Lawsuit targets Shell’s board of directors over energy transition plans
Shell admits in internal documents it has “no immediate plans to move to a net-zero emissions portfolio.”
3.4 million adults in US were displaced by extreme weather last year: Census Bureau...
The Census Bureau’s data shows that people were displaced by disasters in every state in 2022, including 29 states that did not have a major disaster involving FEMA.
Seymour Hersh report alleges US was behind Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
"Biden's decision to sabotage the pipelines came after more than nine months of highly secret back and forth debate inside Washington's national security community about how to best achieve that goal."
Single-use plastic production on the rise in 2021 despite environmental impact, new report finds
"We need a fundamentally different approach, that turns the tap off on new plastic production.”
BP scales back climate targets as profits more than double
BP now plans to increase its oil and gas production over the next seven years.
Rain and heat, fire and snow
The world as we knew it really is ending faster than some of us ever expected.
54% of new electric-generating capacity in U.S. will be solar in 2023, EIA says
Texas will be home to the highest amount of new solar capacity at 7.7 gigawatts, followed by California at 4.2 gigawatts.
Outrage as Biden Administration recommends major Alaska oil project
"The project is “drastically out of step with the Biden administration’s goals to slash climate pollution and transition to clean energy,” but that “it’s not too late for him to step up and pull the plug on this carbon bomb."
Nearly 14,000 Nigerian farmers and fishers sue Shell for destroying their livelihoods with oil...
Individuals and institutions from two communities have filed claims against Shell, calling on the company to clean up the devastating pollution and compensate them for its effects.
City trees save lives, first-of-its-kind study finds
Planting trees has additional benefits for communities beyond keeping cities cool, such as reducing air pollution and boosting mental health.