Tag: climate change

The Exxon Mobil executives who’ve profited from fossil fuels did so while knowing that they were trading a few decades of profits for the entire future of the planet and all of the species on it.

“All the studies say we need drastic action. If we think the courts are going to save the plants or the animals they aren’t.”

The world’s biggest institutional user of oil is grappling with the impacts of climate change.

Like many people who have struggled to understand why human beings are driving the sixth mass extinction event in Earth’s history, which...

"There are a lot of things we could do to put it out – are any of them free? No, of course not. Nothing's free, you idiots. Grow the f**k up."

"This is a crucial first step towards stopping the use of developing countries as a dumping ground for the world's plastic waste, especially those coming from rich nations."

It’s time for a movement to counteract Bannon’s Movement, a global coalition that joins people and politicians in a united, international effort to respond to the true global problems – climate change, endless war, and economic inequality – that threaten to overwhelm us all.

Sending more fossil fuels to Europe and across the globe is not the answer a coalition of 200 national climate action groups...

"It is justified that a level of urgency be injected into this debate."

"A 'middle ground' policy that's supportive of more fossil fuel development is a death sentence for our generation and the millions of people on the frontlines of the climate crisis," said co-founder of the Sunrise Movement.