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Nationwide Protests Demand End of Big Bank Funding for Fossil Fuel Expansion
More than 100 demonstrations are scheduled today amid the UN’s latest warning that a climate time bomb is ticking.
UN IPCC Climate Report to Sound Most Dire Warning Yet
The world’s top scientists are warning that the window for action to prevent catastrophic global heating is nearly shut.
“Another Massive Climate Disappointment”: Biden Slammed for Oil Project Approval
The Willow project, as proposed by ConocoPhillips, has been dubbed a “carbon bomb” by climate advocates.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We Face a Climate Abyss, But There Are Sparks of Hope, Robert Pollin Says
We must embrace the positive developments so that we can build effectively from them, the progressive economist argues.
Oil and Gas Industry Spent $124.4 Million Lobbying Amid Record Profits in 2022
The industry targeted rules governing methane emissions as well as oil and gas development on federal land and waters.