Dakota Access’s owners got over $650 million from taxpayers last year
Hundreds of thousands have joined Native water protectors in opposing Dakota Access. So why are taxpayers subsidizing its owners with millions of dollars?
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“We have gained money from not investing in fossil fuels”
As the fossil fuel disinvestment movement gathers a pace, the loses of US oil companies have reached record levels.
Spreading “Seeds of Resistance” against Pipelines
Seeds of resistance are spreading across the country, as landowners stand up for their land, their communities, and the climate.
The Oil Industry’s Chronic Methane Problem
There are a staggering amount of old and new wells with the potential to release methane. At least 3.5 million wells have been drilled in the US, with a quarter of those still active. Many old and new ones are...
Republicans “Acting at Behest of Big Oil” Trying to Block Investigation of Exxon “Fraud”
“The American people will wake up tomorrow morning shaking their heads when they learn that a small group of radical Republican house members is trying to block a serious law enforcement investigation of potential fraud at Exxon.”
America’s First “Climate Refugees” Receive Funding To Relocate
A small community of French-speaking Native Americans, who have lived on the low-lying Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana for generations, have become America’s first official climate refugees.
Unpacking the U.S.-Canada joint statement on climate, energy, and Arctic leadership
Quick out of the gates this morning, Canada and the U.S. released their joint statement on climate, energy and Arctic leadership in the midst of Prime Minister Trudeau’s official Washington visit. Finding themselves on similar pages when it comes to...
New Trade Deals Will Undermine Keeping Fossil Fuels in the Ground
A new report, entitled Climate Roadbloacks, released by the Sierra Club today reveals how efforts across the United States to protect the climate could be threatened by two proposed trade deals, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment...
Victory for Young Climate Activists in “Trial of Century”
It is a significant legal ruling in what has been described as the “most important lawsuit on the planet right now”.
Two Significant Steps Forward; One Step Back Towards Paris
To start with one huge, massive, significant step forward. Victories do not come sweeter than this. After years of campaigning by millions of people from grass-roots activists, First Nations, farmers and ranchers to environmental groups such as Oil Change International,...