More than four times the number of natural disasters are occurring now than did two decades ago, British charity Oxfam said in a study that largely blamed global warming.
“Oxfam… says that rising greenhouse gas emissions are the major cause of weather-related disasters and must be tackled,” the organization said, adding that the world’s poorest people were being hit the hardest.
The largest 'energy' companies earn their multimillion-dollar profits from fossil fuels, while revenues from renewables are minimal or non-existent.
The Tennessee Valley Authority — the nation's largest public utility — wants to replace two coal power plants with natural gas, raising climate and environmental justice concerns.
Louisiana activists say the East Grand Lake river diversion will smother part of the Atchafalaya Basin, creating new land for fossil energy development in the process.
Campaigners urge greater scrutiny of aquaculture, which relies on wild-caught fish as feed.
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