Why Are Politicians Still Courting the Nefarious Fossil Fuel Lobby?
High-level government participation in an oil and gas industry conference shows official disdain for the public interest; it’s time to make fossil fuels politically toxic.
The Executive Actions Biden Should Take on Climate
He could reinstate the crude oil export ban, permanently end new LNG export license and stop issuing permits for new fossil fuel infrastructure.
FACT SHEET: The Department of Energy Needs to Stop Greenwashing Fossil Fuels
“Carbon management” technologies are dangerous distractions from the need to phase out fossil fuels and transition to truly renewable energy.
Our Political System Is Failing Our Planet. Climate Marchers Show There’s Another Way.
We need a fundamental political, economic, and social transformation to take on the climate crisis with true urgency.
Channeling the Global North’s “Clean Energy” Transition
How can activists in the north and south work together to ensure a global just transiti
Put Impacted Communities at Front of Energy Transition
Indigenous groups highlight the need to repair the historical harm that oil, gas, and nuclear energy have caused these communities, and to address climate change as a complex ecological and social crisis.
The Mineral Rush
Wealthy countries are angling for access to the resources of poorer countries to power a “clean energy” transition. But this transition is about so much more than that.
PRESS ADVISORY: Global South Delegation on Energy Transition Visits European Capitals 29 May- 2 June, 2023
The delegation will hold public events, meet with policymakers and NGOs, and engage with members of the media in Berlin, Brussels, and London from May 29 to June 2, 2023.
How to Rapidly Reduce Fossil Fuel Use
Hint: rationing is a better approach than markets.
Biden’s Fossil Fuel Turn Is Bad Politics — and Even Worse Science
President Biden is drawing criticism for breaking campaign promises to end oil and gas leasing on public lands and waters.
Biden’s Carbon Capture Regulation Is Just What the Fossil Fuel Industry Wants
“Carbon capture and sequestration” isn’t proven to work and would exacerbate fossil fuel harms.
Private Jets Are Dirty Luxuries for the Ultra Rich. Let’s Tax Them.
The private jet industry is destroying the climate and intensifying inequality. Rather than providing subsidies, we should tax the hell out of it.
Climate and Militarism Converges at Power Shift 2023
I co-lead a session at Power Shift 2023, during which we strategized how to untangle the links between militarism and the climate crisis.
Free Trade or Just Green Trade?
Corporations are using trade and investment treaties to handcuff global and national efforts to save the planet.
Can the World Save the World?
The international community has so far failed to made a dent in the climate crisis. Is the problem all about governance?