Friday, March 20, 2026

World bank continues financing fossil fuels despite climate crisis

A new report finds that while the multilateral development bank tries to position itself as a climate leader, it still supports gas pipelines, refineries, and gas export terminals.

Footage of Exxon lobbyist increases pressure on Biden to end fossil fuel subsidies

“It’s time for President Biden to pick a side: Exxon or the American majority?”

‘Biggest story in the world right now’: Humanity has flipped Amazon from carbon sink...

The findings, said one expert, “show that the uncertain future is happening now.”

Big Oil needs to pay for the damage it caused

"Justice demands real money moving from the global North to the global South to compensate for the damage we’ve done."

Pipeline Owned By the Company Behind Dakota Access Leaks 55,000 Gallons of Gasoline

Sunoco spills crude more often than any of its competitors and has had more than 200 leaks since 2010.

“It wasn’t just big oil that knew about climate change decades ago”: New report...

The coal industry knew about the danger of rising greenhouse gas emissions as early as 1966.

How the fossil fuel industry buys goodwill

From sports to academia to the arts, fossil fuel companies are pouring money on the things we love, in an effort to “not be held accountable” for climate chaos.

NOAA directed staffers not to contradict Trump on misleading Dorian claims

“The job just got harder because of this issue.”

‘There is no middle ground:’ Bernie Sanders says Democrats must not compromise on key...

"In my view, we will not defeat Donald Trump unless we bring excitement and energy into the campaign, and unless we give millions of working people and young people a reason to vote, and a reason to believe that politics is relevant to their lives."
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China’s Xi Jinping and France’s Emmanuel Macron talk climate

I know which leader is a more positive force in international affairs, by far (domestic policies and press are a different issue, though I don’t trust Trump on those, either.)