As the death toll mounts, secondary effects of the Texas grid failure, driven primarily by the failure of gas, coal, and nuclear plants to handle the cold, are becoming apparent. At least 16 people are dead and 2.6 million Texas customers were without power as of Wednesday evening. Gov. Greg Abbott said he did not […]
By Jessica Corbett President-elect Joe Biden is facing renewed pressure to deliver on his promise of a bold climate agenda after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration could move forward with a Wednesday auction of fossil fuel drilling leases for federally protected lands in Alaska. After decades of national debate over oil and […]
A Kinder Morgan pipeline leaked tens of thousands of gallons of gasoline into a waterway in Walnut Creek, California, prompting concerns from residents worried about the company’s safety record. Locals are mistrustful of the company after a 2004 explosion on the same line killed five construction workers and injured four others, the San Francisco Chronicle […]
More than 30,000 abandoned oil and gas wells litter the floor of the Gulf of Mexico in federal waters, the vast majority of those permanently — with many likely leaking methane and other pollutants in perpetuity, the Environmental Health Network reports. The 28,232 permanently abandoned or decommissioned wells on the floor of the Gulf should […]
New York state’s pension fund will sell all its fossil fuel stocks in the next five years and all shares from companies that contribute to climate change by 2040, the state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced Wednesday. It is the most aggressive divestment target set by any U.S. pension fund by a decade. New York will […]
After ongoing pressure from environmental groups and Indigenous communities, Bank of America has said it will not finance any oil and gas exploration in the Arctic, making it the last major U.S. financial institution to do so. The decision is especially significant because outgoing President Donald Trump has opened up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge […]
By Julia Conley A new campaign unveiled this weekend by the nonprofit organization Fossil Free Media aims to expand on the goals of the fossil fuel divestment movement, cutting into oil and gas companies’ profit margins through their public relations and ad campaigns. Along with the support fossil fuel giants get from Wall Street, the […]
The Trump campaign’s efforts to attack President-elect Joe Biden and win Pennsylvania by claiming he would ban fracking failed, while Biden’s climate message appears to have boosted turnout, according to reporting from multiple outlets. Biden not only won Pennsylvania overall, but — while Trump still won in areas with significant fracking operations — Biden improved […]
By Julia Conley Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday denounced the “audacity” of oil giant Shell after it waded into the global discussion about the climate crisis by asking members of the public what they would do to reduce carbon emissions. “I’m willing to hold you accountable for lying about climate change for 30 years when […]
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