Tag: fossil fuel industry
The fossil fuel industry is lining up behind far-right authoritarians
As climate change intensifies and countries turn to clean energies, Big Oil will take increasingly desperate measures to survive.
Shell’s ‘delusional’ net zero strategy commits $8 billion to fossil fuels
“Shell’s 'comprehensive carbon management approach’ is yet another proof of the little interest that this polluting company has to reduce its emissions.”
‘The fossil fuel industry is terrified’: Gas company sues to destroy...
“Grant Township has proven against all odds that a community is capable of stronger protections for the environment than state or federal governments.”
Trump administration targets banks divesting from fossil fuels in new anti-climate...
The OCC’s new rule could stunt divestment campaigns by requiring major banks to justify each individual decision to regulators using “quantitative, impartial risk-based standards established by the bank in advance.”
Fossil fuel industry received $110 billion in direct and indirect COVID-19...
Since March 26, the United States government "provided between $10.4 billion and $15.2 billion in direct benefits to coal, oil and gas companies" and nearly $95 billion in indirect benefits.
TD Bank joins other major financial institutes to commit to ambition...
The Group's commitment to a global climate action plan makes them the latest major financial institution along with Morgan Stanley and Barclays.
Trump’s golden era of energy is turning to lead
Nothing can hide the painful economics facing these industries—no matter what President Trump says.
Omar, Sanders introduce End Polluter Welfare Act to close tax loopholes...
"Today more than ever we need to protect people and the planet, not polluters and their profits.
Fossil Fuel industry abusing CARES Act that was created to help...
There’s no limit on how the new refunds can be used -- and even bankrupt firms can get them.
As oil prices fall below $0 per barrel, climate advocates urge...
“The oil price collapse creates a historic opening: a public buyout of the fossil fuel sector to enact a managed decline of extraction and ensure a just transition for workers and communities.”
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Researchers found elevated level of PFAS in mostly fluorinated synthetic rubber wristbands.
Israelis invade Syria: Who will stop Israel?
Israel's latest land-grab in Syria, and the UN and the rest of the world's inability to stop Israel from ignoring and violating the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions and the Genocide Convention.
Luigi Mangione and Daniel Penny display the scale of acceptance for vigilante violence
The contrast in how Penny and Mangione have been covered in the media and treated by the elite show that vigilante violence actually is acceptable in America when carried out against those with little to no agency.
Trump’s pick to lead federal housing agency has opposed efforts to aid the poor
Such views would seemingly place Turner at odds with the core work of HUD, a sprawling federal agency that serves as a backstop against homelessness for millions of the nation’s poor, elderly and disabled.
The world’s four legacy empires going down
In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.