Tag: fossil fuel
Greenpeace activists who blocked Houston Ship Channel in 2019 sign agreement...
The Pretrial Intervention Agreement was part of a "negotiation to expedite the dismissal of charges in lieu of a trial."
Kick fossil fuel interests out of climate policy process, campaigners urge
A broad coalition of 138 green groups submitted an open letter calling for decision-makers to address the “elephant in the room holding back global climate ambition: the fossil fuel industry and its lobbying.”
The hidden side of fossil fuel investments: Private equity
Failing to hold private equity firms accountable exacerbates existing inequities.
Congress Grills ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron and the American Petroleum Institute...
DeSmog has collected short clips from some of Thursday’s most illuminating moments.
The divestment movement’s big month
The pressure and devolving social license have even started to influence business leaders’ decisions.
Campaign to shut down New England’s last coal plant is doing...
New Hampshire's No Coal No Gas campaign deployed kayaktivists and a garden blockade as part of its latest day of mass action aimed at closing Merrimack Station.
Corporate giants promote climate action, but work with oil lobbyists in...
The overlap raises questions about the sincerity of corporate climate commitments.
Big tobacco got caught in a lie by Congress. Now it’s...
Here's the question for the Big Oil 4: will you apologize, here today, for your company's decades of lying about climate change?
Wells Fargo announces commitment to join Net-Zero Banking Alliance and reach...
"Achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 means stopping financing for the expansion of fossil fuels now."
Indigenous movements are key to the fight against fossil fuels
Direct action by indigenous peoples and others most directly threatened, both in their material impact as well as their catalytic effect on wider activist movements, is the decisive factor.
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How Summer Lee’s landslide victory defies billionaire influence in politics
In a resounding rejection of billionaire-funded opposition, U.S. Rep. Summer Lee secures a primary win, highlighting a growing resistance against corporate and dark money in American politics.
10 times as much of this toxic pesticide could end up on your tomatoes...
Did the chemical industry helped fashion EPA’s testing strategy?
Global military spending hits record $2.4 trillion amidst rising conflicts
As conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza intensify, world powers led by the US ramp up military expenditures, sparking debate over global security priorities and economic consequences.
Climate change costs to hit $38 trillion annually by 2050
New study reveals stark economic disparities as global warming intensifies, disproportionately affecting the world's poorest nations.
Senators unveil landmark bill to ban junk food ads aimed at kids amid rising...
Senators Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, and Peter Welch propose the Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act, targeting junk food advertisements to combat the escalating diabetes and obesity epidemic among children.