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Biden and Manchin are wrong about the Mountain Valley Pipeline and Energy Security

The Biden administration's claims that the Mountain Valley Pipeline would help Europe or benefit national security — in Europe, in the United States, or anywhere else — are wildly unfounded.

Activists warn “don’t plunder Africa” after human rights activist is “locked out” of London energy conference

The glossy website for the African Oil Summit in London last week called the event “Africa’s premier global energy conference”. Partners included some of the biggest international oil companies such as BP, Shell, Eni, E.on and Total.

Biden approves huge “carbon bomb” LNG project in Alaska

There is a new name to add to the list of catastrophic climate failures by the Biden Administration: Alaska LNG.

As Biden expands Gulf of Mexico drilling, new research finds it has significantly greater climatic impact than previously thought

A new scientific paper, published yesterday in the PNAS, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has concluded that government inventories of methane and carbon dioxide significantly underestimate the amount of gases which are released in the Gulf of Mexico from oil and gas operations.

Climate crisis: Is it time to charge Big Oil with homicide?

A new academic study, accepted for publication in Harvard Environmental Law, asks the pertinent question about Big Oil and climate change: “Given the extreme lethality of the conduct and the awareness of the catastrophic risk on the part of fossil fuel companies, should they be charged with homicide?”

As IPCC demands urgent climate action, Pacific nations step up, but Italy and UK reach new lows as rogue climate states

Yesterday, the message from the world’s leading climate scientists was their most brutal and stark yet. It was unequivocal.

“Read my lips”: Biden blows up campaign pledge to approve the Willow “carbon bomb” in the Arctic

In one of his most controversial decisions so far, President Biden yesterday approved the Willow oil and gas mega-project on the Alaskan North Slope.

As Japan drives to expand fossil fuels, experts reveal pathway to generate 90% clean power by 2035

This week sees two crucial energy meetings in Japan, a country which remains one of the most prominent financiers of fossil fuels.

US gas exporters bemoan European climate goals deterring new LNG contracts

There are many winners and losers in war, but one of the biggest winners has been the U.S. LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) industry.

Civil society calls for end of controversial Congo oil and gas auctions

A coalition of civil society groups has joined growing international calls for the immediate cancellation of a massive oil and gas auction in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).