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us/Industry Groups Sued EPA Over Obama Ozone Standards. Under Trump, They Support Them
By Dana Drugmand
on
Large business and industry associations representing the fossil fuel industry welcomed a July 13 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcement that the agency would not be strengthening ...
uk/UK Offered £760m of Support to Overseas Fossil Fuel Projects Last Year
By Rich Collett-White
on
The UK has provided up to £760 million worth of financial support for “climate-wrecking” fossil fuel projects around the world in the past year, compared with six schemes related to renewable energ...
us/'The Cost of Plastics Is Lives': House Oversight Hearing Highlights Environmental Justice Burdens of Plastic Production
By Dana Drugmand
on
During a congressional hearing Tuesday, a plastics industry executive echoed a common refrain from the industry: “Plastic saves lives.” However, for many communities of color living in close proxi...
Error by Mining Giant Anglo American Undermines its Promise of No Glacier Impacts for $3bn Chilean Copper Project
By Matt Maynard
on
Anglo American has undermined its plans for a controversial US$3 billion copper mine expansion beneath a Chilean nature sanctuary, 52 kilometres (32 miles) above Santiago in the Andean foothills. T...
uk/County Durham Coal Mine Extension Deemed ‘Environmentally Unacceptable’
By Phoebe Cooke
on
Activists are celebrating an “incredible” victory after a bid to extend a coal mine in County Durham was finally scrapped. Plans to dig up an additional 90,000 tonnes of coal from the site of the ...
uk/Irish Government Faces Supreme Court Challenge Over Inadequate Climate Action
By Dana Drugmand
on
A lawsuit brought by an environmental group against the Irish government seeking more urgent action to stave off climate catastrophe and protect citizens came before the country's Supreme Court las...
us/Democrats' New Climate Plan Says Polluters Shouldn’t Receive Immunity From Lawsuits for Climate Impacts
By Dana Drugmand
on
On Tuesday, June 30, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, released a comprehensive action plan for...
us/New NAFTA Trade Deal Deepens Oil and Gas Dependency During Climate Crisis
By Martha Pskowski
on
The coronavirus pandemic and record-low oil prices dealt a blow to the fossil fuel industry this year. But the new trade deal between the United States, Mexico, and Canada, known as the USMCA, will...
us/‘Slam Dunk’ Study Finds Trump EPA’s Move Not to Tighten Air Pollution Standards Would Prematurely Kill 140,000 Americans
By Dana Drugmand
on
A new study from public health researchers provides the strongest evidence yet that increased exposure to a type of air pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks that's known as fine particulate mat...
uk/Aviation Industry Efforts to Weaken Climate Obligations Could Lead to More Stringent Regulation
By Jocelyn Timperley
on
The UN's aviation agency is this week expected to approve a rule change that would weaken the industry's obligation to cut its greenhouse gas emissions. But the decision could ultimately lead to th...

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us/Industry Groups Sued EPA Over Obama Ozone Standards. Under Trump, They Support Them
ByDana Drugmand
on

Large business and industry associations representing the fossil fuel industry welcomed a July 13 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcement that the agency would not be strengthening ...
uk/UK Offered £760m of Support to Overseas Fossil Fuel Projects Last Year
ByRich Collett-White
on

The UK has provided up to £760 million worth of financial support for “climate-wrecking” fossil fuel projects around the world in the past year, compared with six schemes related to renewable energ...
us/'The Cost of Plastics Is Lives': House Oversight Hearing Highlights Environmental Justice Burdens of Plastic Production
ByDana Drugmand
on

During a congressional hearing Tuesday, a plastics industry executive echoed a common refrain from the industry: “Plastic saves lives.” However, for many communities of color living in close proxi...
Series: Fracking for Plastics
Series: Fracking for Plastics
Error by Mining Giant Anglo American Undermines its Promise of No Glacier Impacts for $3bn Chilean Copper Project
ByMatt Maynard
on

Anglo American has undermined its plans for a controversial US$3 billion copper mine expansion beneath a Chilean nature sanctuary, 52 kilometres (32 miles) above Santiago in the Andean foothills. T...
uk/County Durham Coal Mine Extension Deemed ‘Environmentally Unacceptable’
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

Activists are celebrating an “incredible” victory after a bid to extend a coal mine in County Durham was finally scrapped. Plans to dig up an additional 90,000 tonnes of coal from the site of the ...
uk/Irish Government Faces Supreme Court Challenge Over Inadequate Climate Action
ByDana Drugmand
on

A lawsuit brought by an environmental group against the Irish government seeking more urgent action to stave off climate catastrophe and protect citizens came before the country's Supreme Court las...
us/Democrats' New Climate Plan Says Polluters Shouldn’t Receive Immunity From Lawsuits for Climate Impacts
ByDana Drugmand
on

On Tuesday, June 30, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, released a comprehensive action plan for...
Series: Tracking the Lawsuits Fighting for Climate Accountability
Series: Climate Change Lawsuits
us/New NAFTA Trade Deal Deepens Oil and Gas Dependency During Climate Crisis
ByMartha Pskowski
on

The coronavirus pandemic and record-low oil prices dealt a blow to the fossil fuel industry this year. But the new trade deal between the United States, Mexico, and Canada, known as the USMCA, will...
us/‘Slam Dunk’ Study Finds Trump EPA’s Move Not to Tighten Air Pollution Standards Would Prematurely Kill 140,000 Americans
ByDana Drugmand
on

A new study from public health researchers provides the strongest evidence yet that increased exposure to a type of air pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks that's known as fine particulate mat...
uk/Aviation Industry Efforts to Weaken Climate Obligations Could Lead to More Stringent Regulation
ByJocelyn Timperley
on

The UN's aviation agency is this week expected to approve a rule change that would weaken the industry's obligation to cut its greenhouse gas emissions. But the decision could ultimately lead to th...