Tag: fossil fuels
Footage of Exxon lobbyist increases pressure on Biden to end fossil...
“It’s time for President Biden to pick a side: Exxon or the American majority?”
Oil drilling in the ‘land of water’: ExxonMobil hunts for more...
ExxonMobil says a 9 billion barrel oilfield off the low-lying South American nation’s coast could soon outpace Permian production.
Shell’s ‘delusional’ net zero strategy commits $8 billion to fossil fuels
“Shell’s 'comprehensive carbon management approach’ is yet another proof of the little interest that this polluting company has to reduce its emissions.”
Keystone XL pipeline canceled. Here’s what it means for the future...
“Rescinding KXL’s permit is a promising early signal that the new administration is listening to our concerns and will take issues of climate and Indigenous justice seriously. We have to insist that it not stop there.”
‘The fossil fuel industry is terrified’: Gas company sues to destroy...
“Grant Township has proven against all odds that a community is capable of stronger protections for the environment than state or federal governments.”
A tipping point for the defeat of fossil fuels?
How to stop Big Energy in its tracks (quite literally)...
After calling for climate action, US Chamber of Commerce pushes pro-fossil...
“I found myself dwarfed by the impact of these corporations in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and legislative power.”
Climate and the U.S. election
The U.S. election in November is critical, not just because of Donald Trump’s neo-fascisinm, but primarily because if the climate-change-denying and fossil-fuel supporting Republican Party retains power.
Unilever to cut fossil fuels from cleaning brands by 2030
“We cannot let ourselves become distracted from the environmental crises that our world—our home—is facing…”
What’s the point of subsidizing fossil fuels?
The industry fights to keep going and not to have to bear the cost itself of the environmental harm which it causes.
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Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: A unifying Peoples Project
Ethiopians are faced with a choice: unite and prosper or withdraw into ethnic rivalries and fall into further conflict and discord.
Undercover investigations expose brutal wildlife killing contests
Welcome to the cruel world of wildlife killing contests, family events where children play amidst piles of slaughtered animals—and legal in 42 states.
Federal judges blocks Arkansas abortion ban
This law “is categorically unconstitutional, and plaintiffs have demonstrated that they are likely to succeed on the merits.”
Player or pawn? Luke Harding’s Russiagate ‘scoop’
The reporter’s involvement in the persecution of Assange alone would be enough to make people question his honesty.
How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action
“I think it’s fair to say that API and its prominent member companies have a broadly shared goal, which is to keep the social license of the oil and gas industry operating, and therefore enabling them to continue to extract oil and gas for as long as possible, as profitably as possible.”