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Report: Big Oil Has Given Nearly $700M to Fund Research at Top Universities
This funding can be used to push industry-favored products and “solutions,” a new report says.
The Path to a Green New Deal Must Involve a Series of Separate Bills
The national director of the Green New Deal Network, Kaniela Ing, outlines the multistep strategy that will be needed.
Fascists Are Trying to Co-opt Mutual Aid Organizing in East Palestine, Ohio
Neofascist groups are attempting to stoke racial resentment to exploit the disaster for their own gain.
Indigenous Activists Escalate Protests Against Wind Farm in Norway
Norway’s Supreme Court ruled in 2021 that the wind farm violated the Sámi’s human rights and was constructed illegally.
Democrats Pressure Biden to Reject Willow Project’s Arctic Drilling
Experts say the oil and gas drilling project in Alaska would destroy the president's climate legacy if approved.
East Palestine Residents Confront Norfolk Southern at Town Hall Meeting
They called on the company to evacuate anyone who wants to leave following the controlled release of vinyl chloride.
Ocasio-Cortez Blasts GOP Energy Bill as “Fossil Fuel Industry Wishlist”
Republicans have introduced several bills aimed at bolstering the fossil fuel industry, seemingly at all costs.
Billions Are Available to Tackle Environmental Racism. Where Is the Money Going?
Under-resourced communities of color are struggling to access funding supposedly allotted for environmental justice.
Exposure to Chevron’s “Climate-Friendly” Fuel May Pose Severe Risk of Cancer
The risk is 250,000 times greater than the level considered acceptable by the EPA division that approves new chemicals.
A Looming El Niño Could Give Us a Preview of Life at 1.5C of Warming
Experts say the hotter weather pattern might push the Earth into unprecedented territory next year.