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The No Fossil Fuel Money caucus in Congress more than doubled this week

In a sign of things to come, the number of Congress members who've signed the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge has now more than doubled. Over 30 Members of Congress have now pledged to reject all contributions from the oil, gas, and coal industries, with some races still to be called that could increase that number even further.

BP’s Blatant Climate Hypocrisy on Show As it “Buys” Vote to Defeat Carbon Tax

As millions of people digest the saturated press coverage of the mid-terms, and wonder what the next two-years of a chaotic and destructive Trump Presidency will mean with the Republican loss of the House, it is easy to miss other issues that were also voted on this week.

Supreme Court Refuses to Block #YouthvGov Climate Lawsuit

As America goes to the polls today, there are early indications that young people are voting in record numbers.

US Shale Companies Facing “Catastrophic Failure” over Ballooning Debt

As the fledgling UK fracking industry bleeds investors’ money in alarming quantities on a daily basis, plagued by ongoing issues of democratic accountability, seismic activity, financial viability and on-going legal challenges, it will find no comfort from looking across the pond.

Bolsonaro: A despot who “spells disaster, not only for Brazil but for the planet”

“All of the promises made to political groups and the people will be kept,” said a victorious Jair Bolsonaro, the new President of Brazil after his election victory earlier this week.

Explainer: IEA Scenarios and the Paris Goals

How the International Energy Agency's Sustainable Development Scenario doesn't match up to the Paris goals, and how the IEA can change it (2 years ago it nearly did!)

Scientists Warn that Canadian Glacial Melting is “Outside the Scope of Normal”

Canadian scientists are becoming progressively alarmed at the increasing rate of melting of the country’s glaciers, warning that climate change is having a severe impact on the region.

Day by Day, UK Shale Industry and Tories Are Losing the Battle to Promote Fracking

In their belligerent and blinkered attempt to replicate the US shale boom in the UK, the fracking industry and Conservative Government cannot bury three immovable and inconvenient truths that treaten to kill off the industry, even before it has been shown to be commercially viable.

The Sky’s Limit and the IPCC Report on 1.5 Degrees of Warming

We must wind down the largest source of carbon emissions – the oil, gas, and coal extracted by the fossil fuel industry – to achieve the deep cuts in carbon emissions that the IPCC report warns are necessary.

Forty-Five Years after the Start of the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo, Renewable Energy Has Tripled

An analysis by the SUN DAY Campaign of both historic and recent data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) suggests that while progress has been made on some fronts since the 1973 Arab oil embargo, in other ways America's energy situation may have actually worsened over the past 45 years.