House Democrats grilled CEOs of Big Oil companies, like ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell, Wednesday about rising gas prices and profiteering from the Ukraine war. We get response from environmentalist Bill McKibben and speak with Ukrainian environmental lawyer Svitlana Romanko about how the war in Ukraine is impacting energy markets around the world. “These are predatory... Continue Reading →
Experts say criticism of oil and gas’s ‘climate-blocking activities’ cut from final draft, reflective of industry’s power and influence The fossil fuel industry and its influence over policy was the major elephant in the room looming over the release of the third and final report, out this week, from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,... Continue Reading →
IPCC: We can tackle climate change if big oil gets out of the way
The oil giant’s massive plan to drill in Guyana’s waters comes as the UN Secretary General warns of fossil fuels as a “blight on investment portfolios.” “Investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure is moral and economic madness,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released part of its latest... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil Announces $10 Billion Oil Investment the Same Day IPCC Signals End for Fossil Fuels
The U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to testify about their role and subpoenaing their companies for internal documents. This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life,... Continue Reading →
Charles Koch must be held accountable for his climate disinformation campaign
Big Oil-Backed Fox Guest BULLIES Greta Thunberg
Fox News guest and Daily Wire contributor Luke Rosiak took time out of his interview with Tucker Carlson to bully climate activist Greta Thunberg for having Asperger’s Syndrome. What Rosiak didn't talk about was that the Daily Wire is primarily funded by fossil fuel billionaires the Wilks Brothers. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on... Continue Reading →
U.S. Oil & Gas Companies Trying To Profit From War In Ukraine | Climate Town
JOIN OUR DISCORD! We think it’d be pretty cool to harness our amazing community’s collective power and enthusiasm and make a gosh dang difference. We just created a channel called “#ukraine-war” (https://discord.gg/HCu7CRSn5t), where you can share info about how to help the citizens of Ukraine, or call out the organizations trying to profit from the... Continue Reading →
The Hidden Subsidy of Fossil Fuels
Alas, such a clean fix is impossible, because the $5.2 trillion figure includes much more than a cash transfer from government to businesses. By the commonsense definition of the term, governments actually subsidized fossil fuels by $296 billion in 2017, according to the report.
Across the U.S., abandoned wells are belching the powerful greenhouse gas. This nonprofit aims to plug them to fight global warming. TOOLE COUNTY, Mont. — The stench bellows from the 1,500-foot hole in the ground, the remains of a well long ago abandoned by a bankrupt oil company. Despite the well’s rotten-egg smell, the real... Continue Reading →
Capping methane-spewing oil wells, one hole at a time
The American Petroleum Institute receives millions from oil companies – and works behinds the scenes to stall or weaken legislation When Royal Dutch Shell published its annual environmental report in April, it boasted that it was investing heavily in renewable energy. The oil giant committed to installing hundreds of thousands of charging stations for electric vehicles... Continue Reading →
How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action
Support for coal, oil and gas remains high despite pledges to tackle climate crisis The G20 countries have provided more than $3.3tn (£2.4tn) in subsidies for fossil fuels since the Paris climate agreement was sealed in 2015, a report shows, despite many committing to tackle the crisis. This backing for coal, oil and gas is... Continue Reading →
‘Reckless’: G20 states subsidised fossil fuels by $3tn since 2015, says report
An annual ExxonMobil report shows the company routinely giving six-figure sums to Brookings, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and similar institutions. Not everyone is happy about Unearthed’s recent exposé on ExxonMobil. Shortly after the Greenpeace-attached journalistic outfit published quotes top Exxon lobbyist Keith McCoy unknowingly gave to an undercover reporter about the oil giant’s... Continue Reading →
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