Tag: fossil fuel
Clean Commute for Kids Act invests $25 billion for electric school...
"The Clean Commute for Kids Act will help build a greener, cleaner future for our kids.”
Private security firm accused of working illegally to protect oil and...
Leighton, which is based in Texas, has also been accused of operating without a license in North Dakota, Michigan, Iowa, and Ohio.
Pipeline spills over 1,600 gallons of oil near Los Angeles communities
More than 1,600 gallons of oil have spilled in the Inglewood Oil
Field — the largest urban oil field in the country,...
Atmospheric methane levels surge in 2020 to highest level in millions...
“If countries make plans now to put society on a path of sustained and dramatic cuts to emissions from today, we can avoid ever-rising emissions and the dangerously accelerating impacts of climate change.”
How persistent student organizing forced one of the largest public universities...
Over eight years, University of Michigan students led bold direct actions, continually recruited new students and forged ties with regents to keep $1 billion from the fossil fuel industry.
‘We will not stop’: First Nations land defenders take direct action...
"We have never provided and will never provide our collective free, prior, and informed consent—the minimal international standard—to the Trans Mountain Pipeline Project."
Fossil fuel companies got $8.2 billion in tax bailouts—then fired over...
BailoutWatch highlights four companies that got tax windfalls but still fired workers.
Understanding the fossil fuel industry’s legacy of white supremacy
“We are trapped in history.”
Report finds climate polluters are spending millions on sports sponsorships
"Sport is in the frontline of the climate emergency but floats on a sea of sponsorship deals with the major polluters."
Rutgers University makes ‘powerful decision’ to divest from fossil fuel
“This decision aligns with Rutgers’ mission to advance public health and social justice.”
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More than 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits after Trump changes Federal...
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.
The persistence of ‘Israel First’
Trump’s Middle East record reveals the short life of “America First.”
How agave agroforestry can restore drylands and strengthen climate resilience
The agave-powered agroforestry and livestock management system is an example of how native desert plants, cultivated as part of an agroforestry system, can regenerate drylands and provide inexpensive animal feed, taking pressure off overgrazed rangelands.
The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.
Report: State textile laws spark massive drop in apparel PFAS levels
"No PFAS, No Problem: Product Testing Reveals Success of CA and NY PFAS Textile Laws" found that 80 percent of tested consumer products are now in compliance with newly enacted restriction.