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    Activists Skeptical of Exxon’s Net-Zero Promise

    Activists Skeptical of Exxon’s Net-Zero Promise

    After pressure from its investors, ExxonMobil has promised to achieve net zero emissions for its operations by 2050. The pledge includes emissions from the company’s oil, gas and chemical production and the energy used to power these operations, Reuters reported.

    Fed’s Corporate Debt-Buying Could Mean Billion-Dollar Big Oil Bailout

    Fed’s Corporate Debt-Buying Could Mean Billion-Dollar Big Oil Bailout

    By Jessica Corbett As calls for a People’s Bailout in response to the coronavirus pandemic continue to grow across the United States, a new analysis warns that the country’s Big Oil companies “stand to reap yet another billion dollar bailout” thanks to the Federal Reserve’s plans to buy up to $750 billion in corporate debt. […]

    Trump Administration Gives Big Relief to Airline Industry

    Trump Administration Gives Big Relief to Airline Industry

    The Trump administration on Tuesday reached a deal with major airlines to give $25 billion in relief to help the crippled industry. Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines, SkyWest Airlines and Southwest Airlines say the funding will help keep hundreds of thousands of employees […]

    Trump Advances Massive Fracking Expansion on Colorado Federal Lands

    Trump Advances Massive Fracking Expansion on Colorado Federal Lands

    by Andrea Germanos The Trump administration on Friday released a new land use plan for southwestern Colorado that community and conservation advocacy groups warn is a “dangerous” pathway towards increased fossil fuel extraction that makes no “climate, ecological, or economic sense.” Published officially Friday in the Federal Register, the Bureau of Land Management’s “Approved Resource […]

    Fossil Fuels Add to World’s Marine Dead Zones

    Fossil Fuels Add to World’s Marine Dead Zones

    Cutting out coal-burning and other sources of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from heavy industry, electricity production and traffic will reduce the size of the world’s dead zones along coasts where all fish life is vanishing because of a lack of oxygen. Researchers in Hong Kong report in the journal Environmental Science & Technology that cutting fossil […]

    Methane Levels Dramatically Increase

    Methane Levels Dramatically Increase

    Methane levels in the atmosphere experienced a dramatic rise in 2019, preliminary data released Sunday shows. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that methane levels increased by 11.54 parts per billion (ppb) in 2019 over 2018 levels, the largest increase since 2014. “Last year’s jump in methane is one of the biggest we’ve seen […]

    Coronavirus: Air Pollution Might Raise Risk of Fatality

    Coronavirus: Air Pollution Might Raise Risk of Fatality

    By Ajit Niranjan Two main risk factors are currently known to raise the chance of dying from the novel coronavirus that has brought the world to a halt: being old and having a weak immune system. Air pollution makes the second of those more likely. “If you live in a polluted area, your lungs are […]