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4 days, 18 hours ago

Global warming can’t be ignored, Montana’s top court says, upholding landmark climate case

— Montana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents’ constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas and coal projects without regard for global warming. The justices, in a 6-1 ruling, rejected the state’s argument that greenhouse gases released from Montana fossil fuel projects are minuscule on a global …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Tax on automobiles must be tech agnostic, focus on reducing fossil fuel use, decarbonisation: TKM

Live Mint

Bengaluru, Dec 11 Taxation of automobiles must be based on national goals of reducing fossil fuel consumption, decarbonisation and 'Make in India', and incentives must not be reserved only for a specific technology, according to Toyota Kirloskar Motor Executive Vice President & Country Head Vikram Gulati. "We would like to see the government focus its policies towards our national goals, …

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Before DOGE, Ramaswamy spent years attacking Musk for ties to China

CNN

CNN — Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chair of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside billionaire Elon Musk, has a lengthy history of attacking his partner’s ties to China, frequently referring to Musk as a “circus monkey” and a puppet for the Chinese Communist Party. Trump’s statement last month announcing the creation of DOGE quoted Musk as saying that “this will …

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Before DOGE, Ramaswamy spent years attacking Musk for ties to China

CNN

CNN — Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chair of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside billionaire Elon Musk, has a lengthy history of attacking his partner’s ties to China, frequently referring to Musk as a “circus monkey” and a puppet for the Chinese Communist Party. Trump’s statement last month announcing the creation of DOGE quoted Musk as saying that “this will …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Fears hundreds of fossil fuel lobbyists could derail crucial plastic pollution summit

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Allowing fossil fuel and petrochemical companies to exert their influence in these negotiations is like letting foxes guard the …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

220+ industry lobbyists shape plastic pollution treaty talks, raising concerns

Hindustan Times

New Delhi: Around 220 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists are participating in the ongoing negotiations in Busan, South Korea, to develop a global legally binding instrument on phasing out plastic pollution, a new analysis has shown, which also flagged concerning “reports of intimidation and interference” from industry representatives. “Fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists taken together would be the …

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1 month ago

How Trump Could Actually Increase Fossil Fuel Production

Wired

This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. During his campaign, president-elect Donald Trump had a pointed tagline for his energy policy: “Drill, baby, drill.” That statement is emblematic of where Trump is poised to focus his efforts in a second term: He’s pledged US “energy dominance” and everything from “new pipelines” to “new …

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1 month ago

fuel-producing countries export emissions abroad

Hindustan Times

By Mohamed Ezz and Valerie Volcovici fuel-producing countries export emissions abroad ALEXANDRIA, Egypt/BAKU - Black dust coats streets and collects on rooftops in the neighbourhood adjoining a sprawling cement factory in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. U.S. fossil fuel exports – including coal, oil, gas and refined fuels – led to over 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Top polluting nations must work together to come up with solution, warns John Kerry at HTLS

Hindustan Times

NEW DELHI: The world is already exceeding the crucial 1.5°C warming threshold, former US special envoy for climate John Kerry warned, urging countries engaged in the ongoing global climate conference, COP29, to work hard to find a solution, especially the 23 nations and regions most responsible for emissions. Former US secretary of state John Kerry has in recent years traversed …

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Trump promises more drilling in the U.S. to boost fossil fuel production

NPR

Trump promises more drilling in the U.S. to boost fossil fuel production NPR's A Martinez speaks with Brian Murray, of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, about President-elect Trump's promise to increase fossil fuel production. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: President-elect Donald Trump wants to boost America's fossil fuel industry. MURRAY: Trump has said that he will reverse the …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Clean energy and fossil fuel do battle in New Mexico

Politico

Republicans, in contrast, say fossil fuels aren’t going away, and massive clean energy spending under the Biden-Harris administration is stoking inflation that is hurting many in the district where household incomes are more than 25 percent below the national average. Vasquez’s support for the money flowing into New Mexico from the IRA investments is likely to help him with voters …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

"Universal suicide": An imprisoned climate activist on why the fight for the planet still matters

Salon

Many people don’t need something as dramatic as Hurricane Milton to tell them our climate is spiraling out of control. And that's to do with how we frame things, not in a defeatist way of, “Oh, isn't it terrible they've done this, so we should all be suffering?” What we should be saying is “Good, they're imprisoning people. We need …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Permits put on hold for planned pipeline to fuel a new Tennessee natural gas power plant

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A federal appeals panel has …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Column: On Yom Kippur, a Jewish case for fossil fuel divestment

LA Times

Rabbi Jacob Siegel, climate finance advisor at Dayenu, takes part in an interfaith protest outside Citigroup headquarters in New York. “We should not, as a Jewish people, be investing our money in and perpetuating the fossil fuel industry when we know they are the bad guy,” said Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, Dayenu’s founder and CEO. “The Jewish community has been slower …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump mocked after he 'can't stay on track' during speech due to 'aggressive' fly on stage

