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The IEA’s plan to increase gas consumption locks in climate chaos

The second in a series of blogs on the IEA's 2019 report on the role of gas in energy transitions. This part explores the climate risks inherent in the report's main policy prescription.

Remembering green heroes and fighting anti-green “zealots”

Two people from polar opposites of the political and ecological spectrum are in the news.

IEA cedes ground on the failure of gas as a bridge fuel. Then bends over backwards to push for more gas use.

The IEA latest report on gas all but makes the case against gas as a "bridge fuel". But still finds a way to push for more of the controversial fuel.

EIB’s Shareholders Must Adopt its Draft Policy and #StopFundingFossils

In these dark times, with daily doses of bad news of our growing climate emergency, we have to celebrate every climate victory we get. And last Friday there was one such victory.

Temperature records are being shattered, so why do we still drill?

"What we describe as a record heat-wave in a few decades, we will simply call that summer. A typical summer's day will be like the most extreme day we have seen in our lifetimes, at this point."

Meet Boris, the UK’s Climate-Denying New Prime Minister and “Donald Trump of Britain”

No wonder Trump and the Republicans are excited at Boris Johnson becoming the UK Prime Minister. He is one of their own. He is cut from the same cloth. He is a climate denier.

A letter to the future from a glacier that is no more

As our climate emergency deepens, as the once great Arctic icescapes melt before our eyes, and once majestic glaciers break up and melt and disappear, we are left to put plaques in their place to lament our lost world.

After Firing Top Regulator, Will Newsom Seize His Chance to Lead California Off of Oil?

The new Democratic Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, is coming under pressure to make good pre-election promises to rapidly move the state away from fossil fuels.

“Reckless” Trump’s drilling leases could emit more carbon than EU does in a year

Since taking office, the Trump administration has offered close to 378 million acres of public lands and waters for oil and gas leasing, which is more acreage than any other administration in history.

“This victory is for my ancestors. It’s for our forest and future generations.”

The Waorani people of Ecuador have won a historic victory in court protecting half a million acres of their territory in the Amazon from oil drilling.