Strong bipartisan majorities of voters across the western U.S. support a 100% transition to renewable energy, protecting public lands from oil and gas extraction, and reducing water use, including through some dramatic
President Biden touted the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and criticized Big Oil profits while saying oil would be needed "for at least another decade" in his State of the Union
BP pulled down a record annual profit of $27.7 billion in 2022, nearly double its 2021 figure, and will slow its transition to cleaner energy, the oil major announced Tuesday. CEO Bernard
Multiple reports highlight the need for strategic planning and investment in U.S. offshore wind energy resources. The U.S. could waste as much as $20 billion if it fails to strategically plan how
Five years ago, when Clauditta Curson became a first-time homebuyer, she was shocked by the “astronomical” utility bills she received for her 1,200-square-foot house. The 60-year-old adult daycare aide in Hamden, Connecticut,
Publicly traded companies are selling off their fossil fuel operations to private equity firms and — on paper — lowering their greenhouse gas emissions in the process. “Public investors like mutual funds,
At Sanctuary Farms on Detroit’s East Side, Jøn Kent and a team of volunteers use cardboard and paper bags to starve invasive weedy plants instead of herbicides; they plant marigolds and lavender
Private equity firms are exposing investors, including retired teachers, nurses, and firefighters, to unknown levels of financial risk by continuing to invest billions of dollars in fossil fuel projects with no exit
President Biden signed major climate legislation into law on Tuesday. The Inflation Reduction Act includes about $375 billion to fight climate change, along with other health care and tax provisions. "This is
Republican Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker approved sweeping climate legislation that directs investment toward renewables, the power grid, and stationary storage while expanding access to electric vehicles and clean buildings that will help
Republican state treasurers are coordinating with each other and conservative groups to execute a well-funded campaign to block climate policies at the state and federal level, a New York Times investigation Friday
Yesterday afternoon, Senators Schumer and Manchin unveiled a revenue and spending deal dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 that includes $369 billion for climate and energy programs. The legislation, if passed,
Yesterday afternoon, Senators Schumer and Manchin unveiled a revenue and spending deal dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 that includes $369 billion for climate and energy programs. The legislation, if passed, could cut
Seven of the world's wealthiest nations announced Friday they had agreed to decarbonize their power sectors by 2035 and dramatically ramp up EV adoption by 2030. For the first time, the G7
Renewable energy generation outpaced gas as the state's primary source of electricity in the first quarter of 2022. Wind and solar produced more than 32 gigaWatt hours in Q1, compared to the
Clean power sources (including nuclear and hydro) generated more electricity than coal worldwide for the first time ever last year, but also burned more coal than ever before as global electricity demand
The pollution from North Carolina's 4,000 noxious open-pit hog waste lagoons disproportionately harms Black, Latinx, and Native American communities, and plans to turn hog waste into so-called "biogas" merely distract from the
Sen. Joe Manchin was a keynote speaker at an exclusive, invitation only, coal industry event in late September, Documented reports. The "Coal and Investment Leadership Forum," occurred at an exclusive golf resort
California just concluded its driest 'water year' in nearly a century. Between October 1, 2020 and September 30, 2021, the cycle on which precipitation is measured, the average precipitation across the state's
Shell will sell $9.5 billion worth of oil and gas assets in the Permian Basin to ConocoPhillips, the companies announced Monday. The deal is consistent with the diverging trends of European oil
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