Friday, May 3, 2024

New government report highlights federal failures to oversee offshore drilling

More proposed rules to fix a broken regulatory system are a distraction from the real issue of the government failing to hold the oil industry accountable.

Fossil fuel companies in UK awarded £150 million of public money ‘to find new...

A new paper is calling on the government to scrap research and development tax credits for fossil fuel extraction and instead invest the money in clean energy.

The ‘big con’ revealed: Report details fossil fuel industry’s deceptive ‘net zero’ strategy

"Big polluters and rich governments should not only reduce emissions to Real Zero, they must pay reparations for the huge climate debt owed to the Global South."

IPCC report: How to make global emissions peak and fall – and what’s stopping...

It’s at this level that people must focus much of their attention, to outweigh the influence of fossil fuel companies, find novel ways to fund decarbonisation and steer the economic recovery from COVID-19 towards a low-carbon future.

Ahead of COP23 climate talks: 25,000 march demanding end to ‘era of fossil fuels’

"We don't have time to play games of climate denial or greenwashing of dirty energy."

ALEC, corporate-funded bill mill, considers model state bill cracking down on pipeline protesters

“We are concerned this Bill would target peaceful protests in certain contexts, such as protests which focus on environmental rights, imposing disproportionate penalties on protesters.”

Healthcare workers call on hospitals and medical institutions to divest from fossil fuels

The global fossil fuel divestment campaign continues to grow, but the healthcare sector has thus far refrained from large-scale divestment. A coalition of health professionals wants to change that.

A Koch-fueled attack on electric buses picks up speed

Despite these efforts by Koch affiliates and oil industry consultants, the electrification of bus transit is firmly underway.

As 1.5 million flee Hurricane Florence, worries grow over half dozen nuclear power plants...

"Flooding-prone Brunswick Nuclear Plant among rickety old Fukushima-style reactors in likely path of Hurricane Florence."

What will climate change do to the US-Mexico border?

The U.S. national security apparatus is aware of the connection between climate change and migration.