Today, UN Secretary General António Guterres acknowledged one simple truth: The fossil fuel industry is the prime culprit behind the escalating climate crisis. Despite the urgent need to cut emissions, the industry continues to rake in huge profits while our...
Almost 40% of US gas is “certified” by third-party companies, allowing producers to claim reduced methane pollution. The problem? The claims are false. New research from Earthworks and Oil Change International compares first hand field evidence to operators’ emissions monitoring...
Switzerland is the first signatory of the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP) to water down its policy to end international public finance for fossil fuels. The country has now also surpassed the United States in providing the most international fossil...
If one oil company is synonymous with funding decades of climate denial, it is Exxon. For decades, the oil giant copied the deadly playbook of Big Tobacco of sowing doubt about the evidence and delaying action.
The turnout wildly exceeded expectations, proof that this summer's record heat, mega floods, and severe weather are putting the climate crisis, and the fight against fossil fuels, at the forefront of peoples' minds. The turnout was global.
Starting this Saturday, the US will host the Asia Pacific Economic Forum (APEC) Leaders’ Week in San Francisco, entitled “Creating a Resilient and Sustainable Future for All.”
Last month, it was widely reported that another chapter in Shell’s dirty and disastrous eighty-seven-year operations in the Niger Delta was coming to an end, with the company selling its onshore business.
The disconnect is terrifyingly stark. Last week, the Guardian newspaper reported that the “World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target”, with the planet heading for at least 2.5C of warming “with disastrous results for humanity."
Tokyo is hosting the “Japan Energy Summit” this week, from June 3-5th. Even in the hyperbolic world of high-level meetings, this summit has lofty ambitions. It promises to accelerate “Japan’s energy transition through innovation and global connections.”
The COP28 agreement marked the end of the fossil fuel era. Now, will the world’s wealthiest nations step up and pay their fair share to drive this transition?
