“Read my lips”: Biden blows up campaign pledge to approve the Willow “carbon bomb” in the Arctic
In one of his most controversial decisions so far, President Biden yesterday approved the Willow oil and gas mega-project on the Alaskan North Slope.
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Civil Society calls on COP leaders to include unequivical fossil fuel phase-out in final declaration
We are in the business end of the COP27 negotiations, as delegates haggle over the final declaration. As I write the news from Sharm el-Sheikh regarding the all important text is deeply concerning and comprehensively flawed.
COP27: Civil Society says “Don’t Gas Africa” and calls for an end of colonial fossil fuel extraction
At a series of events today at the COP27 climate talks, speaker after speaker warned against the Dash for Gas in Africa. One speaker, Mohamed Adow, from PowerShiftAfrica, said: “Africa sits at a crossroads & there is a fight to...
The fight to hold Shell accountable for complicity in murder & pollution in Nigeria continues
In 2017, Esther Kiobel and three other widows of the Ogoni 9, brought a new legal case against Shell in the Netherlands for complicity in murdering their husbands. And today was judgement day in the Hague. A day for hope....
As Shell spins a commitment to “net zero” by 2050, critics wave red warning flags
Shell, a company often vilified for being complicit in human rights abuses in Nigeria, of rampant pollution and ignoring the risks of climate change for decades, belatedly wants us to believe it is central to the climate fight.
As the world burns, Conservatives turn climate change and clean air into a toxic “culture war” issue
Climate change and the right to breathe clean air are rapidly rising up the political agenda in the United Kingdom. The ruling Conservative Party is now attempting to weaponize these issues as part of a toxic culture war to prevent...
Leading Progressive Groups Launch Pressure Campaign for Biden to Address Fossil Fuels and Climate Crisis
Today, organizations representing millions of environmental, racial, and economic justice advocates across the country are launching a new Build Back Fossil Free campaign to hold President-elect Joe Biden accountable to his promises for bold climate action.
European Development Finance Institutions fall short on climate ambition by allowing continued financing for fossil gas
European Development Finance Institutions fall short on climate ambition by allowing continued financing for fossil gasToday, one week ahead of the Finance in Common Summit, the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) announced joint ambitions for climate action. The...
“Historic moment” as BP writes-off billions of reserves as stranded assets
This is a big moment for Big Oil. Climate reality has finally caught up with BP’s corporate dreamland that it could carry on drilling forever.
Subsidy Spotlight: Paying the Price of Tar Sands Expansion
From tar sands refinery subsidies in Whiting, Indiana and cash-strapped Detroit to petcoke covering the neighborhoods of Southeast Chicago, this subsidy spotlight explores the human impact of government subsidies gone haywire.