Tag: fossil fuel
‘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."
Shale oil fraud case reveals executives ignore their own engineers and...
ExxonMobil is currently under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for overvaluing assets despite reports that employees disagreed with the valuations.
The ‘big con’ revealed: Report details fossil fuel industry’s deceptive ‘net...
"Big polluters and rich governments should not only reduce emissions to Real Zero, they must pay reparations for the huge climate debt owed to the Global South."
HSBC to phase out coal financing after shareholder vote
“We’re delighted that our campaign has resulted in a binding commitment by HSBC to phase out coal, but the devil is in the detail and the next six months are crucial to ensure that this commitment is translated into robust sector policies.”
A judge holds Shell liable for causing climate change in historic...
The Dutch ruling is being called a first of its kind and a big "step forward for the international climate movement."
New Mexico stuck with $8 billion in cleanup for oil wells,...
The oil industry boasts that it fills state coffers with revenues from drilling, but a new study finds a serious gap in funding available to tackle the environmental legacy of abandoned wells.
One in three directors at Africa’s biggest bank have ties to...
Over 80 percent of directors had a past or current tie to polluting industries, either as a current or former adviser or employee.
Fossil fuel companies in UK awarded £150 million of public money...
A new paper is calling on the government to scrap research and development tax credits for fossil fuel extraction and instead invest the money in clean energy.
SEC finds fracking sand company misled investors with claims of ‘game...
The fracking industry’s over-the-top claims to investors have been the norm, but even when proven to be fraudulent, companies suffer almost no consequences.
New study decodes ExxonMobil’s ‘modern’ climate misinformation
Where it’s no longer credible to deny climate change, the fossil fuel giant puts the focus on ‘risk’ and blame on consumers, in echo of tobacco industry PR, researchers find.
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Trump seizes control of DC police, threatens military deployment despite record-low crime
President Donald Trump invokes the Home Rule Act to take over Washington, D.C.’s police department and deploy the National Guard, citing a “crime emergency” that officials say does not exist. Critics call the move an unlawful power grab with authoritarian overtones.
Cults, cults, everywhere—raring to bash majority rule, pluralism, justice, science and rationality. Isn’t that...
Thanks to its own greed, egotism, buffoonery, incompetence, and ruthlessness, the MAGA cult is already splitting apart, squandering its overweening power.
Community organizer slams ‘fascist ICE agents’ after arrest of US citizen documenting raids
ICE has faced widespread backlash over the arrest of community advocates swept up while documenting raids across the country, many of them U.S. citizens.
The FDA let substandard factories ship these medications to the US
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013.
Leaked transcript reveals Netanyahu blocked ceasefire and imposed starvation in Gaza
Israeli cabinet minutes show Prime Minister rejected hostage deal, cut off all aid, and broke ceasefire to force Hamas surrender, triggering mass civilian deaths and famine.