Here’s how shareholders are pressuring oil companies to act on climate change
Rather than withdraw investments from companies that profit from extracting fossil fuels, investors seek to leverage their financial stakes to influence companies like Shell, BP, and ExxonMobil to take action on climate change.
Soaring energy prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could push up to...
"Unaffordable costs of energy and other necessities will push vulnerable populations into energy poverty and even extreme poverty.”
The hidden costs of light pollution: Protecting the night for people and planet
Communities can balance safety, cultural life, and ecological health by designing nighttime lighting that protects both people and the natural world.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, July 13, 2018
Justice Department reopens the Emmett Tiller investigation, Trump's global chaos tour, Ireland passes bill to fully divest from fossil fuel by end of 2018, and more.
Energy Transfer, banks lost billions by ignoring early Dakota Access Pipeline concerns
“Unfortunately, the companies and financiers behind DAPL presumed that compliance with national laws was sufficient for the project to move forward on Sioux territory rather than abiding by international human rights standards.”
‘Existential threat’: Indigenous leaders urge Citigroup to stop backing Amazon oil
Indigenous leaders said the bank's role in enabling the expansion of the oil and gas industry was pushing the Amazon rainforest closer to the brink of collapse.
Army of Lobbyists Push LNG Exports, Methane Hydrates, Coal in Senate Energy Bill
A newly introduced bill includes provisions that would expedite the liquefied natural gas (LNG) export permitting process, heap subsidies on coal technology, and fund research geared toward discovering a way to tap into methane hydrate reserves.
Climate scientist: As UN warns of global catastrophe, we need a ‘Marshall Plan’ for...
Or otherwise, millions will be imperiled by increasing droughts, floods, fires and poverty.
Mexico’s methane emissions threaten the environment
In 2013, Mexico emitted 126 million tons of methane into the atmosphere.
Biden administration pushes 80 percent clean electricity standard by 2030
"Our goal is to enact this into law."