Tag: fossil fuel
Elders arrested protesting Citibank’s billions in fossil fuel financing amid record...
Dozens of senior climate activists, including 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben, arrested in New York City while highlighting Citibank’s leading role in financing fossil fuel projects amid worsening climate crisis.
Global consensus: Majority support quick fossil fuel phaseout, even in top...
A new UNDP poll reveals overwhelming global support for a rapid transition to clean energy and stronger climate action, including in major fossil fuel-producing countries.
Navigating the energy transition: Renewables abound, but grid challenges loom
Renewable energy doesn’t matter if we can’t distribute it.
Big Banks have funded climate crisis with nearly $7 trillion since...
The financial institutions lavished $705 billion on oil, gas, and coal in 2023—the hottest year on record.
Biden should end the fossil fuel industry’s secret weapon
Using a little-known provision of trade agreements, oil and gas corporations are able to pit their profits against democracies and our climate. It’s time to end the practice.
UAE used Global Climate Summit to secure $100 billion in oil...
The investigation found that the UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) sought nearly $100 billion in deals with oil, gas, and petrochemical companies during COP28.
Scalise took $40K in campaign cash from PAC of CEO accused...
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise's campaign donations from a Big Oil PAC linked to price rigging accusations spark calls for accountability and investigations.
Sanders and Omar push to end $17 billion in fossil fuel...
Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Ilhan Omar reintroduce legislation to eliminate federal subsidies for fossil fuel companies, aiming to save taxpayers $170 billion over the next decade.
The race to end fossil fuel production
Everyone talks about ending fossil fuel production, but almost no one is doing anything about it.
Oil companies contaminated a family farm. The courts and regulators let...
The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells.
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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.
Trump’s Energy Department pick: A Fracking CEO who claims ‘there is no climate crisis’
Wright’s history of denying the severity of climate change raise critical questions about his ability to lead an agency central to energy innovation and climate policy.
Pentagon fails seventh straight audit amid $1 trillion military budget
Meanwhile, Congress continues to approve unprecedented increases in military spending, pushing the budget close to $1 trillion.
Protesters demand US Senate block weapons sales to Israel amid Gaza death toll exceeding...
Emblazoned with slogans like “Stop Arming Israel” and “Fund Housing, Not Genocide,” demonstrators gathered in the Hart Senate Office Building ahead of a pivotal Senate vote on Wednesday.
In five years, Chicago has barely made progress on its court-ordered police reforms. Here’s...
Now many of the city’s reform advocates have lost faith in the process and are increasingly concerned that the opportunity for lasting reform is slipping away.