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After a Decade of Fracking, Billions of Dollars Lost and a Climate in Crisis
By Sharon Kelly
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As 2020 begins, the impacts of climate change have become increasingly clear around the world. The new year started amid devastating wildfires, tied to the worst droughts Australia has experienced ...
uk/London-Listed Tullow Oil Suspends Operations in Kenya After Severe Weather
By Leopold Obi
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Tullow Oil has suspended the transport of crude oil in northern Kenya after severe weather destroyed crucial infrastructure. The London stock exchange listed firm, which started oil exploration in...
uk/UK Accused of Hypocrisy Over Pledge to Extract Africa's Oil
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By Chloe Farand, Climate Home News The UK will formally end all direct support for coal mining and power plants abroad but still help African countries “extract and use” oil and gas, prime ministe...
us/How One Utah Community Fought the Fracking Industry — and Won
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By Tara Lohan, The Revelator. Originally posted on The Revalator. Kanab, a small Utah town that’s home to the famous Best Friends Animal Society, took an unconventional path to face down a frac sa...
uk/New Cumbrian Coal Mine 'Incompatible' with UK's Climate Ambition – Report
By Sophie Yeo
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A new coal mine proposed along the Cumbrian coast is “unnecessary” and would hinder efforts to tackle climate change, according to a new report.  Woodhouse Colliery received planning permission to...
us/Replacing Coal with Renewables Could Save Energy Customers $8 Billion a Year, Financial Analysts Find
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By Joe Smyth, Energy and Policy Institute. This was originally posted on the Energy and Policy Institute. Analysts at Morgan Stanley and Moody’s Investors Service expect that more electric utiliti...
us/Fossil Fuel Interests Applaud Trump Admin's Weakening of Major Environmental Law
By Dana Drugmand
on
Industry groups including oil and gas trade associations were quick to pile on the praise following President Trump’s announcement Thursday, January 9 of major overhauls to the National Environment...
us/LNG, Plastics and Other Gas Industry Plans Would Add Climate Pollution Equal to 50 New Coal Plants
By Sharon Kelly
on
This week, plans to build one of the world’s largest plastics and petrochemical plants in St. James Parish, Lousiana — the heart of the state’s notorious Cancer Alley — inched forward as Lousiana a...
us/Louisiana Landowners Appeal Bayou Bridge Pipeline's Right to Seize Their Land After Trespassing
By Dana Drugmand
on
A Louisiana appeals court heard oral arguments Wednesday, January 8 in a case brought by Louisiana landowners against the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Company that illegally trespassed and began pipeline ...
us/Breaking: Former Energy Secretary Rick Perry Rejoins Board of Dakota Access Owner, Energy Transfer
By Sharon Kelly
on
Former Trump administration Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who resigned from his cabinet-level post effective last month, has joined the board of directors of the general partner of Energy Transfer L...

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After a Decade of Fracking, Billions of Dollars Lost and a Climate in Crisis
BySharon Kelly
on

As 2020 begins, the impacts of climate change have become increasingly clear around the world. The new year started amid devastating wildfires, tied to the worst droughts Australia has experienced ...
uk/London-Listed Tullow Oil Suspends Operations in Kenya After Severe Weather
ByLeopold Obi
on

Tullow Oil has suspended the transport of crude oil in northern Kenya after severe weather destroyed crucial infrastructure. The London stock exchange listed firm, which started oil exploration in...
uk/UK Accused of Hypocrisy Over Pledge to Extract Africa's Oil
ByGuest
on

By Chloe Farand, Climate Home News The UK will formally end all direct support for coal mining and power plants abroad but still help African countries “extract and use” oil and gas, prime ministe...
us/How One Utah Community Fought the Fracking Industry — and Won
ByGuest
on

By Tara Lohan, The Revelator. Originally posted on The Revalator. Kanab, a small Utah town that’s home to the famous Best Friends Animal Society, took an unconventional path to face down a frac sa...
uk/New Cumbrian Coal Mine 'Incompatible' with UK's Climate Ambition – Report
BySophie Yeo
on

A new coal mine proposed along the Cumbrian coast is “unnecessary” and would hinder efforts to tackle climate change, according to a new report.  Woodhouse Colliery received planning permission to...
us/Replacing Coal with Renewables Could Save Energy Customers $8 Billion a Year, Financial Analysts Find
ByGuest
on

By Joe Smyth, Energy and Policy Institute. This was originally posted on the Energy and Policy Institute. Analysts at Morgan Stanley and Moody’s Investors Service expect that more electric utiliti...
us/Fossil Fuel Interests Applaud Trump Admin's Weakening of Major Environmental Law
ByDana Drugmand
on

Industry groups including oil and gas trade associations were quick to pile on the praise following President Trump’s announcement Thursday, January 9 of major overhauls to the National Environment...
us/LNG, Plastics and Other Gas Industry Plans Would Add Climate Pollution Equal to 50 New Coal Plants
BySharon Kelly
on

This week, plans to build one of the world’s largest plastics and petrochemical plants in St. James Parish, Lousiana — the heart of the state’s notorious Cancer Alley — inched forward as Lousiana a...
us/Louisiana Landowners Appeal Bayou Bridge Pipeline's Right to Seize Their Land After Trespassing
ByDana Drugmand
on

A Louisiana appeals court heard oral arguments Wednesday, January 8 in a case brought by Louisiana landowners against the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Company that illegally trespassed and began pipeline ...
us/Breaking: Former Energy Secretary Rick Perry Rejoins Board of Dakota Access Owner, Energy Transfer
BySharon Kelly
on

Former Trump administration Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who resigned from his cabinet-level post effective last month, has joined the board of directors of the general partner of Energy Transfer L...