Oil and Gas

A person holds a sign the colors of the Ukranian flag with a slogan about an embargo of oil and gas

We Need International Cooperation to Fight Climate Change, Not War We Need International Cooperation to Fight Climate Change, Not War

The world’s ruling elites have chosen to place their geopolitical rivalries above all other critical concerns, including planetary salvation.

May 24, 2022 / Michael T. Klare

Oil pump jack with sunset

Nations Are Nowhere on Their Climate Commitments, and Too Few Journalists Are Holding Them Accountable Nations Are Nowhere on Their Climate Commitments, and Too Few Journalists Are Holding Them Accountable

At a time of many crises, new climate reporting from The Guardian shows just how far off-target we’ve come.

May 19, 2022 / Andrew McCormick

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Biden’s Potential Next Climate Adviser Has Ties to Big Oil Biden’s Potential Next Climate Adviser Has Ties to Big Oil

Deputy adviser Ali Zaidi spent the Trump years at law firms that represented fossil fuel companies and private equity giants profiteering from the climate crisis.

May 17, 2022 / Aída Chávez

A swan sits in a pile of plastic trash

Exxon Doubles Down on “Advanced Recycling” Claims That Yield Few Results Exxon Doubles Down on “Advanced Recycling” Claims That Yield Few Results

The petroleum company is under investigation for misleading the public while exacerbating the global plastic pollution crisis.

May 11, 2022 / Amy Westervelt

A sunny day in Kyiv

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Despite the sirens, and the speeches, the missiles never came.

May 10, 2022 / Leif Reigstad

Destroyed apartment buildings in Ukraine

Against World War III Against World War III

Is a long, bloody war between Russia and Ukraine really in our national interest?

Apr 21, 2022 / Column / David Bromwich

Blue State Activists Are Working to Decarbonize Trillions

Blue State Activists Are Working to Decarbonize Trillions Blue State Activists Are Working to Decarbonize Trillions

And they don’t need Joe Manchin’s permission.

Apr 15, 2022 / Nathan Newman

Jackie Robinson, Pioneer of BDS

Jackie Robinson, Pioneer of BDS Jackie Robinson, Pioneer of BDS

The Dodgers great didn’t just break Major League Baseball’s color line. He was also an activist whose legacy reaches from Brooklyn to South Africa to Palestine.

Apr 15, 2022 / Robert Ross

collapsed building in the town of Borodianka.

Russia’s War in Ukraine: How It Could End Russia’s War in Ukraine: How It Could End

A conversation with Anatol Lieven.

Apr 11, 2022 / Jon Wiener

People wearing fire suits and masks of world leaders stand around a sculpture of the Earth on a pyre.

Autocracies and Fossil Fuels Go Hand in Hand Autocracies and Fossil Fuels Go Hand in Hand

The extraction of hydrocarbons tends to support despotism, whereas sun and wind are much closer to being democratic.

Apr 11, 2022 / Bill McKibben

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