania

A grand jury report detailed extensive spills during the multi-year construction project.

Biden to restore protections to three national monuments cut by Trump

Biden will expand Bears Ears and the Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in what is now Utah.

Turning away from fossil fuels: Lessons from the anti-apartheid movement

The rhetorical battle over turning away from investments in companies contributing to climate change, it seems, has been won.

Majority of directors of world’s top insurance companies tied to polluting industries

Analysis found links to Exxon, Koch Industries, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, raising concerns about a potential “revolving door,” one campaigner said, between the insurance and fossil fuel industries.

Indigenous environmental defenders shut down Peruvian crude oil pipeline

“Not a single drop of oil is going to come out of the Amazon until the government takes care of us,” said campaigners.

How to turn off the tap on plastic waste

Erica Cirino’s new book, Thicker Than Water, examines the plastic pollution crisis — and its solutions — from oilfield to landfill.

Price spikes puncture fracking’s promise to keep natural gas prices low

After a decade spent stoking demand for “abundant” natural gas, the U.S. now sits more exposed than ever to the fossil fuel’s wild price swings. Oil and gas advocates want you to blame wind and solar energy.