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.
MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Experts Chuck Collins and Omar Ocampo on Taylor Swift’s Private Jet Travel Habits and the Cost of Private Jet Travel to Taxpayers and the Planet
“Taylor Swift’s potential flight from Tokyo to Las Vegas just to attend the Super Bowl is the best argument for a tax on private jet travel.”
Joe Manchin and the Legal Corruption That Threatens Our Planet
Manchin’s exit should spark a bigger conversation about the corruption that’s become a defining feature of the U.S. political system.
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.
Basav Sen Interviewed on Making Contact/KPFA on the Risks and Costs of Geoengineering
Scientists and activists discuss the recent embrace of geoengineering, and why it could be a dangerous way to tackle climate change.
More Butterflies, Fewer Billionaires: Unrigging the Global Economy
The world has one last shot at reducing global inequality and saving the planet.
It Isn’t Nice, But Climate Activists Will Block the Doorways
“There are nicer ways to do it. But the nice ways always fail.”
Create a Congressional Climate Tribunal to Investigate Corporate Deniers
We have the right to know what Exxon officials knew—and when they knew it.
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.
Colombia Adopts an Unprecedented Energy Policy—but Needs Help to Pull It Off
Will the world, and particularly the United States, now lend a hand to Colombia to pull it out of its economic hole?
COP28 Captured by Oil Producers
The oil and gas industry and its government backers are taking over this year’s global climate talks, with US backing.
From the Unsustainable Here to the Sustainable There
Economic growth is killing the planet. How do we engineer an alternative?
The Troubling Message of Biden’s Trip to Saudi Arabia
The fossil fuel industry’s global links to political violence and repression couldn’t be clearer. Unfortunately, the U.S. is enabling it.
First the Heatwaves, Now the Flooding. Look to South Asia For a Reminder of Why Climate Action is So Urgent.
The extreme weather events afflicting the subcontinent, made more likely by climate change, show the need to wind down oil, gas and coal use as soon as possible, argue Basav Sen and Tejal Mankad from the People vs. Fossil Fuels coalition.