Universal outrage as first new coal plant in a generation is approved by UK
There has been widespread condemnation of the UK's highly controversial decision to approve the first new coal mine in 30 years in Cumbria.
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Australia’s climate plan dismissed as meaningless spin and “too little, too late”
Just days before COP26, Australia's long-awaited climate plan has been slammed by civil society, scientists and opposition politicians as void of substance and full of spin.
As U.S. fires rage on, scientists warn climate change “has not stopped for COVID-19”
Large parts of the American West are currently on fire. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed. At least seven people are dead in different states. An unknown number are missing. Tens of thousands remain under evacuation orders.
“We’re not in an energy crisis, we’re in a fossil fuel crisis” — advocates discuss fossil fuels at onset of COP27
"Make no mistake — the fossil gas agenda is a neocolonial agenda and patriarchal one. Fossil gas will not provide ‘energy security’ in Africa or anywhere else." –Lorraine Chiponda
Thousands take action to keep fossil fuels in the ground, demand Biden Build Back Fossil Free
Last week, the #BuildBackFossilFree coalition held a week of action across the country escalating the demand for President Joe Biden to be a real Climate President and directly confront environmental racism and fossil fuel companies fueling the climate crisis.
UN calls for “free, prior and informed consent” from First Nations for Canadian pipelines
“It’s somewhat frustrating and embarrassing that the UN has to chide the government of Canada and the provincial government with respect to what the rule of law is in this country in regard to Indigenous land rights, Indigenous human rights."
Statement: France fails to show climate leadership with proposed export finance policy
Today, the French government outlined new measures aimed at greening the country’s export credit support policy. Under the proposed new policy, France will continue supporting fossil fuel projects worldwide until at least 2035. OCI urges the French government to reconsider...
Half of world’s fossil fuel assets could become stranded by mid 2030s
Scientists are warning that “large quantities of fossil fuel reserves and resources are likely to become ‘unburnable’ or stranded if countries around the world implement climate policies effectively". And up to half the world's fossil fuel assets could be stranded...
President Obama just applied the Climate Test to Arctic drilling
A closer look at the withdrawal of Arctic waters from offshore drilling shows a critically important detail to how the White House made this decision: They used a climate test as one of the rationales for ending drilling in the...
The Iran nuclear deal, oil production and climate equity
This morning in Vienna, Iran finally reached a deal on its nuclear programme with the P5+1, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany. The deal is big news for energy markets. Iran holds 9% of the world’s oil...