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uk/UK Doubled Its Support for Fossil Fuels Since Signing Paris Agreement
By India Bourke
on
In the three years after countries signed the landmark Paris Agreement, the UK nearly doubled its public finance support for fossil fuel projects. A new report shows the UK spent an average of £1....
uk/Ineos-Owned Grangemouth Oil Refinery Should Be Refused £500m Bailout, Say Green Groups
By Rich Collett-White
on
The petrochemical company that runs Scotland’s Grangemouth oil refinery should not be given state support to help it weather the coronavirus pandemic, according to a coalition of environmental orga...
Labor Helps Obama Energy Secretary Push and Profit from 'Net Zero' Fossil Fuels
By Steve Horn
on
Progressive activists have called for a Green New Deal, a linking of the U.S. climate and labor movements to create an equitable and decarbonized economy and move away from fossil fuels to address ...
Exxon Sued Again for 'Misleading' Advertising
By Dana Drugmand
on
ExxonMobil is facing yet another lawsuit challenging the corporation’s allegedly deceptive behavior related to climate change. The latest suit, filed May 15 in the D.C. Superior Court, claims the o...
us/Safety Can't Be a 'Pretext' for Regulating Unsafe Oil Trains, Says Trump Admin
By Justin Mikulka
on
The federal agency overseeing the safe transport of hazardous materials released a stunning explanation of its May 11 decision striking down a Washington state effort to regulate trains carrying vo...
uk/Comment: Fossil Fuels are Heading Down but Not Yet Out
By Guest
on
By Kieran Cooke for Climate News Network At a casual glance, you could be forgiven for thinking that fossil fuels are here to stay for a long time yet, although not everything on the horizon is ro...
EPA Clean Air Panel Chair Dismisses His Oil Industry Ties, Slams Harvard Study on Air Pollution and COVID Risks
By Dana Drugmand
on
The head of a federal committee tasked with advising the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on air quality science recently disparaged a new Harvard study examining the link between air pollutio...
uk/Scotland's Fossil Fuel Sector Hangs in the Balance as Ministers Consider Calls to Intervene
By Chris Silver
on
A year on from the Scottish Government’s declaration of a climate emergency, the country’s fossil fuel industry is about to enter a critical period as ministers weigh up key decisions on how to ach...
uk/How Shell Backed Dutch ‘Coordinator’ of Climate Science Denial For Decades
By Alexander Beunder and co-authors
on
This article has been published in collaboration with Platform Authentieke Journalistiek as part of the Shell Papers project, and should be credited to Alexander Beunder, Jilles Mast, Merel de Buck...
us/Failed Finances and 'the Demonization of Gas' Are Threatening the Future of US LNG
By Justin Mikulka
on
The U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) market, once the promising golden child of the fossil fuel industry, has a major long-term problem. While it's facing financial disaster due to the current cras...

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uk/UK Doubled Its Support for Fossil Fuels Since Signing Paris Agreement
ByIndia Bourke
on

In the three years after countries signed the landmark Paris Agreement, the UK nearly doubled its public finance support for fossil fuel projects. A new report shows the UK spent an average of £1....
uk/Ineos-Owned Grangemouth Oil Refinery Should Be Refused £500m Bailout, Say Green Groups
ByRich Collett-White
on

The petrochemical company that runs Scotland’s Grangemouth oil refinery should not be given state support to help it weather the coronavirus pandemic, according to a coalition of environmental orga...
Labor Helps Obama Energy Secretary Push and Profit from 'Net Zero' Fossil Fuels
BySteve Horn
on

Progressive activists have called for a Green New Deal, a linking of the U.S. climate and labor movements to create an equitable and decarbonized economy and move away from fossil fuels to address ...
Exxon Sued Again for 'Misleading' Advertising
ByDana Drugmand
on

ExxonMobil is facing yet another lawsuit challenging the corporation’s allegedly deceptive behavior related to climate change. The latest suit, filed May 15 in the D.C. Superior Court, claims the o...
Series: Tracking the Lawsuits Fighting for Climate Accountability
Series: Climate Change Lawsuits
us/Safety Can't Be a 'Pretext' for Regulating Unsafe Oil Trains, Says Trump Admin
ByJustin Mikulka
on

The federal agency overseeing the safe transport of hazardous materials released a stunning explanation of its May 11 decision striking down a Washington state effort to regulate trains carrying vo...
Series: Oil By Rail: Following the Bomb Trains
Series: Oil Bomb Trains
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uk/Comment: Fossil Fuels are Heading Down but Not Yet Out
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By Kieran Cooke for Climate News Network At a casual glance, you could be forgiven for thinking that fossil fuels are here to stay for a long time yet, although not everything on the horizon is ro...
EPA Clean Air Panel Chair Dismisses His Oil Industry Ties, Slams Harvard Study on Air Pollution and COVID Risks
ByDana Drugmand
on

The head of a federal committee tasked with advising the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on air quality science recently disparaged a new Harvard study examining the link between air pollutio...
uk/Scotland's Fossil Fuel Sector Hangs in the Balance as Ministers Consider Calls to Intervene
ByChris Silver
on

A year on from the Scottish Government’s declaration of a climate emergency, the country’s fossil fuel industry is about to enter a critical period as ministers weigh up key decisions on how to ach...
uk/How Shell Backed Dutch ‘Coordinator’ of Climate Science Denial For Decades
ByAlexander Beunder and co-authors
on

This article has been published in collaboration with Platform Authentieke Journalistiek as part of the Shell Papers project, and should be credited to Alexander Beunder, Jilles Mast, Merel de Buck...
us/Failed Finances and 'the Demonization of Gas' Are Threatening the Future of US LNG
ByJustin Mikulka
on

The U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) market, once the promising golden child of the fossil fuel industry, has a major long-term problem. While it's facing financial disaster due to the current cras...