Tag: fossil fuel
UK banks defend climate record despite billions lent to fossil fuel...
DeSmog research has found that over 86 percent (13 out of 15) of HSBC’s board of directors have current or past ties to polluting companies and industries.
New report reveals global banks continue to support fossil fuels through...
Central banks around the world continue to support fossil fuels despite promises to align their operations with climate goals. A new report,...
Bankers eager to continue funding oil and gas
Comments from a recent energy industry conference reveal major financiers of fossil fuels view environmental and social investing concerns as a trend to “inoculate” against.
HSBC plans to close Asian coal plants to curb emissions—while also...
Bank accused of greenwashing ahead of COP26 for backing scheme while being world’s 13th biggest funder of fossil fuels
Trump’s ANWR drilling leases under review: Biden admin looking at ‘legal...
"This is really the time that Congress should take action, and restore the protections by dismantling the leasing program."
‘Huge legal win’: Court stops police from blockading Line 3 protester...
"The Hubbard County sheriff has been served notice that his illegal campaign of militarized harassment and obstruction against our clients must end now."
Fossil fuel giants ignoring IEA ‘net zero’ report despite pledges, analysis...
Oil and gas producers are “trying to have their cake and eat it” by backing 2050 net zero emissions targets but dismissing a recent landmark report by the International Energy Agency, analysis claims.
‘Sometimes the good guys win’: Byhalia Connection pipeline canceled
The developers seeking to build the Byhalia Connection oil pipeline through predominantly Black neighborhoods called it quits.
What the Exxon tapes reveal about the American Petroleum Institute’s lobbying...
The top oil trade group, which a senior Exxon lobbyist recently described as one of the company’s “whipping boys,” used similar delay tactics to push back against oil-by-rail safety rules.
‘A deeply dangerous order’: Trump-appointed judge blocks Biden from pausing new...
"This is a deeply dangerous order that heightens the imperative for bold, urgent climate action on our public lands and ocean."
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.