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Would we be better off if “Rogue US” left the Paris Climate Agreement?
As the world waits for Donald Trump to make a decision on whether he will pull the US out of the UN Paris climate agreement, the Financial Times asks a simple question: “Might the world be better off if the US simply left?”
“Climate Criminal” Trump to “Leave Paris Deal” This Week
There are reports that Trump has already made up his mind to pull out of the UN Paris climate agreement
As Others Plot the Renewables Revolution, Trump Walks Backwards to Drill Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
As energy pioneers disrupt that market towards clean tech, Trump and his fossil fuel buddies cling to a by-gone age of fossil fuels. But we must not let them destroy America's "crown jewels" in what could be one of the last destructive acts of the hydrocarbon age
3 Key Questions Trump’s Fossil-Friendly FERC Nominees Must Answer
Tomorrow morning, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is set to grill Trump’s two nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the primary federal agency that oversees the permitting of interstate gas pipelines.
Environmental Protection Agency to be “Sledgehammered” in Budget
As the White House prepares to announce its first full budget later today, as predicted the Environmental Protection Agency and other measures to protect the nation's air, water and health, are firmly in Trump’s sights.
Uganda and Tanzania Sign Deal for Major Oil Pipeline
The new 1,400 km East African Crude Oil Pipeline and resulting oil boom in Uganda could bring significant problems to the region. We only have to look at Nigeria and its 60 year spiral of pollution, corruption and violence to know that often oil is a curse rather than a blessing.
“Fossil fuels have lost. The rest of the world just doesn’t know it yet”
“Fossil fuels have lost,” argues Eddie O’Connor, chief executive of Irelands’s Mainstream Renewable Power company, before adding: “The rest of the world just doesn’t know it yet.”
Landowners Launch Call to Defund the Mountain Valley Pipeline as Movement Grows
Across North America and beyond, a growing movement of communities, tribes, and cities is pushing banks to divest from dirty pipelines – going directly after the money that enables the construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure. Now landowners in Virginia and West Virginia are opening up a new front in the push to #DefundPipelines.
Big Oil Faces Legal Challenge Over Amazon Reef Drilling
We have known for years that the days of finding easy oil outside the Middle East are over. It means that the oil industry has to go into fragile ecological areas like the Arctic or exploit dirty unconventionals like the tar sands or shale gas.