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us/Report Attacks Industry Campaign to Fix Natural Gas’s Climate PR Problem
By Dana Drugmand
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A new report from advocacy group Food and Water Watch argues that fracking and continued reliance on natural gas is detrimental to addressing climate change. The report, which calls out the fossil ...
us/Advocates Call on EPA to Expand Air Pollution Monitoring of Refineries After 10 Found Emitting High Benzene Levels
By Julie Dermansky
on
Available for the first time, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air monitoring data from over 100 U.S. oil refineries shows that 10 facilities have exceeded federal limits for cancer-causing be...
uk/UK Government Using Investor Group to Fund Fossil Fuel Projects Abroad
By Sophie Yeo
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The UK government is continuing to fund fossil fuel projects abroad through a little-known investment group, despite recent promises to scale back its foreign investments in polluting schemes. Con...
us/California Communities Argue Their Climate Liability Suits Are Based on Fossil Fuel Disinformation Campaigns
By Dana Drugmand
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In back-to-back hearings before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday, lawyers representing California cities and counties suing fossil fuel companies over localized climate impacts argued t...
us/Peak Permian Oil Production May Arrive Much Sooner Than Expected
By Justin Mikulka
on
In mid-January, Adam Waterous, who operates the private equity firm Waterous Energy Fund, made a prediction about the crown jewel of the U.S. shale oil industry, the Permian shale play that straddl...
uk/Reliance on Coal Divides European States
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By Kieran Cooke for Climate News Network Two European states with a traditional reliance on coal are taking radically different paths as the climate crisis worsens. Both countries are in the Euro...
us/'They're Done': CNBC's Jim Cramer Says Fossil Fuel Industry 'In the Death Knell Phase'
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By Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. Climate campaigners drew attention to CNBC's Jim Cramer's comments on Friday, January 31 that he's “...
The Hunt for Fugitive Emissions in the Permian’s Oilfields
By Julie Dermansky
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Meaningful regulation of the fracking industry is a non sequitur to Sharon Wilson, organizer for Earthworks’ Oil & Gas Accountability Project. She supports her em...
us/'Like Handing Out Blankets Affected With Smallpox': US Called to End Oil Exports to Thwart Climate Crisis
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By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. A new report released Tuesday by Oil Change International and Greenpeace USA found that reinstating the...
us/Groups Funded by Oil Industry Bash Plan to Reduce Northeast's Dependence on Oil
By Dana Drugmand
on
Last month New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu announced the state would not be participating in the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), a regional cap-and-trade program aimed at reducing ...

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us/Report Attacks Industry Campaign to Fix Natural Gas’s Climate PR Problem
ByDana Drugmand
on

A new report from advocacy group Food and Water Watch argues that fracking and continued reliance on natural gas is detrimental to addressing climate change. The report, which calls out the fossil ...
us/Advocates Call on EPA to Expand Air Pollution Monitoring of Refineries After 10 Found Emitting High Benzene Levels
ByJulie Dermansky
on

Available for the first time, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air monitoring data from over 100 U.S. oil refineries shows that 10 facilities have exceeded federal limits for cancer-causing be...
uk/UK Government Using Investor Group to Fund Fossil Fuel Projects Abroad
BySophie Yeo
on

The UK government is continuing to fund fossil fuel projects abroad through a little-known investment group, despite recent promises to scale back its foreign investments in polluting schemes. Con...
us/California Communities Argue Their Climate Liability Suits Are Based on Fossil Fuel Disinformation Campaigns
ByDana Drugmand
on

In back-to-back hearings before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday, lawyers representing California cities and counties suing fossil fuel companies over localized climate impacts argued t...
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us/Peak Permian Oil Production May Arrive Much Sooner Than Expected
ByJustin Mikulka
on

In mid-January, Adam Waterous, who operates the private equity firm Waterous Energy Fund, made a prediction about the crown jewel of the U.S. shale oil industry, the Permian shale play that straddl...
uk/Reliance on Coal Divides European States
ByGuest
on

By Kieran Cooke for Climate News Network Two European states with a traditional reliance on coal are taking radically different paths as the climate crisis worsens. Both countries are in the Euro...
us/'They're Done': CNBC's Jim Cramer Says Fossil Fuel Industry 'In the Death Knell Phase'
ByGuest
on

By Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. Climate campaigners drew attention to CNBC's Jim Cramer's comments on Friday, January 31 that he's “...
The Hunt for Fugitive Emissions in the Permian’s Oilfields
ByJulie Dermansky
on

Meaningful regulation of the fracking industry is a non sequitur to Sharon Wilson, organizer for Earthworks’ Oil & Gas Accountability Project. She supports her em...
Series: Permian Problems: Fracking Industry's Promised Land Turns Sour
Series: Fracking the Permian
us/'Like Handing Out Blankets Affected With Smallpox': US Called to End Oil Exports to Thwart Climate Crisis
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By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. A new report released Tuesday by Oil Change International and Greenpeace USA found that reinstating the...
us/Groups Funded by Oil Industry Bash Plan to Reduce Northeast's Dependence on Oil
ByDana Drugmand
on

Last month New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu announced the state would not be participating in the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), a regional cap-and-trade program aimed at reducing ...
Series: Koch vs Clean
Series: Koch vs Clean