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Warming at twice the global rate, Europe experiences extreme sea temperatures and drought

The data does not lie. Climate scientists are deeply concerned about rocketing sea and air temperatures, occurring even before a predicted El Nino event in the Pacific, which normally fuels temperatures even further.

Dozens of civil society groups to participate in a #StandwithBach solidarity hunger strike

Imagine, for a moment, that you are a prominent environmental defender sentenced to five years in prison on false tax charges by a country that is increasingly trying to silence activists and academics.

Increase in deadly wildfires in Pacific Northwest directly linked to emissions from Big Oil

Although we are only in May, it has already been a brutal fire season in the Pacific Northwest of Canada and the USA. In Canada, millions have already endured record-breaking temperatures in excess of 90F (32 degrees) this month.

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.

G7 meeting: 50 actions around the world call on world leaders to stop peddling fossil fuels and false solutions

Hundreds of civil society organisations from dozens of countries have taken to the streets around the world to demand that the G7 stop peddling fossil fuels to developing countries and stop promoting false solutions to the climate crisis.

Despite our growing climate emergency, Eni and Equinor double down on fossil fuel expansion

It's that time of year again when the oil industry has to face its shareholders and investors in public: AGM season. Over the coming days, Big Oil executives will have to respond to questions about how they are reconciling the plans for expanding fossil fuel growth with their public commitments on climate change.

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.

Pressure grows on U.S. regulators to investigate U.S. certified gas industry

Pressure is growing on US regulators to investigate and radically overhaul US Certified Gas after shocking revelations were published last week in a report by Oil Change International and Earthworks.

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.