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Hoekstra told not to bring fossil fuel lobby to COP29

As the EU’s climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra prepares for his hearing in the European Parliament to reprise his role for the next five years, more than a hundred civil society organisations have written to ask him not to bring fossil…

Dubai Is a Fitting Host for the Climate Circus

A host nation that promises progress but relies on regressive policies is revealing just how seriously fossil fuel interests have coopted UN climate talks. By Sonali Kolhatkar In January 2023, nearly a year before the latest United Nations climate conference…

Latest COP28 Draft Does Not Mention Fossil Fuel Phaseout

As the United Nations COP28 climate talks entered the final stretch, the most recent draft of a climate deal left out the crucial “phase out” language regarding fossil fuels, the main demand expressed by many developing countries, particularly those vulnerable to climate change, as…

New federal electricity council in Canada must advise on a fossil fuel – free grid – David Suzuki Foundation

The Canada Electricity Advisory Council launched last week is an important step toward clean electricity in Canada, but only if it can advise on how to move away from fossil fuels. The council will have a one-year mandate to offer…

Battle for the Earth: The Fossil Giants, Free Trade and War – Part 5

Why is humanity so entangled with the fossil fuel industry and incapable of meaningful climate action? What are the structures that make Big Oil so invincible to systemic change towards a truly sustainable economy? How are conflicts and wars used…

Science Rebellion and Climate Debt occupy Black Rock offices to denounce its role in fossil fuel expansion and debt of the Global South

Munich, 25 October 2022. The Science Rebellion continues to escalate the intensity of its actions. 28 members of Debt for Climate and Scientist Rebellion have blockaded the building of the international investment fund BlackRock in Munich. They forced their way…

More Than Two Dozen Major Lawsuits Are Putting a Price Tag on the Climate Damage Caused by Fossil Fuel Companies

Governments across the USA are suing major climate polluters for the damage caused by their “intentional, reckless and negligent” actions. By Elliott Negin Four years ago, Boulder, Colorado, sued ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy—owner of the only oil refinery in the…

Press conference: global wave of actions to end to fossil fuel finance

Global — On October 29th, just two days before the start of the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, groups in every region of the globe will start a wave of mobilizations that will last until November 6th. Over 50 coordinated…

Blowing up pipelines

Walter Benjamin famously described revolution as humanity’s attempt to “activate the emergency brake” in the locomotive of history. His words, written amid the turmoil of World War II, still ring true in times of climate crisis and runaway ecological breakdown.…

Dems Mock the GOP for Denying Climate Science, But They Are Still Addicted to Fossil Fuel Funders

The liberal party offers strong rhetoric on climate change but in practice promotes continued fossil fuel production. In the face of our unfolding climate catastrophe, this needs to end now. By Sonali Kolhatkar The recent chorus of Democratic Party leaders…

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