Tag: fossil fuels
Biden admin announces steps to boost U.S. solar projects
“Investing in American-made clean energy will boost U.S. manufacturing, lower costs for families, create millions of good paying jobs, and position the United States as a global leader on the cutting edge of clean energy innovation,”
G7 countries to end overseas funding for fossil fuel development
“We are united in the view that climate and environment security are absolutely synonymous with energy and national security."
Canada’s big banks are secretly supporting Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion
"Once again, we see that Canadian banks are leading the world in financing climate-destructive, Indigenous rights-violating projects," said one campaigner.
‘No time for half-measures’: Greenpeace rebukes EU’s partial ban on Russian...
The new embargo exempts pipeline imports at the behest of Hungary's far-right leader Viktor Orbán.
Map shows over 17 million people in US threatened by toxic...
"Living in close proximity to oil and gas development is a threat to public health."
Oil giant consultant resigns, citing operations beyond ‘limits of our planetary...
"I can no longer work for a company that ignores all the alarms and dismisses the risks of climate change and ecological collapse."
Other casualties of Putin’s war in Ukraine: Russia’s climate goals and science
Environmental concerns are at risk of being laid aside during wartime.
Exxon doubles down on ‘advanced recycling’ claims that yield few results
The petroleum company is under investigation for misleading the public while exacerbating the global plastic pollution crisis.
New research could lead to solar panels that work at night
“We do not yet have the miracle material that will make the thermoradiative diode an everyday reality, but we made a proof of principle and are eager to see how much we can improve on this result in the coming years.”
These anti-solar policies are threatening U.S. clean energy goals
Here are some policies that in recent months have threatened to hold up or halt the solar sector’s rise.
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As GOP megabill’s SNAP cuts take effect, millions lose food aid and states face...
New tracking finds SNAP enrollment has fallen by more than 4.5 million people since July 2025, and analysts warn states could soon owe roughly $9 billion a year.
42-year study traces how ‘forever chemicals’ climb the Great Lakes food web into people
A synthesis of more than four decades of data maps how PFAS move up the region's aquatic food web and into the fish people eat.
GOP tucks $10 billion for voting restrictions into party-line Pentagon funding bill
The measure advanced on a near party-line vote just before lawmakers left Washington for a lengthy summer recess.
Kept in the dark: How Louisiana weakened community air monitoring as industry pushed back
That stretch of roughly 85 miles, widely known as "Cancer Alley," is home to dozens of refineries and chemical plants and to many predominantly Black communities.
Israel and the United States are merging their military. Here’s why.
"From aid to partnership," the U.S. and Israel are set to become even more united in genocide.