Saturday, November 23, 2024

Tag: fossil fuel

Campaign to shut down New England’s last coal plant is doing...

New Hampshire's No Coal No Gas campaign deployed kayaktivists and a garden blockade as part of its latest day of mass action aimed at closing Merrimack Station.

Corporate giants promote climate action, but work with oil lobbyists in...

The overlap raises questions about the sincerity of corporate climate commitments.

Big tobacco got caught in a lie by Congress. Now it’s...

Here's the question for the Big Oil 4: will you apologize, here today, for your company's decades of lying about climate change?

Wells Fargo announces commitment to join Net-Zero Banking Alliance and reach...

"Achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 means stopping financing for the expansion of fossil fuels now."

Indigenous movements are key to the fight against fossil fuels

Direct action by indigenous peoples and others most directly threatened, both in their material impact as well as their catalytic effect on wider activist movements, is the decisive factor.

Turning away from fossil fuels: Lessons from the anti-apartheid movement

The rhetorical battle over turning away from investments in companies contributing to climate change, it seems, has been won.

Revealed: Two thirds of online posts from six major European fossil...

One expert called it a “systematic deceptive marketing campaign designed to interfere with the solution that is necessary to respond to the climate emergency: stopping fossil fuel production.”

PennEast Pipeline cancelation could signal ‘end of an era’ for unnecessary...

The pipeline would have crossed more than 88 waterways, 44 wetlands, 30 parks, and 33 conservation easements. Experts say the cancelation demonstrates that federal regulators must stop approving gas pipelines that fail to show they are needed in the first place.

Indigenous resistance blocked 400 coal plants’ worth of climate pollution

"It backs up what we've constantly been saying recognizing Indigenous rights protects the water, protects the land, and protects our futures."

Fossil fuel leaks, spills, flaring & chemical releases after Hurricane Ida...

The damage done after Hurricane Ida from the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry could be among the worst of such events ever recorded.

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Sierra Club sounds alarm, nominee Lee Zeldin ‘unqualified’ to head EPA

“The best-case scenario is that the EPA will lose four years in the fight for the planet. The worst-case scenario should send a shudder down your spine.”

House passes bill granting Treasury power to shut down nonprofits without evidence, sparking free...

Legislation dubbed the “nonprofit killer” faces backlash over potential threats to free speech and civil liberties.

143 million Americans may be exposed to toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

Millions of Americans face exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water, with new EPA data revealing the extent of contamination and fears of regulatory rollbacks under a Trump administration.

David Huitema confirmed as ethics Czar amid fears of Trump’s return and conflict of...

As Trump’s second term looms, the Senate confirmed David Huitema to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Advocates praise the move, but critics warn of a tough road ahead for government accountability.

How climate change threatens HIV care in vulnerable US communities

These disasters not only wreak havoc on infrastructure and displace communities, but also disrupt access to critical healthcare services.