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Scale of Permian Basin Overwhelms Everything, Including Our Climate. We Must Rise Against It.

Four days in the Permian Basin is enough. It’s overwhelming in every way. It’s overwhelming the carrying capacity of the land. It’s overwhelming the community. And as Permian oil, gas, and toxic gas liquids flood global markets, it’s overwhelming our climate.

The IEA and WEO 2019: Still working for fossil fuels, not global climate goals

In its 2019 World Energy Outlook, used by governments and investors all over the world to guide energy decisions, the International Energy Agency is still centering a trajectory heading towards climate breakdown.

Very Little in the Permian Basin Makes Sense

On a tour of the Permian Basin in New Mexico, the devastation and pollution is hard to miss. But with the help of a special camera, you can see just how bad it really is.

Reporting from Raleigh: Breaking the Gas ‘Bridge Fuel’ Myth

Clearly, gas is not a 'bridge fuel' to renewable energy, nor a viable climate solution for North Carolina – it's a fast track to climate disaster.

Canada to Trudeau: We expect more on climate

Yesterday, millions of Canadians headed to the polls and knocked the Liberals’ majority government down to minority status. This was a clear signal to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his party that voters expect more and better action from a Liberal government to confront the climate crisis.

‘Science is not negotiable’: The Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Must Start Now

Affirming that “science is not negotiable” in the halls of a UN conference center and acting on that fact in one’s own policy decisions can be two different things. What counts for the climate is action to manage a rapid and just transition off of fossil fuels.

EU’s lending arm wants more pipelines and the Paris Agreement – it can’t have both

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the world’s largest multilateral lender, bigger even than the World Bank. As a public bank, it’s tasked with providing finance in the EU public interest, and it has an outsized influence on the EU’s energy system because of the private investment it can “crowd in” and the sheer amount of money it has at its disposal.

Shell Emissions Still Going Up, Despite Accounting Device

Shell's climate claims don't add up - a closer look at the oil giant's plans.

In the face of Trump, World Bank Board must stand firm on climate

Because they chose to accept David Malpass, Donald Trump's pick for the next World Bank president, the World Bank Group’s Board of Directors are responsible for moving aggressively him in if he attempts to drag the Bank backward on climate change. The Board must not let Malpass do the bidding of the oil and gas industry.