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#NoKXL Best Hits: Six Reasons Keystone XL Must Not Be Built
As we await the photo-op of Keystone XL approval from the Trump Administration, here's a compilation of a few of our "best hits" for why Keystone XL must not be built.
Now “Climate Kids” Demand “Wayne Tracker” Emails from Government and API
Two landmark legal cases are becoming intertwined after the Attorneys representing 21 youth plaintiffs demanded that the US Government and American Petroleum Institute hand over a series of alias emails that were used by Rex Tillerson, then head of Exxon, to discuss climate change.
The International Energy Agency’s New Climate Scenario: At Last, a Step Towards Paris
Today the IEA finally released an energy forecast that aims for a greater chance of avoiding climate catastrophe. It is crucial that the IEA now retire its outdated 450 Scenario, and instead focus on how to keep warming well below 2ºC and aim for 1.5ºC.
The Reclusive Climate Denying Puppet-Master Behind Trump
When Donald Trump promised to drain the swamp, many of his supporters hoped he would take on the political and media establishment and radically shake them both up.
Trump to “Sledgehammer” the EPA With Drastic Cuts
Earlier today, President Donald Trump unveiled his first budget blueprint, and as predicted, he is proposing radical cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of just under a third.
#Exxonknew: Tillerson Used Alias Email Account on Climate
Scandal has a habit of coming full-circle. For months on the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised to “lock her up”, referring to Hillary Clinton’s use of private email accounts.
Don’t Believe the Oil Companies’ Phoney Forecasts
The oil companies go to great efforts to portray their forecasts as works of objective analysis of the future. They are not - they are self-serving descriptions of the futures the companies would like policymakers and investors to believe in.
Will Merkel Stand up to Trump on Climate?
The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has her first face to face meeting with President Trump tomorrow when she visits Washington.
“The arsonist is in charge of the fire department”: Welcome to Pruitt’s Climate Denial Agency
"The arsonist is now in charge of the fire department, and he seems happy to let the climate crisis burn out of control”.