Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Exxon leaving ALEC: Important but insufficient step in addressing company’s history of climate science...

Over the last few years, ExxonMobil has come under fire numerous times for lobbying in the UK against electric vehicles, funding Congress and corporate lobby groups to deny climate change, and knowingly misleading the public about the reality of the issue.

Ireland passes bill to fully divest from fossil fuel by end of 2018

While Ireland is making history, many emphasized the need for the rest of the world to follow the Irish's lead.

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.

GOP-controlled House passes bill to eviscerate nation’s marine ecosystems, fisheries

If the bill becomes law, it "would reverse decades of bipartisan progress towards preventing overfishing and rebuilding fish populations, harming the health of our marine ecosystems and the coastal communities who depend on them."
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What #ShellKnew and how it was used to stall international climate change negotiations

For almost two decades, Shell has pushed the same proposal to tackle climate change, which still hasn’t come to fruition.

Massive Utah oil shale project threatens public health, water supply

Conservation groups today formally opposed the Trump administration’s plan to facilitate the first commercial oil shale development in the United States.

Plastic is killing our oceans. Here’s what you need to know

Plastics ushered in an era of incredible convenience and are largely responsible for our modern era of mass consumerism.

Historic floods in Japan kill more than 100, force millions to flee

"We've never experienced this kind of rain before."

This boot camp trains young people to fight plastic pollution

“It just goes to show the power of radical collaboration and the energy around this crisis.”

Pruitt’s parting attack on America’s air could cost 1,600 lives

"Pruitt and Wheeler are creating a loophole for super polluting freight trucks that will fill our children's lungs with toxic diesel pollution, ignoring public comments from moms and leading businesses across the country."