Andy Rowell

To put it mildly, this is a disgrace for a country that keeps trying to argue that it is leading the way on climate.

"The climate crisis is too dire and too urgent for such critical institutions to be dawdling when they could be leading the finance sector in a new, climate-safe direction."

The pandemic offers a perfect opportunity to build back better and accelerate the world's transition to renewables, but only 10% of the $17 trillion global bailout is expected to have a positive environmental impact.

The heat is having dire consequences.

The pandemic has "accelerated the energy transition," from which "oil demand may never recover."

The EU’s move comes at a perfect time for the new Biden Administration and is a clear signal that the Union wants to work with the U.S. in driving clean energy and ending our fossil fuel addiction.

The world burned on Trump’s watch, leaving behind a horrendous lasting environmental legacy.

If these are developed we will face more hurricanes ripping communities and lives apart as our climate emergency intensifies. It did not have to be this way. It should never had to be that way.