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As Trump Signs New Russian Sanctions; Old Ones Don’t Stop Oil Exploration

As US President, Donald Trump, reluctantly signs new legislation imposing sweeping new sanctions on Russia, it has been revealed that existing sanctions on the country, designed to prevent frontier oil and gas exploration, are not working.

60,000 Suicides in India “Linked to Climate Change”

Three studies published today on climate change paint a bleak picture on how global warming is already affecting us now, how it could affect us in the future and how the window for action is seriously running out.

Trump Just Weaponized U.S. Energy Policy Against Alaskans

A move by Sec. Zinke on behalf of President Trump exposes some truly dangerous views in the administration and should put Trump’s entire energy policy under further scrutiny, not to mention their scruples and care for our democracy.

UK Bans All New Petrol and Diesel Cars from 2040

The UK has followed France in banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2040, as part of its plan to tackle chronic air pollution in cities.

Devoid of Democratic Legitimacy, UK Shale Industry Responds with Spin and Violence

History is repeating itself. Just as some of the pioneers of the current environmental movement in the UK, who cut their teeth in the nineties fighting the Tories’ road building programme were demonised and attacked, so are today’s anti-fracking activists.

The “Expendables” Fight Back In Toxic Coal Ash Suit

"I call them ‘the expendables'. These men were treated like collateral damage, and they fell between the cracks in this toxic place.”

US Coast Guard: We Won’t Recover Oil if There’s a Spill in the Arctic

In a devastating rebuke to Donald Trump, the head of the US Coast Guard has admitted the United States is not ready to clean up an oil spill in the Arctic.

In the Age of Stranded Assets, Who Pays to Clean Up the Mess?

Who will clean up the mess if oil companies go bust as the whole fossil fuel industry goes from a downcycle into a potential “death spiral”?

“The internal combustion engine will be long decimated by 2040”

Despite all the predictions about the coming renewable and electic vehicle (EV) revolution, Big Oil is still betting on being able to make oil drilling more efficient to compete with renewables, rather than switching to producing clean energy instead.

Yes, We are in a Fight, But We Will Win

Make no mistake. For those of us working on environmental issues, for social justice, to protect our children, our health, our water, our communities who are on the frontline of fossil fuel extraction, we are in a fight like never before.