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Fossil Fuels
Insurers Are Abandoning Homeowners Over Wildfire Risk But Investing in Big Oil
The firms invested half a trillion in fossil fuels, stoking the crisis that led them to dump thousands of homeowners.
I’ve Covered Climate Disasters for Decades. Now I Live on the Front Lines.
There is only one certainty in our future: Unless we take action to reverse climate crisis, we will all be its victims.
Los Angeles Fires Underscore Activists’ Call: Make Polluters Pay for Disasters
In New York, a “Superfund” law makes fossil fuel firms pay for aid in climate disasters. Could California do the same?
Big Oil Spent $445 Million to Influence 2024 Elections
In April, President Donald Trump had requested that Big Oil spend $1 billion to help him win the 2024 election.
Group Pushing Crypto Plan Is Tied to Project 2025, Fossil Fuel Operatives
The group’s plan to stockpile cryptocurrency would accelerate climate destruction — and taxpayers would foot the bill.
Trump Is Packing His Cabinet With Crypto, Oil and Private Prison Profiteers
Trump’s policy makers will be overseeing the industries that they run and own.
Trump’s Day 1 May See Major Gains for Fossil Fuel Industry at Climate’s Expense
Trump is expected to sign several executive orders — some of them likely crafted by fossil fuel industry lobbyists.
CA Tax Loophole Benefits Oil and Gas Companies, Undermines Firefighting Revenue
The loophole gives oil and gas companies up to $146 million in annual tax breaks that could be used to combat wildfires.
Biden’s Offshore Drilling “Ban” Won’t Protect Gulf of Mexico From Oil Spills
Biden invoked the 2010 BP oil spill, but his ban doesn’t include the area of the Gulf where the spill occurred.
Biden Permanently Bans Offshore Drilling Across 625M Acres of Coastal Territory
This executive action could be difficult for the Trump administration to reverse.