Tag: fossil fuel

The Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act would require major fossil fuel companies to pay into a damages fund, modeled after the Superfund, to help mitigate the harm caused by their contributions to global warming.

Nearly four months later, the lawmakers are still awaiting satisfactory answers.

This is the main focus of the Summer of Heat on Wall Street, a sustained campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience against financiers like Citigroup.

Recent negotiations have stripped these references, sparking widespread concern among environmental advocates and global leaders.

The money that has been refunded to these companies in recent years could have restored an estimated 1,500 orphan well sites.

New research reveals how major energy companies in Europe are hiding the ecological destruction caused by their operations, with nearly 50 percent of adverse impacts going unreported in official sustainability documents.

Activists demand Citigroup cease funding fossil fuel projects amid rising global temperatures and climate displacement.

Indigenous groups and climate advocates welcome Biden’s proposal to protect the Western Arctic from oil and gas drilling, urging further action for long-term preservation.

The debate on the protection of the deep sea reaches the final agenda after being blocked by pro-mining countries last year.

It is the largest penalty for Clean Air Act violations at stationary sources, including power plants, factories and refineries, the EPA said.