“The arsonist is in charge of the fire department”: Welcome to Pruitt’s Climate Denial Agency
"The arsonist is now in charge of the fire department, and he seems happy to let the climate crisis burn out of control”.
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Resisting White Supremacy & Fighting for Justice
We stand with the students and community of Charlottesville as they stand up to fascism and fight white supremacy. Today and every day, we are committed to fighting for a more just and equitable world for all.
AOC on Californian wildfires: “This is what climate change looks like”
Right now, many parts of California are ablaze fuelled by high winds and tinder dry conditions.
China experiences “worst heatwave ever recorded”
In a year when climate records – from floods, fire and drought - are being shattered daily like shards of glass, there is one country that beats them all: China. The country is experiencing a heatwave like no other.
As world looks the other way, climate alarm bells ring loudly in Antarctica
Whilst much of the world’s media attention is focussed on Putin’s illegal and horrendous war in Ukraine, our daily climate emergency has slipped from the headline news agenda. But what is happening in the Arctic and Antarctica is alarming scientists...
COP26: Civil society tells Biden to leave fossil fuels in the ground
President Biden has continued to approve fossil fuel expansion in recent months, while pointing to Congress to excuse the United States’ lack of climate ambition and espousing false solutions like carbon capture and “net zero” plans that perpetuate fossil fuel...
Report: U.S. crude exports increased nearly 600% from 2015-20, driving 135% increase in Permian oil production
The latest installment reveals that while Permian oil production grew 135% from 2015 to 2020, U.S. oil consumption was stagnant. The spread of pipelines, export terminals, tank farms and petrochemical facilities across the Gulf Coast intensified environmental injustice in the...
As killer heat continues, Dr. Jim Hansen slams “hypocritical” UK Gov. over proposed new oil field
The godfather of climate science, Dr James Hansen and fourteen environmental groups have called on the UK Government to “resolutely reject” the proposals to drill for oil and gas in the new Cambo field, which is west of Shetland, just...
Despite climate emergency, the United States, Canada, and Norway “pumping more oil than ever”
Last year the world’s leading climate scientists, the IPCC, issued a “code red” for humanity and outlined how we had to stop oil and gas drilling if we wanted a liveable future. But still we drill. Take three countries who...
BP’s Russian lobby group scrubs its website clean of controversial links and past
A key British Russian lobbying group, the board of which included executives from BP, and whose hierarchy included British Royalty, British and Russian Ambassadors and ex-British parliamentarians, has quietly erased online content about its activities and personnel over the last...