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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.
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.
Students Say Yale, Stanford and MIT’s Fossil Fuel Investments Are Illegal
Novel legal strategy argues that top schools including Princeton are legally obliged to put the public interest first.
States Are Considering Laws That Penalize Banks for Fossil Fuel Divestment
The American Legislative Exchange Council is driving a surge in state laws modeled on anti-BDS legislation.
A Year After Blackout, Texans Navigate Climate Trauma in a Failing Fossil State
Texans are struggling with climate PTSD after last week's freeze as Big Oil maintains its grip on state politicians.
Exxon Is Using an Unusual Texas Law to Intimidate Critics of Its Climate Denial
The oil firm claims its history of publicly denying the climate crisis is protected by the first amendment.
Big Oil’s New Strategy: Profit Today So They Can Fight Again Tomorrow
Nearly every major oil and gas company now claims to accept the science, but their actions speak louder than words.
How Big Oil Rigs the System to Keep Winning
The oil and gas industry has refined its techniques to stay a step ahead over decades and it has no plans to stop soon.
Chomsky and Pollin: Protests Outside of COP26 Offered More Hope Than the Summit
It’s no wonder the president of the United Nations Climate Change Conference apologized, close to tears, at its end.