Raw Story

Donald Trump was in the middle of talking about fossil fuels when a fly distracted him, and critics say he came off looking old and even confused. Earlier in the speech, Trump called his own campaign team "so stupid" after they purportedly failed to show the proper image on the screen. Republican accountability group American Bridge 21st Century said, "Trump …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s ‘meme-level’ energy attacks aren’t landing, fossil fuel supporters concede

Politico

“It’s almost incoherent,” Kochel said. He was just all over the place.” An oil industry lawyer agreed, saying Trump’s discussion of energy was “meme level.” “A more coherent and disciplined messenger would have easy pickings on showing that the Biden administration has consistently been hostile to protecting — let alone promoting — domestic oil and gas production,” said the person, …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

We need a Fossil Fuel Treaty now

Al Jazeera

As we still assess the damages caused by Category 5 Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean, and as Typhoon Gaemi pounds Southeast Asia, the devastating power of extreme weather events like these has once again been thrust into the global spotlight. The escalating frequency and intensity of such hurricanes underscore a stark reality: The continued use of fossil fuels is fuelling …

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5 months ago

AustralianSuper accused of greenwashing by investing funds from ethical option in coal, oil and gas industries

ABC

When Paul Bourne signed up to AustralianSuper's Socially Aware option six years ago, he was lured by its promise not to invest in companies that own fossil fuel reserves. While AustralianSuper's Socially Aware option excludes investments in shares and bonds issued by fossil fuel companies, it has no restrictions on other types of assets like property, infrastructure projects and direct …

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6 months ago

Editorial: Shame on California lawmakers for killing fossil fuel divestment bill again

LA Times

Youth soccer teams practice at a park in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles in the shadow of an oil refinery. In a state whose leaders speak with urgency about fighting climate change, it’s shameful and hypocritical that CalPERS and CalSTRS have billions of dollars in public employees’ retirement money invested in planet-wrecking fossil fuel companies including Exxon Mobil, Chevron …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

UN chief wants a tax on profits of fossil fuel companies, calling them ‘godfathers of climate chaos’

Associated Press

GENEVA — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called Wednesday for a “windfall” tax on profits of fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against global warming, calling them the “godfathers of climate chaos.” Guterres spoke in a bid to revive the world’s focus on climate change at a time when elections, inflation and conflict in places like Ukraine, Gaza …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

How Wall Street enables the fossil fuel companies cooking our planet

Salon

Stevie O'Hanlon may not be a celebrity, but her organization makes a lot of headlines. "Many of the world’s largest banks, including the top banks on Wall Street, lend billions of dollars to fossil fuel companies, enabling the buildout of the deadly and destructive industry that is most responsible for the greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change." "The International Energy …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Vermont is first state with law requiring oil companies pay for climate change damage

LA Times

Floodwaters block a street in Barre, Vt., last year. Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change. Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Why climate change ISN'T going to end the world

Daily Mail

Young people are terrified that climate change will destroy Earth by the time they grow up, but the world is not actually ending, argues Cambridge professor Mike Hulme. As Hulme sees it, many journalists, advocates, and casual observers of climate change have become devotees of climatism, inaccurately attributing many events that happen in the world as being caused by climate …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Big Oil lobbyists swarm UN talks on global plastics treaty

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world is on the verge of agreeing an agreement to combat plastic pollution but …

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Global warming can’t be ignored, Montana’s top court says, upholding landmark climate case

Tax on automobiles must be tech agnostic, focus on reducing fossil fuel use, decarbonisation: TKM

Before DOGE, Ramaswamy spent years attacking Musk for ties to China

Before DOGE, Ramaswamy spent years attacking Musk for ties to China

Fears hundreds of fossil fuel lobbyists could derail crucial plastic pollution summit

220+ industry lobbyists shape plastic pollution treaty talks, raising concerns

How Trump Could Actually Increase Fossil Fuel Production

fuel-producing countries export emissions abroad

Top polluting nations must work together to come up with solution, warns John Kerry at HTLS

Trump promises more drilling in the U.S. to boost fossil fuel production

Clean energy and fossil fuel do battle in New Mexico

"Universal suicide": An imprisoned climate activist on why the fight for the planet still matters

Permits put on hold for planned pipeline to fuel a new Tennessee natural gas power plant

Column: On Yom Kippur, a Jewish case for fossil fuel divestment

Trump mocked after he 'can't stay on track' during speech due to 'aggressive' fly on stage

Trump’s ‘meme-level’ energy attacks aren’t landing, fossil fuel supporters concede

We need a Fossil Fuel Treaty now

AustralianSuper accused of greenwashing by investing funds from ethical option in coal, oil and gas industries

Editorial: Shame on California lawmakers for killing fossil fuel divestment bill again

UN chief wants a tax on profits of fossil fuel companies, calling them ‘godfathers of climate chaos’

How Wall Street enables the fossil fuel companies cooking our planet

Vermont is first state with law requiring oil companies pay for climate change damage

Why climate change ISN'T going to end the world

Big Oil lobbyists swarm UN talks on global plastics treaty