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Fossil Fuels

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Op-Ed
Environment & Health

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Is Not Just Public Land. It’s Sacred Land.

The refuge remains under threat as it approaches its 60th anniversary. Indigenous knowledge and stewardship can save it.
by
Jody Juneby Potts &
Emily Sullivan,
Truthout
December 2, 2020
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Citing the threat to the Great Lakes as well as "persistent and incurable violations" by Enbridge, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Department of Natural Resources Director Dan Eichinger informed the Canadian fossil fuel giant that a 1953 easement allowing it to operate the pipelines is being revoked and terminated.
News
Environment & Health

To Protect the Great Lakes, Michigan Governor Moves to Shut Down Pipeline

The bombshell news elicited applause from environmentalists and Indigenous leaders within and beyond the state.
by
Jessica Corbett,
Common Dreams
November 14, 2020
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes the stage before speaking at the Climate Crisis Summit at Drake University on November 9, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa.
News
Environment & Health

Ocasio-Cortez Calls Out Shell Oil Over Hypocritical Emissions Reduction Tweet

The question was seen by Ocasio-Cortez and other critics as a gross deflection of Shell’s own responsibility.
by
Julia Conley,
Common Dreams
November 3, 2020
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A view of the Mad Dog 2020 fracking site in West Pike Run, east of Beallsville, Pennsylvania, where some residents of the country's most heavily fracked region have soured on an industry that had promised economic revival, on October 22, 2020.
Interview
Environment & Health

Opposition to Pipelines and Fracking Is Actually a Winning Electoral Strategy

Winnable fracking bans will be on the table in the next Congress.
by
Janine Jackson,
FAIR
October 31, 2020
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a woman holds a sign reading "[no] FOSSIL FUELS" in front of the new york supreme court building
News Analysis
Environment & Health

ExxonMobil Claims Shift on Climate But Continues to Fund Climate Science Deniers

The company’s professed support for a carbon tax is a disingenuous public relations ploy to delay government action.
by
Elliott Negin,
Truthout
October 19, 2020
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People march behind a banner reading "WATER IS LIFE, STOP KINDER MORGAN PIPELINE" during an outdoor pre-covid protest
Op-Ed
Environment & Health

The TMX Pipeline Threatens First Nations People. It Must Be Stopped.

The Tsleil-Waututh Nation is pressuring insurance company Liberty Mutual to drop the pipeline.
by
Charlene Aleck,
Truthout
October 19, 2020
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A youth displays a sign reading "THERE IS NO PLANET B" during an ourdoor, pre-covid protest
News Analysis
Environment & Health

Amid Climate Crisis, Many Americans Still Don’t Know What the Green New Deal Is

Given the time constraints of the climate fight, this election may set the course for far more than the next four years.
by
Élan Young,
Truthout
October 17, 2020
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A gas flare from the Shell Chemical LP petroleum refinery illuminates the sky on August 21, 2019, in Norco, Louisiana.
News
Environment & Health

Louisiana Official Gets Industry Cash to Push Pipeline Through Local Communities

Black and Indigenous community members say that they have not been asked whether they want the toxic infrastructure.
by
Sara Sneath,
Southerly
October 4, 2020
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A masked protester holds a sign reading "ECOSYSTEM OVER ECONOMY" during a protest
News
Economy & Labor

Voters Want to Use Climate Change Policies to Rebuild the Economy After COVID

A new poll shows that voters want job training for workers who left the fossil fuel industry as well as a carbon tax.
by
Trone Dowd,
VICE News
September 23, 2020
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Navajo Tribal Council member Daniel Tso (also pictured on the previ- ous page) and Mario Atencio of Diné CARE (middle) study a map of oil leases in the Nation’s Eastern Agency. The BLM’s new guidelines will allow up to 3,000 more frack wells in the Greater Chaco region.
News
Environment & Health

New Fossil Fuel Projects Meet Indigenous Resistance in New Mexico

The Trump administration appears set to open the region to more extraction, but Navajo activists are resisting.
by
Randall Hyman,
Truthout
September 16, 2020
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