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us/Fossil Fuel Investments Cost California and Colorado Pension Funds Over $19 Billion, Report Finds
By Sharon Kelly
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California and Colorado’s public pension funds together lost out on over $19 billion over the past decade by investing in fossil fuel stocks, according to a report released on Tuesday. The three p...
us/New Estimates Predict a Lot More Renewable Power Growth in the U.S. Very Soon
By Justin Mikulka
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After revising its three-year U.S. power forecast, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has predicted major declines for fossil fuels and nuclear power alongside strong growth in renewab...
uk/Comment: Cuadrilla Has Failed in Lancashire, But Only a Full Ban Can End Fracking For Good
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By Claire Stephenson, a campaigner with Frack Free Lancashire The announcement by the Conservative government last week, proclaiming they are ending their support for the shale gas industry in the...
UK Government Implements Fracking Ban – For Now
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By Ruth Hayhurst for Drill or Drop After seven years of promoting fracking, Conservative ministers have withdrawn their support and blocked the prospects of a shale gas industry. The UK governmen...
uk/Analysis: Why It's Risky to Invest in Saudi Aramco's Climate Wreckage Sale
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By Andy Rowell for Oil Change International The board of the state-owned oil company of Saudi Arabia, known as Saudi Aramco, has given its final approval to proceed with its long awaited part priv...
us/Public Health Experts Flunk Report Tying Pennsylvania Air Quality Improvements to Gas Drilling
By Sharon Kelly
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America’s air seems to have taken a turn for the worse, according to recent scientific research. Last week, a nationwide study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) found that the coun...
us/‘Is This About the Oil Industry?’ House Oversight Hearing Explores Big Oil’s Role in Weakening Clean Car Standards
By Dana Drugmand
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The House Oversight Committee, which last week heard testimony on the oil industry’s efforts to suppress climate science, continued to probe the industry’s deception and influence with a hearing on...
uk/Is Fracking in Lancashire Really Dead? Not Quite...
By Sophie Yeo
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After almost a thousand days of protest, Cuadrilla has abandoned its fracking site at Preston New Road in Lancashire – but is the company gone for good, or is this just a temporary reprieve for the...
Revealed: Tullow Oil's Community Projects Having 'Very Little Impact' in Kenya's Drought-Ravaged Turkana Region
By Maina Waruru
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British company Tullow Oil is under fire for wasteful spending related to community projects intended to balance the damage done by the company’s oil extraction in the Turkana region of Kenya....
us/As Drillers Continue Poor Financial Performance, Shale Insight Hosts Trump Speech Touting Fossil Energy Future
By Sharon Kelly
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When candidate Donald Trump arrived in Pittsburgh at the Shale Insight conference in 2016, he arrived with a message for the gathered shale executives: I will roll back regulation, especially envir...

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us/Fossil Fuel Investments Cost California and Colorado Pension Funds Over $19 Billion, Report Finds
BySharon Kelly
on

California and Colorado’s public pension funds together lost out on over $19 billion over the past decade by investing in fossil fuel stocks, according to a report released on Tuesday. The three p...
Series: Finances of Fracking: Shale Industry Drills More Debt Than Profit
Series: Fracking Finances
us/New Estimates Predict a Lot More Renewable Power Growth in the U.S. Very Soon
ByJustin Mikulka
on

After revising its three-year U.S. power forecast, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has predicted major declines for fossil fuels and nuclear power alongside strong growth in renewab...
Opinion
uk/Comment: Cuadrilla Has Failed in Lancashire, But Only a Full Ban Can End Fracking For Good
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By Claire Stephenson, a campaigner with Frack Free Lancashire The announcement by the Conservative government last week, proclaiming they are ending their support for the shale gas industry in the...
Series: Frack Off: Meet the Campaigners Protecting Lancashire from Fracking
Series: Campaigners Against Fracking Lancashire
UK Government Implements Fracking Ban – For Now
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By Ruth Hayhurst for Drill or Drop After seven years of promoting fracking, Conservative ministers have withdrawn their support and blocked the prospects of a shale gas industry. The UK governmen...
Series: Frack Off: Meet the Campaigners Protecting Lancashire from Fracking
Series: Campaigners Against Fracking Lancashire
Analysis
uk/Analysis: Why It's Risky to Invest in Saudi Aramco's Climate Wreckage Sale
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By Andy Rowell for Oil Change International The board of the state-owned oil company of Saudi Arabia, known as Saudi Aramco, has given its final approval to proceed with its long awaited part priv...
us/Public Health Experts Flunk Report Tying Pennsylvania Air Quality Improvements to Gas Drilling
BySharon Kelly
on

America’s air seems to have taken a turn for the worse, according to recent scientific research. Last week, a nationwide study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) found that the coun...
us/‘Is This About the Oil Industry?’ House Oversight Hearing Explores Big Oil’s Role in Weakening Clean Car Standards
ByDana Drugmand
on

The House Oversight Committee, which last week heard testimony on the oil industry’s efforts to suppress climate science, continued to probe the industry’s deception and influence with a hearing on...
Series: Koch vs Clean
Series: Koch vs Clean
uk/Is Fracking in Lancashire Really Dead? Not Quite...
BySophie Yeo
on

After almost a thousand days of protest, Cuadrilla has abandoned its fracking site at Preston New Road in Lancashire – but is the company gone for good, or is this just a temporary reprieve for the...
Revealed: Tullow Oil's Community Projects Having 'Very Little Impact' in Kenya's Drought-Ravaged Turkana Region
ByMaina Waruru
on

British company Tullow Oil is under fire for wasteful spending related to community projects intended to balance the damage done by the company’s oil extraction in the Turkana region of Kenya....
Series: British Company Tullow Oil Exploiting Africa’s Resources and People
Series: British Company Tullow Oil Exploiting Africa’s Resources and People
us/As Drillers Continue Poor Financial Performance, Shale Insight Hosts Trump Speech Touting Fossil Energy Future
BySharon Kelly
on

When candidate Donald Trump arrived in Pittsburgh at the Shale Insight conference in 2016, he arrived with a message for the gathered shale executives: I will roll back regulation, especially envir...