Congress is broadening its investigation of the oil and gas industry's efforts to deceive the public about climate change. After hearing testimony from company and trade group executives in proceedings that drew
More than 450 scientists called on public relations giant Edelman to stop working for oil and gas companies in a letter released Wednesday. "Advertising and PR efforts by fossil fuel companies …
ExxonMobil will continue polluting the planet but will produce net-zero emissions by 2050, a goal its CEO described as a "beauty match" less than two years ago, the embattled company announced Tuesday.
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This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. When Meleny Thomas first moved to South Baltimore, she thought the towering smokestack emblazoned with
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized the strongest-ever federal clean car standards for the model years 2023-2026 yesterday, strengthening them from the lower Trump-era emissions standards. This represents one of the most significant
Amazon's quickly-growing legion of warehouses are disproportionately located in communities of color and low-income communities, a Consumer Reports investigation revealed. The siting decisions burden those communities with truck traffic, noise, and pollution
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On a windy September afternoon in northern Nevada, where her family has lived for generations, Daranda Hinkey fought back tears as she read a description of an 1865 massacre that killed at
The U.S. military has recognized climate change as an “existential” threat to national security, spurring conflict and mass migration. In October, as part of a government-wide effort to assess climate risk, it
The largest delegation at COP26 represents the fossil fuel industry that profits from the climate crisis, according to an analysis from Global Witness. More than 500 lobbyists from over 100 fossil fuel
Former President Obama received a welcome so warm it verged on metaphor inside COP26 on Monday, though the youth activists outside, to whom he directed much of his speech, gave him a
The devastation caused by climate change and the extractive forces that drive it were close at hand in Glasgow, Monday, even if the events are far away. "My dad, he was born
As old men negotiated the future of the planet and its inhabitants inside the COP26 conference hall, young women, many of them from Indigenous communities, led the masses of protesters who braved
As Kenyan women flee drought-instigated violence (and crocodiles), Indigenous people around the world continue to demand their voices be heard and accounted for. In Glasgow, Indigenous delegates gathered across the river from
Youth climate activists ended their two-week hunger strike Tuesday. “We are ending our hunger strike to bring the fire to Joe Manchin and other folks in Congress that are more willing to
A dearth of affordable accommodation in Glasgow is causing logistical nightmares for delegations from developing nations, who are forced to spend time and energy figuring out where to spend the night instead
Five young activists have fasted for more than a week outside the White House, demanding President Biden keep his promises to take action on climate change. The hunger strikers have sat in
Indigenous groups from around the world are preparing to travel to Glasgow for COP26 to call for climate action and demand a greater say in negotiations, the Arizona Republic reports. However, despite
Climate change is driving increasing flooding in West Virginia, overwhelming aging infrastructure and dumping raw sewage into waterways, the New York Times reports, and West Virginians will suffer disproportionately as climate change
A total of 655 activists were arrested last week on Piscataway and Nacotchtank (Anacostan) land in what is now Washington D.C., organizers of the Indigenous-led “People vs. Fossil Fuels'' demonstrations tallied. Marching
Indigenous-led protesters gathered on Piscataway and Nacotchtank (Anacostan) land outside the White House and Department of the Interior on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, to call on the Biden administration to step up
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