Tag: fossil fuels

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.

“We cannot let ourselves become distracted from the environmental crises that our world—our home—is facing…”

The industry fights to keep going and not to have to bear the cost itself of the environmental harm which it causes.

Why vague commitments by fossil fuel corporations to “zero out” carbon emissions don’t add up.

“The coal industry is the first to fall, and it’s falling hard. But they’re fighting much harder in the face of that. They’re fighting like a trapped raccoon in the corner.”

“This is a really key and important time to ensure those bailouts are not used to extend the lives of these companies, but instead are able to potentially take them into public ownership and then ensure that they aren't shedding worker commitments or community commitments or environmental commitments.”

Is the COVID-19 pandemic mother nature’s response to human transgression?

"He may want voters to believe that boom times are just around the corner, but even before COVID-19, global investors and central bankers were warning that the smart money is moving out of fossil fuels."

As the crisis sweeps over the fossil fuel industry, the desperate calls for government help are dividing erstwhile allies.

In this new decade, the climate emergency is clearer than ever, with emissions cuts of almost 5 percent necessary by 2030.