Fossil Fuel Industry Has Spent Nearly $2 Billion on Lobbying to Kill Climate Laws
From 2000-2016, the fossil fuel industry spent nearly $2 billion lobbying to prevent climate action in the US, according to a new academic study published yesterday.
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“Only A Matter of Time” Before Category 6 Hurricane Hits U.S.
“No one in America has ever experienced the wrath and fury of a category 6 hurricane, which now genuinely seems possible and realistic."
Hundreds gather in Minneapolis calling on US Bank to #DefundETP
Last week, hundreds braved frigid temperatures and blinding snow for a series of actions demanding the US Bank end its funding of pipeline companies.
Climate Leader or Coal Champion? Time for Germany to Decide
A new Oil Change International report shows that, if Germany is truly committed to being a leader in meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement, it must lead the way with a rapid phaseout of fossil fuel production and finance.
Trump Notifies UN of Official Climate Pull Out; But the Market Has Moved on
Two months after Donald Trump announced that he intended to pull America out of the UN Paris climate agreement, last Friday the State Department submitted the formal notification to the UN to that effect.
“Free Speech Crisis” in US with Laws Designed “to Crush” Protests
Since Donald Trump was elected, there has been an assault on the pillars of what many would be considered a free and fair democratic society: the right to protest and the right to free speech.
Big Oil Faces Legal Challenge Over Amazon Reef Drilling
We have known for years that the days of finding easy oil outside the Middle East are over. It means that the oil industry has to go into fragile ecological areas like the Arctic or exploit dirty unconventionals like the...
After Election Fiasco, Britain’s New Environment Secretary Is “Unfit for the Job”
Britain's new Environment Secretary was once the most hated politician in the land. It is easy to understand why.
The Reclusive Climate Denying Puppet-Master Behind Trump
When Donald Trump promised to drain the swamp, many of his supporters hoped he would take on the political and media establishment and radically shake them both up.
Kinder Morgan: “We’ll do what it takes legally to stop it”
The battle for the Dakota Access pipeline is not the only pipeline fight in North America. Later today, the Canadian cabinet of Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, is expected to review the evidence from a special Ministerial Panel on the highly...