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'Disappointing' Decision from Norway's Supreme Court in Climate Lawsuit Challenging Arctic Offshore Oil Licenses
By Dana Drugmand
on
Norwayโ€™s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled not to overturn the Norwegian governmentโ€™s approval of new licenses for offshore oil drilling in the fragile Arcticย region. The ruling โ€“ a culmination of fo...
us/How The Fracking Revolution Is Killing the U.S. Oil and Gas Industry
By Justin Mikulka
on
After over a decade of the much-hyped U.S. fracking miracle, the U.S. oil and gas industry isย having to deal with years of losses and falling asset values which has dealt the industry a serious fin...
uk/โ€˜Coal Has Had Its Dayโ€™: Campaigners Celebrate Rejection of Dewley Hill Mine
By Phoebe Cooke
on
Campaigners are today celebrating a โ€œchanging tideโ€ after plans to extract 800,000 tonnes of coal in the North East wereย rejected.ย  A report for Newcastle City Council found the impact of an openc...
us/San Antonio's City-Owned Energy Utility Is Paying a Quarter Million Dollars a Year to Gas Industry Groups
By Dana Drugmand
on
Deep in the heart of Texas, by far the nation's top oil producer,ย the city of San Antonio is starting to grapple withย its reliance on fossilย fuels. But the key player in implementing the Alamo Cit...
uk/Fossil Fuel Exec Bonuses Still Linked to Oil and Gas Growth, Report Finds
By Jocelyn Timperley
on
Oil and gas companies continue to reward their top executives for increases in fossil fuel production or reserves, analysis shows, with European majors coming out worse than their USย counterparts. ...
us/'The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Terrified': Gas Company Sues to Destroy Small Town's Rights of Nature Law
By Guest
on
Byย Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams.ย Originally published onย Common Dreamsย underย CCย BY-SAย 3.0ย US. In a clear signal of how the fossil fuel industry feels about efforts to enactย Rights of Natureย prot...
us/Electric Utilities Are Slow to Address the Climate Crisis, Reports Indicate
By Dana Drugmand
on
The electric utility sector is largely lagging when it comes to responding to the climate emergency, both in terms of rapidly slashing globe-warming emissions and planning for climate impacts like ...
us/Alaska Drilling Project Squashed By Court Decision Was Touted By Oil-Friendly Former Trump Official
By Ashley Braun
on
This week, a federal court overturned the Trump administrationโ€™s approval for what would have been Alaskaโ€™s first drilling project in federal waters, citing faulty analyses of how the Arctic oil an...
Major Fossil Fuel PR Group is Behind Europe Pro-Hydrogen Push
By Justin Mikulka
on
The recent deluge of pro-hydrogen stories in the media that tout hydrogen as a climate solution and clean form of energy can now be linked in part toย FTI Consulting โ€” one of the most notorious oil ...
Shell on Trial in Dutch Court Over Failure to Cut Emissions
By Isabella Kaminski
on
Shell has appeared in court in the Netherlands accused of breaching its duty of care obligations and human rights law by failing to take strong action on climate change. The climate litigatio...

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'Disappointing' Decision from Norway's Supreme Court in Climate Lawsuit Challenging Arctic Offshore Oil Licenses
ByDana Drugmand
on

Norwayโ€™s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled not to overturn the Norwegian governmentโ€™s approval of new licenses for offshore oil drilling in the fragile Arcticย region. The ruling โ€“ a culmination of fo...
Series: Tracking the Lawsuits Fighting for Climate Accountability
Series: Climate Change Lawsuits
Analysis
us/How The Fracking Revolution Is Killing the U.S. Oil and Gas Industry
ByJustin Mikulka
on

After over a decade of the much-hyped U.S. fracking miracle, the U.S. oil and gas industry isย having to deal with years of losses and falling asset values which has dealt the industry a serious fin...
Series: Finances of Fracking: Shale Industry Drills More Debt Than Profit
Series: Fracking Finances
uk/โ€˜Coal Has Had Its Dayโ€™: Campaigners Celebrate Rejection of Dewley Hill Mine
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

Campaigners are today celebrating a โ€œchanging tideโ€ after plans to extract 800,000 tonnes of coal in the North East wereย rejected.ย  A report for Newcastle City Council found the impact of an openc...
us/San Antonio's City-Owned Energy Utility Is Paying a Quarter Million Dollars a Year to Gas Industry Groups
ByDana Drugmand
on

Deep in the heart of Texas, by far the nation's top oil producer,ย the city of San Antonio is starting to grapple withย its reliance on fossilย fuels. But the key player in implementing the Alamo Cit...
Series: Unplugged: The Gas Industry Is Fighting Efforts to 'Electrify Everything'
Series: Gas vs. 'Electrify Everything'
uk/Fossil Fuel Exec Bonuses Still Linked to Oil and Gas Growth, Report Finds
ByJocelyn Timperley
on

Oil and gas companies continue to reward their top executives for increases in fossil fuel production or reserves, analysis shows, with European majors coming out worse than their USย counterparts. ...
us/'The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Terrified': Gas Company Sues to Destroy Small Town's Rights of Nature Law
ByGuest
on

Byย Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams.ย Originally published onย Common Dreamsย underย CCย BY-SAย 3.0ย US. In a clear signal of how the fossil fuel industry feels about efforts to enactย Rights of Natureย prot...
us/Electric Utilities Are Slow to Address the Climate Crisis, Reports Indicate
ByDana Drugmand
on

The electric utility sector is largely lagging when it comes to responding to the climate emergency, both in terms of rapidly slashing globe-warming emissions and planning for climate impacts like ...
us/Alaska Drilling Project Squashed By Court Decision Was Touted By Oil-Friendly Former Trump Official
ByAshley Braun
on

This week, a federal court overturned the Trump administrationโ€™s approval for what would have been Alaskaโ€™s first drilling project in federal waters, citing faulty analyses of how the Arctic oil an...
Major Fossil Fuel PR Group is Behind Europe Pro-Hydrogen Push
ByJustin Mikulka
on

The recent deluge of pro-hydrogen stories in the media that tout hydrogen as a climate solution and clean form of energy can now be linked in part toย FTI Consulting โ€” one of the most notorious oil ...
Series: Mapping the Hydrogen Lobby
Series: The Hydrogen Lobby
Shell on Trial in Dutch Court Over Failure to Cut Emissions
ByIsabella Kaminski
on

Shell has appeared in court in the Netherlands accused of breaching its duty of care obligations and human rights law by failing to take strong action on climate change. The climate litigatio...
Series: Tracking the Lawsuits Fighting for Climate Accountability
Series: Climate Change Lawsuits

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