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Coos Bay, Oregon, in 2012. The proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal site is in the lower left. Credit: RBrittsan, CC BY SA 3.0
us/Jordan Cove Backers Double Down on Efforts to Push Project Following Federal Permit Delay
By Sharon Kelly
on
Last Thursday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) took the highly unusual step of declining to move forward on permits for the proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal in Coos County, ...
Oil and Gas Firms Reward Politicians When They Vote Against the Environment, Finds New Study
By Dana Drugmand
on
It is no secret that many members of Congress particularly on the Republican side are in the pockets of their fossil fuel funders. The strategy of these special interests is to keep loyal lawmakers...
uk/Focus Shifts to Scottish Environmental Protection Agency’s Big Oil Interests as Flaring Continues at Shell-Exxon Plant
By Guest
on
By George Kerevan for Bella Caledonia The beginning of February 2020 saw a repeat of intense flaring at the Shell-Exxon petrochemical complex at Mossmorran, near Cowdenbeath in Fife, lighting up t...
uk/Alok Sharma: The Minister with Nine Months to Prepare UK for Global Climate Talks
By Zak Derler
on
Alok Sharma has today been appointed President of COP26, the UN climate negotiations taking place in Glasgow later this year, following Claire O’Neill’s removal from the post last month. Sharma,...
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...
us/Newly Revealed Emails Highlight Coziness and Favors Between Local Officials, Jordan Cove LNG Backers
By Sharon Kelly
on
Emails exchanged between an Oregon county commissioner and Pembina, the parent company of the proposed $10 billion fossil fuel export terminal Jordan Cove, raise ethics issues and may create openin...
‘Uninsurable and Unhedgeable’: Central Banks Warn of Financial Crisis from Climate Change
By Nick Cunningham
on
A future climate disaster, or “green swan” event, could bring down the global financial system, according to a new report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), an international financi...
uk/How Climate Change is (Sort of) Affecting Ireland's Election
By John Gibbons
on
Last May, Ireland was among the first countries in the world to declare a climate and biodiversity emergency. In September, over 20,000 students took to the streets of Dublin demanding urgent clima...
us/'Like Handing Out Blankets Affected With Smallpox': US Called to End Oil Exports to Thwart Climate Crisis
By Guest
on
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/New Emails Show Trump Admin Exploited Wildfires to Help Logging Industry
By Guest
on
This is a guest post by ClimateDenierRoundup. Earlier this month we discussed how during Australia’s devastating fires, conservatives tried to claim that it was green party forest management polic...

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us/Jordan Cove Backers Double Down on Efforts to Push Project Following Federal Permit Delay
BySharon Kelly
on
Last Thursday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) took the highly unusual step of declining to move forward on permits for the proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal in Coos County, ...
Coos Bay, Oregon, in 2012. The proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal site is in the lower left. Credit: RBrittsan, CC BY SA 3.0
Oil and Gas Firms Reward Politicians When They Vote Against the Environment, Finds New Study
ByDana Drugmand
on
It is no secret that many members of Congress particularly on the Republican side are in the pockets of their fossil fuel funders. The strategy of these special interests is to keep loyal lawmakers...
uk/Focus Shifts to Scottish Environmental Protection Agency’s Big Oil Interests as Flaring Continues at Shell-Exxon Plant
ByGuest
on
By George Kerevan for Bella Caledonia The beginning of February 2020 saw a repeat of intense flaring at the Shell-Exxon petrochemical complex at Mossmorran, near Cowdenbeath in Fife, lighting up t...
uk/Alok Sharma: The Minister with Nine Months to Prepare UK for Global Climate Talks
ByZak Derler
on
Alok Sharma has today been appointed President of COP26, the UN climate negotiations taking place in Glasgow later this year, following Claire O’Neill’s removal from the post last month. Sharma,...
Series: COP26 Coverage
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...
us/Newly Revealed Emails Highlight Coziness and Favors Between Local Officials, Jordan Cove LNG Backers
BySharon Kelly
on
Emails exchanged between an Oregon county commissioner and Pembina, the parent company of the proposed $10 billion fossil fuel export terminal Jordan Cove, raise ethics issues and may create openin...
‘Uninsurable and Unhedgeable’: Central Banks Warn of Financial Crisis from Climate Change
ByNick Cunningham
on
A future climate disaster, or “green swan” event, could bring down the global financial system, according to a new report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), an international financi...
uk/How Climate Change is (Sort of) Affecting Ireland's Election
ByJohn Gibbons
on
Last May, Ireland was among the first countries in the world to declare a climate and biodiversity emergency. In September, over 20,000 students took to the streets of Dublin demanding urgent clima...
us/'Like Handing Out Blankets Affected With Smallpox': US Called to End Oil Exports to Thwart Climate Crisis
ByGuest
on
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/New Emails Show Trump Admin Exploited Wildfires to Help Logging Industry
ByGuest
on
This is a guest post by ClimateDenierRoundup. Earlier this month we discussed how during Australia’s devastating fires, conservatives tried to claim that it was green party forest management polic...