Exxon refinery catches fire day after government settles over pollution from other gulf plants
Exxon’s Baton Rouge refinery is adjacent to one of the company’s eight facilities named in a settlement reached with the EPA and the DOJ.
Activists are using the climate emergency as a new legal defense to justify law-breaking
So what is reasonable conduct in the face of the mounting climate crisis? The importance of asking this question cannot be overstated.
New study warns to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, abandon ‘developed reserves’ of fossil...
There should not only be no new development of oil and gas fields or coal mines, but also abandon 40 percent of "developed reserves" of fossil fuels.
India and the future of the planet
India’s economic and energy production model is not a threat to the world, but it is a threat to India itself, particularly its most marginalized people.
Huge wildfires in the Arctic and far North send a planetary warning
Arctic regions are still burning and that fire is more than just a local problem for all of us.
Affirming belief that waters are for drilling and pillaging, Trump erases Ocean Protection Policy
New executive order revokes Obama-era policy put in place following Deepwater Horizon.
Faced With a Fracking Giant, This Small Town Just Legalized Civil Disobedience
A new first-in-the-nation law will shield residents from arrest as they use direct action to stop fracking-wastewater injection wells.
Offshore oil well leaked for months, public kept in dark for a year
“There's absolutely no justification for continuing to keep the company involved or the location of the oil spill a secret.”
Mexico’s methane emissions threaten the environment
In 2013, Mexico emitted 126 million tons of methane into the atmosphere.
To find out if ExxonMobil really supports a carbon tax, just follow the money
Despite claiming to endorse a carbon tax, ExxonMobil has funneled millions of dollars to lawmakers who oppose the idea.