2018 Starts with “record lows in Arctic sea ice extent”
As the Arctic melts due to climate change, which is being driven by our fossil fuel addiction, the fossil fuel industry is now exploiting the increasingly ice-free region.
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In Advance of TransCanada Earnings Call, Groups Release Investor Briefing on Keystone XL Obstacles
This new investor briefing examines the current state of the Keystone XL pipeline and the legal, regulatory, and political obstacles that its owner TransCanada continues to face.
Statement: Trump Administration Budget and Infrastructure Proposals Signal All-out Assault on Public Health, Environment
Trump’s infrastructure scam is all about greasing the wheels for oil, gas and coal development and his budget funds this massive giveaway. ‘Streamlining’ critical environmental review really means steamrolling landowners and putting a muzzle on communities when they resist oil...
House Poised to Vote for Big Oil Subsidy in Budget Deal – Oil Change Int’l Response
"It's cynical and reckless to provide relief for climate-related disasters with one hand, while essentially paying Big Oil to worsen the climate crisis with the other. Transferring billions of dollars from hard-working taxpayers to ultra-rich oil companies to extract more...
Statement: California leadership makes the case for no new fossil fuel development in the state
As we approach the Global Climate Action Summit, hosted by Governor Brown later this year, now would be a fantastic moment for the Brown-Newsom administration to announce new steps to limit fossil fuel extraction in the state writ large. The...
EIA: Once again projecting a future that will not come
Given EIA's shoddy track record, today's Annual Energy Outlook projecting climate doom leaves us feeling quite confident that we'll continue to kick our fossil fuel addiction and tackle our climate crisis.
Letter from 30+ Groups: Congress Must Stop Subsidizing Enhanced Oil Recovery
Today, more than 30 environmental, health and social justice organizations urged Congressional leaders to exclude an extension of the tax credit for carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery from any spending bill.
White House Withdraws Climate Skeptic for Top Environmental Job
In another major setback for President Donald Trump, the White House has been forced to withdraw the nomination of a leading climate skeptic to become the chair of the influential Council on Environmental Quality.
Statement: In State of the Union, Trump reaffirms commitment to Big Oil at expense of Americans
Calling this disaster of a plan simply an infrastructure plan doesn’t do the nightmare justice. It’s a Make Big Oil Happy plan. It’s a More Climate Disasters plan. It’s a Taxpayer Dollars in Oil Executives’ Wallets plan. It’s a Bankrupt...
NC Fails Residents by Approving Atlantic Coast Pipeline Permit
"The additional ‘restrictions’ placed are woefully inadequate. The DEQ mandates the use of ‘Horizontal Directional Drilling’ to protect the Neuse River – yet this same drilling technique is so dangerous that it’s resulted in state and federal regulators shutting down...