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Demanding Immediate Action Over 'Empty Promises,' Youth Climate Movement Announces Next Global Strikes

Demonstrators hold a placard reading 'action now!' during a demonstration against climate change on March 15, 2019 in Nantes, western France. (Photo: Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP via Getty Images)

With Deep Fossil Fuel Ties, Justice Barrett Called to Recuse Herself From Pending Climate Case

Jon Queally, staff writer

U.S. President Donald Trump stands with newly sworn-in U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett during a ceremonial swearing-in event on the South Lawn of the White House on October 26, 2020. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

"Barrett posing as an impartial judge in this hearing for climate accountability is about as safe as the Big Bad Wolf giving Little Red Riding Hood directions to Grandma's house."

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As Pro-Trump Mob Boasts About Roles in Deadly Capitol Invasion, Indigenous Water Protecters Charged for Peaceful Keystone XL Protests

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Protesters rally against the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines at the White House in Washington, D.C. on January 24, 2017. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

"This is on my people's land, and I have the right to protect it for my future...

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In 'Brutal Blow' to Wildlife and Gift to Big Oil, Trump Finalizes Rollback of Migratory Bird Treaty Act

Julia Conley, staff writer

"The Trump administration is signing the death warrants of millions of birds...

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A demonstration against Shell's role in the climate crisis took place at the company's headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands on May 18, 2020. (Photo: Shell Must Fall/Twitter)

Climate Campaigners to Biden: Your Solicitor General 'Should Not Be a Lawyer Who Fought for Big Oil'

Climate campaigners gathered outside the global headquarters of Lloyd's of London on September 1, 2020. (Photo: Insure Our Future Global/Twitter)

Under Pressure From Climate Activists, World's Largest Insurance Market to Ditch Coal, Tar Sands, and Arctic Projects

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Jay Clayton awaits the start of a hearing on Capitol Hill September 24, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Progressives Denounce Trump SEC's "Gift to the Oil Industry" as Anti-Corruption Rule Gets Neutered

Global oil companies are transferring drilling profits to insurance subsidiaries in tax havens "to avoid handing over revenue to nations where they conduct their core business," Reuters reported. (Photo Illustration: Valera Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Offshore Tax Havens 'Deep Wells of Profit' For Oil Giants, Report Shows

Flames are visible from a flaring pit near a well in the Bakken Oil Field. The primary component of natural gas is methane, which is odorless when it comes directly out of the gas well. (Photo: Orjan F. Ellingvag/Corbis via Getty Images)

'Methane Misinformation': Report Details Broken Climate Pledges of Oil and Gas Giants

Antony Binken (R) speaks after being nominated by President-elect Joe Biden for secretary of state. (Photo: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)

Disdain and Disbelief After Biden Claims 'Significant' Progressive Presence in Administration

Ernest Moniz

With the Planet at Stake, Climate Coalition Pressures Biden to Reject 'Corporate Shill' Ernest Moniz as Energy Chief

"As the Arctic warms twice as fast as the rest of the planet, it is irresponsible to permit new oil development that will only exacerbate the problem of climate change," said Dan Ritzman, director of the Sierra Club's Lands, Water, Wildlife Campaign. (Photo: vitstudio/Shutterstock)

Trump Administration Accused of Trying to Bully Banks Into Financing Arctic Fossil Fuel Extraction

Then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was greeted by U.S. Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-La.) as he arrived in Columbus, Georgia, on October 27, 2020. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

'Today Feels Like a Betrayal': Sunrise Movement Blasts Biden Pick of Big Oil-Backed Cedric Richmond for Key Post

Shell Oil Asked What People Are Willing to Do to Reduce Emissions. 'I'm Willing to Hold You Accountable,' Says AOC

Roy Casey carries his dog Buddy from his flooded neighborhood on March 30, 2010 as the Pawtuxet River crests in Cranston, Rhode Island. A major rain storm hammered the Northeast, causing flooding and evacuations. National Guard troops were activated in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. (Photo: Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

Federal Court Ruling in Rhode Island Suit Targeting Polluters Called 'More Evidence of the Momentum Behind Climate Accountability Cases'

Pressed on Climate Views and Ties to Shell Oil, Barrett Once Again Calls Established Climate Science 'Controversial'

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Everything Is Not Awesome

Furious that Arctic-trashing Shell is using kid-friendly LEGO to clean up its image - reportedly selling 16 million Shell-branded toys worth $116 million - Greenpeace has begun a campaign aimed at pressuring LEGO to end the sketchy partnership. Protests at England's Legloland, and a darkly stunning new ad in which an idyllic Arctic, huskies and all, drowns in oil.

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Friends of the Earth

Trump's Parting Gift To Big Oil...

350.org

350.org on American Petroleum Institute’s 'State of American Energy' 2021 Report:...

Western Values Project

Former Oil Lobbyist-Turned Interior Secretary to Ignore Judges Ruling on Sage-Grouse Rollbacks

Center for Climate Integrity

Supreme Court Will Hear Big Oil’s Plea to Escape Accountability in Climate Damages Lawsuit Jan. 19

Western Values Project

Bad Acting Big Oil Corporations Stockpiling Permits Before Trump Goes

As You Sow

Trump Auction for Arctic Oil Rights Sees Little Interest: ‘'Era of Drilling for Oil at Any Cost Is Over'...

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Jacques Leslie

Treat Fossil Fuels Like Nukes. Endorse a New Nonproliferation Treaty

Cathy Liss

In Its Waning Days, Trump Administration Could Further Imperil Animals, Environment

Markie Miller, Crystal Jankowski

Rights of Nature Debate Reaches New Heights

Andy Rowell

Crisis, What Climate Crisis? Oil Majors Still Sitting on Tens of Billions of Barrels of Undeveloped Reserves

Erin Brockovich

Dear Joe Biden: Are You Kidding Me?

Juan Cole

Georgia Sen. David Perdue Ready to Save His Ocean-Front Mansion From Rising Seas While Voting to Burn More Oil and Gas

David Baake

New Mexico Has the Opportunity to Enact Some of the Best Oil-and-Gas Pollution Rules in the Nation. It Shouldn’t Squander It.

Susan Casey-Lefkowitz

New OCI Analysis Gives Big Oil Much Needed Reality Check

Richard Heinberg

What If Preventing Collapse Isn't Profitable?

Jamie Henn

The Climate Emergency Isn't Just a Crisis, It's a Crime