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People Power Can Stop the Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline in Minnesota

People Power Can Stop the Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline in Minnesota

By Collin Rees We know that people power can stop dangerous fossil fuel projects like the proposed Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline in Minnesota, because we’ve proved it over and over again — and recently we’ve had two more big wins. In Oregon, a powerful coalition of tribes, landowners and activists has been resisting […]

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    ‘Traitor’ Trump ‘Colludes’ With Putin Over Oil

    ‘Traitor’ Trump ‘Colludes’ With Putin Over Oil

    By Andy Rowell A “traitor.” “Putin’s Poodle.” “Open Treason.” These are just some of the harsh headlines to greet Trump after yesterday’s summit in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The papers back home were indignant with rage. The New York Times called Trump Putin’s “lackey.” The paper said that this was the summit that […]

    Taxpayers Still Shelling Out Billions Annually in Fossil Fuel Subsidies

    Taxpayers Still Shelling Out Billions Annually in Fossil Fuel Subsidies

    The world’s richest countries continue to subsidize at least $100 billion a year in subsidies for the production and use of coal, oil and gas, despite repeated pledges to phase out fossil fuels by 2025. The Group of Seven, or G7, consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the U.S. The group, […]

    Canada to Buy Controversial Tar Sands Pipeline

    Canada to Buy Controversial Tar Sands Pipeline

    The Canadian government plans to spend $4.5 billion Canadian dollars ($3.5 billion) to buy Kinder Morgan’s existing Trans Mountain pipeline and its controversial expansion project that will triple the amount of tar sands transported from Alberta to the coast of British Columbia. The pipeline has been at the center of widespread protests by environmentalists and […]

    Will Gov. Brown Plug the Dangerous Hole in California’s Climate Action?

    Will Gov. Brown Plug the Dangerous Hole in California’s Climate Action?

    By Kelly Trout California Gov. Jerry Brown is gearing up to host leaders from state, tribal, and local governments, business and citizens from around the world at a Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco this September. His goal is to “inspire deeper commitments” in support of the Paris agreement goals. He has emphasized that, […]

    Jerry Brown and Justin Trudeau: Climate Advocates, or Hypocrites?

    Jerry Brown and Justin Trudeau: Climate Advocates, or Hypocrites?

    By Andy Rowell Two leading political figures from the U.S. and Canada, who have boasted about the need to fight climate change, are now under fire for being climate change hypocrites: saying they care about the climate, but allowing drilling and fossil fuel infrastructure to be built anyway. On Wednesday, more than 750 public interest […]

    U.S. Bank Raises $2 Billion in Oil and Gas Pipeline Finance Despite Pledging to Stop

    U.S. Bank Raises $2 Billion in Oil and Gas Pipeline Finance Despite Pledging to Stop

    Since revising its environmental policy last year, U.S. Bank financed more than $2 billion to companies building oil and gas pipelines, including an estimated $480 million to Energy Transfer Partners, new analysis released Thursday by Oil Change International concludes. U.S. Bank CEO Andrew Cecere won praise from indigenous rights and climate advocates in April 2017 […]

    Bank Funding of Fossil Fuels Soars

    Bank Funding of Fossil Fuels Soars

    By Katherine Wei Private banks around the world are back to funneling more money into the global fossil fuel sectors in 2017, according to a report released today by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Sierra Club and Honor The Earth. Banking on Climate Change 2018 is the ninth annual report […]