Tag: fossil fuels
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.
Analysis shows major US oil companies raked in $290 billion in...
"With $290 billion in profits, Big Oil made enough money in 2022 to end world hunger, pay off U.S. medical debt, and build 10 Disney Worlds, but instead used their record profits to shower $163 billion on shareholders."
Northwest climate activists fight a new front in the movement to...
Climate groups and Indigenous nations are working to add the GTN Xpress pipeline expansion to a long list of defeated fossil fuel transportation projects in the Northwest.
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Senate Democrats demand investigation into Iran school bombing as Fetterman stands apart
Nearly the entire Democratic caucus calls for a probe into a deadly strike on a girls’ school in Minab while one senator backs the military operation.
Americans skipping meals and delaying life decisions as healthcare costs strain households nationwide
New Gallup surveys show tens of millions of Americans cutting back on food, utilities, and daily necessities to pay medical bills while healthcare affordability worsens.
EPA chief met with Bayer CEO over Supreme Court fight, agency records show
The June 17 meeting, between officials at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Bayer CEO Bill Anderson and two other top Bayer executives, came as Germany-based Bayer was working to quash costly U.S. litigation.
Democrats’ last major obstacle to defeating MAGA for good
If all Americans regardless of their political beliefs, racial backgrounds, and economic standing were required to serve together and learn from each other to achieve a goal as a cohesive unit, it could be what helps future generations heal from the division that’s plaguing our political system.
UNICEF warns child casualties are becoming catastrophic as evidence grows in Iran school bombing
More than 1,100 children have been killed or wounded across the Middle East since the United States and Israel launched war on Iran while investigations point to outdated intelligence behind the Minab school strike.