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Corporate power is killing the planet
In the 1950s, a system of corporate courts was created to allow Western businesses to sue the Global South for threatening their profits—and now fossil fuel giants are using it to stop any country from fighting the climate crisis.
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It’s time for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
The Paris Agreement did not mention fossil fuels. The COP28 outcome was ridden with loopholes, qualifiers and dangerous distractions.
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The many colours of hydrogen and the scam of carbon capture
THE fossil fuel industry, particularly the oil and natural gas lobby, always has new cards. Earlier, the fossil fuel industry came up with carbon credits: We, the rich countries, will burn coal, oil and natural gas so that we can continue with our current lifestyles but “compensate” by planting trees in poor countries.
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In speech on extreme heat, Biden makes no mention of what’s driving it: Fossil fuels
“Real relief won’t come until Biden confronts the culprit of deadly oil and gas,” said one campaigner.
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Hypocrisy of the rich countries and the green energy’s storage problem
THE crux of the issue is that non-fossil, or even a low fossil fuel path, will need grid-level storage costs to drop by a factor of 10 times what they are today!
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Biden is helping fossil fuel donors weaken his clean water rule
In backing Joe Manchin’s “permitting reform,” the president could undermine his own EPA initiative.
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Fossil fuel lobbyists continue to seize on Russia’s war in Ukraine to push long-term interests
The unfolding crisis is now a common—and effective—talking point for corporate interest groups seeking regulatory relief.