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Activists Shut Down Tar Sands Pipelines Crossing US-Canada Border

Last night 10 climate activists, support team members, and videographers spent the night in jail across four US states after five of them shut down all the tar sands pipelines crossing the Canada-U.S. border.

“Democracy died today”: Outrage Over UK Landmark Fracking Decision

“Democracy died today”, wrote one irate Lancastrian yesterday on Facebook regarding the decision by the UK Government to overturn a decision by the local County Council to reject a fracking application by the shale gas company, Cuadrilla.

British “Fossil-Free Culture” Campaigners Head to the US

Six years after starting a campaign to kick fossil fuel sponsorship out of cultural and arts institutions in the UK, activists from the collective, Liberate Tate, will be touring the US this month.

Virginians Stand Up to Dominion’s Fossil Fuel Fatalism

Everyday people in Virginia are standing up to the fossil fuel fatalism of Dominion Power.

Trudeau’s LNG Permit Breaks the Sky’s Limit

Canada's permit for a massive new LNG export plant in British Columbia cannot be squared with its climate goals.

Black Lives Matter Shuts Down London’s City Airport

Activists from Black Lives Matter have shut down London’s City airport this morning in a protest about environmental racism and climate change and to protest against the UK's environmental impact on black people.

“President Obama: More Drilling = More Floods”

As Louisiana recovers from the worst flooding in the US since Hurricane Sandy, you would have thought that the chaos and lives lost in the flooding would force an immediate rethink from the Obama Administration regarding energy policy and our continued use of fossil fuels.

“We don’t want this black snake within our Treaty boundaries”

One of the most important battles against pipeline expansion in North America is happening right now in North Dakota.

As Renewables Soar, Oil Industry Launches New PR Offensive

As the renewable revolution gathers a pace, the oil industry has launched yet another PR offensive trying to rebrand fossil fuels as sustainable.

Louisiana Floods: A “classic signal of climate change”

The US state of Louisiana was under a state of emergency over the weekend with at least six people dead and 20,000 people rescued due to an "historic" flooding event affecting the state for the previous few days.