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After Shell CEO Claims 'We Have No Choice' But to Invest in Fossil Fuels, McKibben Says, 'We Have No Choice But to Try and Stop Them'

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'If a House Is on Fire, You Don't Add Fuel': 530 Groups Back Call to Rapidly Phase Out Fossil Fuels Worldwide

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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Widespread support for the Lofoten Declaration comes as world leaders meet in NYC for the U.N. Climate Action Summit.

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Activists Unfurl 'Exxon Knew, Make Them Pay' Banner Outside Meeting of Fossil Fuel CEOs Steps From UN Climate Summit

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"People are here in front, making it clear—#ExxonKnew about climate impacts and...

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'Definition of Insane Greed': Investing Billions in New Projects, Fossil Fuel Corporations Undermining World's Climate Targets

Julia Conley, staff writer

"These dirty fossil fuel companies are not getting the message, let alone...

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Indigenous and Green Groups Fighting Against Pipeline Urge 2020 Democrats to Take 'NoKXL Pledge'

'Egregious Handout' to Corporate Polluters as Trump EPA Moves to Accelerate Pipeline Approvals With Attack on Clean Water Act

#RejectRex Protest

'We Won't Be Intimidated,' Declare Campaigners After ExxonMobil Accused of Pressuring Witnesses in New York Climate Case

Shifting Subsidies to Renewable Energy Instead of Propping Up Fossil Fuel Giants Would Prompt 'Clean Energy Revolution', Study Shows

Roy Casey carries his dog Buddy

'Big Win' for Rhode Island in Court Battle to Make Polluters Pay for Consequences of Climate Crisis

Babies Born Near Oil and Gas Wells Are Up to 70% More Likely to Have Congenital Heart Defects, New Study Shows

One of the banners hung by the group Beyond Extreme Energy (BXE) during Saturday's protest.

Activists Demand Regulator Reject All New Energy Projects in Her Last Weeks on Job Because Planet Can't Wait

'Straight Out of Orwell': While Slashing Climate Regulations, Trump Plans Speech Touting His 'Environmental Leadership'

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg Thanks OPEC Chief for Suggesting Climate Campaigners Pose 'Greatest Threat' to Oil Sector

The Exxon Mobil Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, seen from the top of the Louisiana State Capitol, March 5, 2017.

In Far-Reaching Plan, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Proposes Radical Changes to Fossil Fuel Industry

'We Need to Ban Fracking': New Analysis of 1,500 Scientific Studies Details Threat to Health and Climate

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Even If All US Drilling and Fracking Halts Today, Warns New Report, 'Flood of Toxic Waste Streams' Will Grow for Decades

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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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As You Sow

20 Fossil Fuel Companies Responsible for One-Third of Total Carbon Emissions

350.org

Activists Unfurl Giant “ExxonKnew: Make Them Pay” Banner At Oil and Gas Meeting in NYC

Indigenous Environmental Network

The Gwich’in Nation Vows to Protect Sacred Lands in the Arctic Refuge

Environment America

House Votes to Protect the Crown Jewel of our Wildlife Refuge System

Friends of the Earth

OPIC Votes to Accelerate Climate Crisis

Greenpeace

Greenpeace Climbers Block Houston Ship Channel, Halting Oil Industry Operations Ahead of Democratic Debate

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Basav Sen

Dig Beneath the World’s Far-Right Governments—You’ll Find Fossil Fuels

Andy Rowell

Despite Climate Emergency, Shell Boss Still Thinks It's "Legitimate to Invest" in Oil

Medea Benjamin

10 Ways That the Climate Crisis and Militarism Are Intertwined

Andy Rowell

Big Polluters Respond to Greta’s Climate Call With "Woefully Short" Ambition

Andy Rowell

Americans Want Action on Climate; Not War Over Oil With Iran

Robert Freeman

Conflict With Iran Portends World War III

Juan Cole

Trump Awaits Orders From Saudis; and Why the Houthis Could Have Done It

Piper

Why I'm Currently Blocking the Largest Oil Export Channel in the U.S.

Andy Rowell

Climate Deniers' Response to Climate Crisis: "There Is No Climate Emergency"

Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben: This Climate Strike Is Part of the Disruption We Need