Tag: fossil fuels
Exxon scientists accurately predicted climate damage while company pushed misinformation
"Airtight evidence that Exxon Mobil accurately predicted global warming years before, then turned around and attacked the science underlying it."
Despite climate warnings, coal use reaching record highs in 2022: IEA
“Government policies will be key to ensuring a secure and sustainable path forward.”
Russia’s Ukraine war and energy crisis have scared the world into...
By 2025, only about two years from now, renewable energy will surpass coal as a power source globally.
Pipeline company wants to quietly expand gas shipments in the Pacific...
TC Energy’s upgrade of its GTN XPress pipeline would result in a huge increase in methane gas volumes to the region. But it would undermine climate laws already on the books.
Puerto Rican cities sue fossil fuel companies in major class-action, climate...
Municipalities aim to hold industry liable for damages from catastrophic 2017 hurricanes.
Leading ‘sustainable’ investment funds backing fossil fuels, research finds
“Lack of regulation makes for a Wild West of sustainable fund management”, Edward Lander from Ethical Consumer said.
France’s plan for solar panels on all car parks is just...
Creating a more diverse energy supply, much of which is directly connected to the very cars or homes consuming that power, makes a lot of sense.
How the fossil fuel industry buys goodwill
From sports to academia to the arts, fossil fuel companies are pouring money on the things we love, in an effort to “not be held accountable” for climate chaos.
‘Willful ignorance’: Indigenous delegation incredulous at bankers’ attitude to fossil fuel...
US and Mexican activists fighting new oil and gas projects said they had to give a basic lesson on the harm caused by fracking during meetings with financiers in London.
Wealthiest 10% responsible for nearly 50% of greenhouse gas emissions, study...
“[I]t appears that climate policies over the past decades have often targeted low-income and low-emitter groups disproportionately, while leaving high emitters relatively unaffected.”
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Trump is trying to reverse the New Deal
The class politics of Trump carry forward the actions of his predecessors across the last century.
73% of Israelis want the Gaza genocide to end. Netanyahu says, ‘NO, full speed...
Israel did not enter this Land of Palestine to work with the Palestinians to create a two-state solution, as they were expected to do, but rather, they waged war to take over the entire country and its people.
Federal judge slams Trump funding freeze, orders restoration of $176 million in environmental grants
Judge Gergel rules that the Trump administration violated congressional authority and the law by halting environmental and climate-related funding to cities and nonprofits across the U.S.
Controversial ‘nonprofit killer’ clause quietly removed from GOP megabill—but advocates warn it could return
A sweeping provision to strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status without due process is no longer in the latest House GOP budget bill, but civil liberties groups say the threat to free speech and advocacy is far from over.
14,000 babies at risk of death in Gaza as Israel blocks aid, UN warns
UN and international leaders condemn Israel’s blockade as thousands of trucks wait at Gaza’s border while children face imminent starvation.