Fossil fuels

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Big Oil and Gas Kept a Dirty Secret for Decades. Now They May Pay the Price. Big Oil and Gas Kept a Dirty Secret for Decades. Now They May Pay the Price.

Via an unprecedented wave of lawsuits, America’s petroleum giants face a reckoning for the devastation caused by fossil fuels

Jun 30, 2021 / Chris McGreal

Oil Tanker Fire

The Climate Crisis Is a Crime Story The Climate Crisis Is a Crime Story

Fossil fuel companies lied for decades about climate change, and humanity is paying the price. Shouldn’t those lies be central to the public narrative?

Jun 30, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard

Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels

Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels

A true commitment to climate justice is much broader: It necessarily entails building local resilience to climate impacts.

May 7, 2021 / StudentNation / Matthew Sehrsweeney

Oil Rig

Humanity Faces a Climate Emergency—Shouldn’t That Be News? Humanity Faces a Climate Emergency—Shouldn’t That Be News?

A sense of catastrophe has faded even as the environmental emergency has intensified.

Apr 20, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Biden’s Tough Stance on China Will Lead to Global Climate Doom

Biden’s Tough Stance on China Will Lead to Global Climate Doom Biden’s Tough Stance on China Will Lead to Global Climate Doom

To tackle the climate crisis, Biden should build an alliance with China aimed at collective survival.

Mar 1, 2021 / Michael T. Klare

How to Defeat the Fossil Fuel Industry

How to Defeat the Fossil Fuel Industry How to Defeat the Fossil Fuel Industry

Making it harder to build more pipelines and gas-powered plants will help make the Green New Deal and a livable planet so much more possible.

Dec 16, 2020 / Richard Lachmann, Michael Schwartz, and Kevin Young

Three people protest, holding signs and wearing masks. The one in the center front holds a sign that reads

Trump Is Butchering Our Regulatory Infrastructure Trump Is Butchering Our Regulatory Infrastructure

Recent rules changes lock into place weaker environmental, workplace safety, and labor standards, and escalate the assault on legal immigration.

Oct 20, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

The sky is orange and smoky above the lake, where several boats are docked.

How Climate-Driven Disasters Threaten Climate Progress How Climate-Driven Disasters Threaten Climate Progress

As climate change fans the flames of wildfires up and down the West Coast, those same fires also endanger efforts to combat climate change.

Oct 19, 2020 / Josh Lappen

When It Comes to Climate Change, It’s Joe Biden Versus the DNC

When It Comes to Climate Change, It’s Joe Biden Versus the DNC When It Comes to Climate Change, It’s Joe Biden Versus the DNC

The Democratic presidential nominee knows that halting fossil fuel subsidies is imperative. Why doesn’t the DNC?

Aug 21, 2020 / Tamara Toles O’Laughlin

Want to Slow the Climate Crisis? Don’t Use Single-Use Plastics.

Want to Slow the Climate Crisis? Don’t Use Single-Use Plastics. Want to Slow the Climate Crisis? Don’t Use Single-Use Plastics.

The fossil fuel industry is dependent on our plastic dependency. We can starve it.

Apr 23, 2020 / Annie Leonard

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