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Publicly Traded Companies in US May Soon Be Obligated to Report Their Emissions
The Securities and Exchange Commission will be considering proposals for climate-risk disclosure rules.
Our Best Weapon Against Soaring Gas Prices Is Dramatic Climate Action
To confront the climate crisis, we have to break capitalism's rules.
Democrats Unveil Bill to Tax Big Oil’s Profits and Send Checks to the Public
The bill comes as oil and gas companies are raking in profits and spending tens of billions on buybacks and dividends.
Climate Mitigation Isn’t Just a Matter of Ethics; It’s Life and Death
If a clean and safe environment is a human right, then climate policies ought to prioritize those at greatest risk.
Investors Are Reevaluating Mountain Valley Pipeline. Let’s Cancel It for Good.
The pipeline has already racked up hundreds of pollution violations and paid millions in fines.
Activists Push Biden to Expand Renewables for Energy Independence From Russia
Activists are seizing on this week’s IPCC report to push back against the oil lobby’s calls for increased fracking.
Irreversible Impacts on the Climate Are Getting Locked In, IPCC Warns
Roughly half of the world’s population is living in areas of high vulnerability to the climate crisis.
Our Universities’ Investments in Fossil Fuels Are Unethical — and Illegal
Our schools are complicit in the climate crisis. They must divest.
Top Climate Publisher Has Played Major Role in Supporting Fossil Fuel Industry
Elsevier, a Dutch company behind many peer-reviewed journals, works with industry to help increase oil and gas drilling.
Big Oil and Conservatives Are Using Russia’s Conflict to Call for More Drilling
It took big oil cronies less than 24 hours after Russia invaded Ukraine to call for more drilling.