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Gas Certification Programs Will Never Motivate the Worst Polluters

The oil and gas industry claims programs to “certify” gas will reduce emissions and allow them to market their gas as clean and safe for the climate. But a look at the companies that have committed to certification, and those who haven’t, highlights why voluntary programs fail to motivate the worst methane polluters – and why gas certification isn’t a viable climate solution.

Just weeks after COP28, ADNOC’s oil and gas expansion plans “gain momentum”

Just weeks after the COP28 climate talks finished, it is business as usual for the host country, the United Arab Emirates, in expanding its oil and gas production.

UK poll: 59% believe it’s “unacceptable for politicians to take donations from fossil fuel companies”

A majority of UK residents believe it's unacceptable for politicians to receive donations from fossil fuel companies, according to a recent poll.

Gaza: Any sustainable solution means ending the Occupation, with Palestine controlling its own resources

Israel's brutal, bloody war on Gaza shows no sign of relenting, with nearly all the Gazan population displaced and Israel warning the war could go on for another year.

Activists warn post-COP28 Japan-ASEAN summit will be full of greenwashing and dangerous distractions

COP28’s historic agreement sent a long overdue signal on the end of the fossil fuel era, but glaring loopholes in the agreement could be exploited as Japan hosts the ASEAN summit and Asia Zero Emissions Community Summit. 

Australia’s largest-ever civil disobedience protest stops half a million tonnes of coal exports

They are calling it the largest civil disobedience climate protest in the history of Australia. This weekend, thousands of activists, young and old, from across the country descended on the world’s largest coal port at Muloobinba (Newcastle), on Awabakal and Worimi land and water.

28 Years Later – Shell still trying to crush opposition

The oil giant Shell spends millions of dollars each year to anticipate the future to try and predict the unpredictable. In a corporate game of crystal-ball gazing, Shell likes to play the long game, looking decades into the future to predict upcoming geopolitical or technological trends.