A federal judge stopped the Interior Department from selling 80 million offshore acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas development, saying the Biden administration failed to properly account for
The Biden administration effectively suspended new fossil fuel extraction on public lands and waters Thursday. Under an order signed by acting Interior Secretary Scott de la Vega, only high-level staff may "issue
Fossil fuel companies are planning nearly 200 "carbon bomb" projects that would push the climate past international limits, causing catastrophic global disasters, the Guardian reports. The 195 projects, defined by research published
Fracking companies are going bankrupt at a rapid pace, often with taxpayer-funded bonuses for executives, leaving harm for communities, taxpayers, and workers, the New York Time reports. Nearly 250 U.S. oil and
The Biden administration made multiple climate and energy announcements the day before Thanksgiving, including releasing a DOI report on oil and gas drilling, approval of an offshore wind farm, and the creation
On Tuesday, House Democrats introduced a bill to advance climate solutions in and around the ocean, recognizing that ocean-based climate action could provide one-fifth of the emissions reductions needed to limit global
The Interior Department will take the greenhouse gas pollution produced by oil and gas operations on public lands into account before selling federal drilling rights, President Biden announced Friday. The administration paused
The Biden administration approved 3,557 permits for oil and gas drilling on public lands during its first year, almost 900 more than the previous administration approved during its first year in office,
The Interior Department is revoking about 70 oil and gas drilling permits issued, invalidly, during the first days of the Biden administration, Bloomberg reports. The DOI effectively suspended the issuance of public
A panel of appellate court judges heard arguments on Tuesday in Baltimore's lawsuit against BP, Chevron, Exxon, Shell, and other Big Oil firms who failed to warn consumers about the dangers of
Every year, the Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce puts out an advocacy agenda. Much of it reads like Mitch McConnell’s to-do list — cut regulations, lower taxes, rein in the minimum wage — with one
Shortly after midnight on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez — an oil tanker carrying 53 million gallons of North Slope crude oil — hit a reef in the Gulf of Alaska, ripping half a dozen
It may have seemed odd that President Trump released a dire federal report on climate change last month and then immediately dismissed it, declaring, “I don’t believe it.” But he had no
It feels like a standard-issue attack ad—menacing voiceover, pulsing underscore, rust-tinted photos that signal dirt, grime, corruption. The narrator warns of a politician surrounded by “shady characters,” who is profiting off a
Since the beginning, President Donald Trump promised that stripping regulations on oil companies would drive employment. “We’re bringing back jobs big league,” he said. But, after six months of regulatory rollback, Trump
Former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson just landed a gig as America’s top diplomat, despite widespread concerns about his ties to Vladimir Putin. With Tillerson at at the State Department and fossil fuel
New England is set to lose eight gigawatts of generating capacity from fossil fuels as aging power plants built in the 1950s and ’60s retire and go offline. This will create a vacuum that
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