Big Oil to Blame for Harvey’s Toxic Legacy
Yesterday, the Governor of Texas warned that the bill for reconstruction after Superstorm Harvey could be as high as $180 billion.
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The Lofoten Declaration: A new bar for climate leadership
The Lofoten Declaration calls for no new exploration or expansion of oil, coal, or gas, and a managed decline of the fossil fuel sector. For a good part of the past three decades, climate action has been planned, measured, judged,...
3 Key Questions Trump’s Fossil-Friendly FERC Nominees Must Answer
Tomorrow morning, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is set to grill Trump’s two nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the primary federal agency that oversees the permitting of interstate gas pipelines.
As Trump Launches “Energy Week”, Teenagers See Renewables as Fuel of Their Generation
As Trump launches "Energy Week", a new survey finds that well over two thirds of teenagers believe renewables are the fuels of their generation, whereas oil and gas are their parents' fuel.
To really hit Trump on climate change, other G20 leaders must end fossil fuel handouts
A Trump vs. the world showdown is brewing at this year’s G20 leaders’ summit, July 7 and 8 in Hamburg, Germany. After pulling the United States out of the Paris Agreement, Trump’s climate denial will likely take a beating from...
Canada Takes First Step to Cut Fossil Fuel Handouts – Thanks to People Power
The clean energy picture got a little bit brighter in Canada last week, after the 2017 budget started chipping away at the $1.6 billion in federal subsidies to oil and gas companies each year.
As Britain Celebrates Coal-Free Day, Solar Could Soon Shine in US Coal Country
April 21 2017, will go down as a significant day in the dying days of the fossil fuel era. For the first time since the renewable revolution in 1882, Britain went a full day without using dirty coal to generate...
100% Renewable Energy Bill – A first foot forward
Today, Sens. Merkley (D-OR) and Sanders (I-VT) launched a bill that takes a huge step toward aligning government policy with what climate science tells us is necessary – a transition to a 100% carbon-free economy, as soon as possible.
As Trump Drills the Swamp for Oil; Clean Tech Gathers A Pace
In the post-truth reality of a post-Trump election victory, one thing is blindingly obvious: Rather than draining the swamp as he repeatedly promised, Trump is going to fill it will his climate-denying cronies, many of whom are very rich privileged,...
Trudeau’s LNG Permit Breaks the Sky’s Limit
Canada's permit for a massive new LNG export plant in British Columbia cannot be squared with its climate goals.