Ecuador residents vote against new oil project in the Amazon
Petroecuador, the state oil company, will be required to dismantle its operations at the park's eastern edge in the Amazon in the coming months.
Portland City government compromised with oil industry in private, documents suggest
Climate activists and community associations, who were concerned about the risks associated with oil-by-rail shipments, counted the city’s rejection of the permit as a major victory, and were tantalizingly close to prevailing over the company.
G20 nations invested record $1.4 trillion into fossil fuels in 2022, report says
Financial support from the G20 was in the form of money borrowed from public financial institutions, subsidies and investments made by state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
Challenging the global north’s ‘clean energy’ transition
Plans are underway to explore the Manifesto’s implications in various sectors, like labor and the women’s movement.
Fossil fuel companies ask Hawaii Supreme Court to dismiss Honolulu’s climate case
Honolulu has sued Big Oil over the costs of adapting to weather extremes—including bigger fire risks.
Oxford study shows ‘heat can lead to food insecurity in a matter of days’
"Policymakers across sectors should consider how the socioeconomic links between heat, health, income, and food insecurity can be integrated into research, heat action plans, food programs, and labor regulations."
Wealthiest 10% of Americans responsible for 40% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, study finds
“In this way, we could really incentivize the Americans who are driving and profiting the most from climate change to decarbonize their industries and investments."
Industry plans thousands of miles of new gas pipelines to boost LNG exports
As coastal communities and tribes watch the infrastructure build up around them, many worry about the impact it may have on their safety, livelihoods, and culture.
Collapse 2.0
Are we already all too close to the edge of the kind of systemic failure experienced so many centuries ago by the Mayans, the ancient Puebloans, and the Viking Greenlanders?
Our food system is the bullseye for solving the world’s climate challenges
The industrialized food system is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.