Saturday, August 9, 2025

Tag: fossil fuels

Analysis details how Wall Street underwriting quietly funnels billions into fossil...

"Underwriting is a huge missing piece of net-zero transition plans, allowing big U.S. banks to continue to help fossil fuel companies raise billions of dollars with limited scrutiny," said one campaigner.

This database exposes the client conflicts of more than 1,500 Big...

New group reveals that hundreds of schools, municipalities, nonprofit organizations, and more are paying lobbyists who also represent the fossil fuel industry.

Proposed pipeline expansion could upend three states’ climate plans

“These XPress projects are putting millions of cubic feet of gas into the United States at a time when Texas is baking and Oregon is burning.”

Court hears expert testimony about how Montana ‘doubled down on fossil...

The state has never denied a permit for a fossil fuel project, despite its constitution’s guarantee of the right to a clean and healthful environment.

UK imported £19.3 billion in fossil fuels from authoritarian petrostates in...

UK accused of ‘gross hypocrisy’ by human rights campaigners for new dependency on Gulf oil and gas.

Divest, decarbonize and disassociate — inside the bold new push to...

As pandemic restrictions fade, students are finding innovative ways to end higher ed's many ties to the fossil fuel industry.

Oil company gave $200K to group accusing pipeline opponents of taking...

Alberta-based Indian Resource Council quietly received funding from CNRL, corporate documents reveal.

US Supreme Court’s blow to Big Oil ‘should open the floodgates...

"The high court's decision is a major victory for communities across the country that are fighting to hold Big Oil accountable and make them pay for the climate damages they knowingly caused," said one advocate.

Germany to shut down its last remaining nuclear reactors

Germany’s decision comes as it is trying to phase out coal, which still generates a third of its electricity, by 2038 at the latest

Lost decade: how Shell downplayed early warnings over climate change

Newly discovered documents from the 1970s and early ’80s show that Shell knew more about the “greenhouse effect” than it let on in public.

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US plans to ease human rights criticism of El Salvador, Israel, and Russia

Leaked State Department drafts show significant omissions of abuses, including against LGBTQ+ people and political corruption, in reports on key U.S. allies.

How city-owned grocery stores can tackle food insecurity

As private grocers abandon low-income neighborhoods, Zohran Mamdani’s public ownership proposal offers a solution to market failures.

Federal judge’s ruling vacates Fish and Wildlife Service’s denial of petition to protect gray...

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy found that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law when it denied a petition for protection last year.

As Americans ration care, health insurers rake in record $71.3 billion in profits

Despite rising out-of-pocket costs and millions losing coverage, U.S. health insurance giants posted record profits in 2024 while their CEOs took home a combined $146 million.

ICE recruitment campaign offers student loan forgiveness and bonuses as Trump ramps up deportation...

Critics warn Trump is weaponizing student debt to undermine dissent and push ideological loyalty through immigration enforcement