Sunday, August 2, 2026

Tag: fossil fuel

Financial failure of California’s largest oil and natural gas producer could...

“If the state fails to require CRC to set aside funds to pay for its well closure obligations as part of the bankruptcy proceeding,” taxpayers could eventually foot the bill “to plug CRC’s abandoned wells.”

University of Cambridge announces divestment from fossil fuels after five-year student,...

The University of Cambridge announced it will "remove all direct and indirect investments in the fossil fuel industry from its £3.5 billion endowment fund by 2030."

Top law firms called out for serving fossil fuel industry clients...

It’s past time these firms reconsidered how they represent one of the most destructive industries in history, and there’s no reason law students should not consider this representation in deciding how to direct their careers."

Morgan Stanley announces new climate commitment, first American bank to set...

The financial institute is the first major American bank to commit to "providing financing, expertise and thought leadership to support the transition to a low-carbon world."

Defund or defend? In the fight over fossil fuel investments, who’s...

Despite divestment victories, big banks and asset managers continue driving climate change through their lending practices.

Fossil fuel industry and Koch network fighting Pennsylvania’s move to join...

Together these interests broadly representing coal and petroleum producers are trying to prevent Pennsylvania from joining regional programs to curb carbon pollution.

Fossil fuel industry engaging in ‘pervasive fraud’ that threatens global economy,...

Warning of an impending financial implosion driven largely by fossil fuel industry deception, a recent report calls on fossil fuel insiders and...

US corporations a driving force behind ‘unprecedented wave’ of global land...

The U.S. in particular, the report says, is a "key player in an unfettered offensive to privatize land around the world."

Energy Transfer launches appeals following court order to shut down Dakota...

Over the last two decades, Energy Transfer has racked up a long record of unlawful acts and legal violations.

‘Slam dunk’ study finds Trump EPA’s move not to tighten air...

This peer-reviewed study of air pollution impacts on older Americans suggests that current air qualitystandards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) do not protect public health, and that strengthening the standards could save over 140,000 American lives over a decade.

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Mississippi pension fund sues Apollo Global Management over downplayed Epstein ties

The fund manages retirement savings for hundreds of thousands of Mississippi teachers, police officers and other public workers, and a shareholder case like it can force a company to hand over internal records.
The headquarters of CalSTRS, the California teachers' pension fund at the center of The Lever's reporting. Photo: Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Watchdog reporting examines a pension officer’s fossil fuel trades and a fire truck monopoly

The Lever's latest investigations trace a California retirement chief's oil and gas stock trading and a spreading set of antitrust suits over who builds America's fire engines.
A Flock Safety automated license plate reader mounted on a solar powered pole. Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Movement Against Big Tech’s Flock Cameras Transcends Partisanship—and It’s Winning

Much like the resistance to AI data centers, the opposition to Flock surveillance cameras has brought the left and the right together against billionaires who are trying to force America into becoming even more of a police state.

ProPublica journalists strike over AI policy, exposing labor fault lines inside investigative media

The NewsGuild says two years of bargaining stalled over job security and artificial intelligence, and the union has taken its case to federal labor regulators.
A view across Kryvyi Rih, the central Ukrainian city where six people were killed in a suburb during the overnight assault. Photo: Tiia Monto / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Russia escalates bombing campaign on Ukrainian cities amid missile defense shortages

Rescuers pulled a 93-year-old woman from a damaged Lviv apartment block as Kyiv pressed allies to speed delivery of anti-ballistic interceptors.