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Arctic warming & climate change “should be the number one urgent conversation right now”

"Every year there’s a new temperature record, it’s getting worse and worse and you feel like a broken record saying it. This should be the number one urgent conversation happening right now because it’s not just going to be Alaska, it’s going to be other communities all over the US"

Surprise, Surprise #MobilKnew Too

A document from the early nineties reveals that Mobil was worried about climate change and secondly it was already funding groups with the intention of obfuscating the debate.

Of Turmeric and Truth: “Fuel for Thought” and the Struggle in Ogoni

We are struck by some parallels between the Ogoni struggle, the insistent energy of the recent School Strikes and Extinction Rebellion's actions over the past weeks.

As Britain Pledges Climate Action; Canada Heads for Fossil Fuel “Armageddon”

No matter how much spin they put on it, Canada is heading for its Kodak-climate moment.

Pressure Grows on EDF to Pioneer “Just Transition” From Oil to Wind in UK

The energy company EDF is coming under intense pressure in Scotland to help pioneer a “just transition” from oil to renewables by investing in wind turbine manufacture in the UK, rather than outsourcing the work to Asia.

IEA ‘New Policy Scenario’ Promotes ‘Business As Usual’ In A Carbon-Constrained World

When it comes to making decisions on expensive and complex energy infrastructure, investors, governments, and companies look decades into the future. Unfortunately for action on climate change, the IEA's World Energy Outlook has a strong status quo bias.

Irish Government Accused of “Sabotaging” Landmark Climate Bill

The Irish Government has been accused of being a “puppet” of the oil and gas industry, and deliberately trying to “sabotage” a landmark Climate Emergency Measures Bill, just weeks after its Parliament declared a climate emergency.

Breaking! Gas Still Isn’t a Bridge Fuel

Gas is dirty, expensive, and unnecessary - so why is the fossil fuel industry calling it a 'bridge fuel'? Our new report unpacks and debunks the enduring myth that gas can form a 'bridge' to a safe climate.

Climate Denying Trump Administration Rebrands Fossil Fuels as “Freedom Gas”

The Trump Administration is redoubling its assault on the climate. Part of that is trying to redefine fossil fuels as “molecules of U.S. freedom” and “freedom gas.”

World’s Largest Oil Exporter Invests in US Shale Gas

The world’s largest oil exporter has signalled that it is investing in the world’s largest shale play. And that can only be further bad news for the climate.