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'Your Legacy Is... What You Deliver': Climate Movement Says Biden Budget Not Bold Enough

"This might be a political show for Biden," said the Sunrise Movement, "but for us it's a fight for our lives and for the communities we love and care about."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·
Sunrise Movement activist Evan Weber speaks at a demonstration pressuring President Joe Biden to not compromise on election promises regarding the climate emergency, healthcare, jobs, and social justice on May 24, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network)
The U.S. energy system should rely on "proven renewable energy technologies like solar and wind and exclude gas, carbon capture and storage, biomass, nuclear, and other false solutions," 666 groups told congressional leaders on Wednesday. (Photo: Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

660+ Groups Call on Democrats to 'Reject Gas and Other False Climate Solutions' for Clean Energy Standard

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

Fuel tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline's Linden Junction Tank Farm on May 10, 2021 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Colonial Pipeline was forced to shut down the largest U.S. pipeline system on Friday after a ransomware attack. (Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Cyberattack-Induced Shutdown of Major US Pipeline Renews Calls for Clean Energy

Jenna McGuire, staff writer ·

Fire boats battle a fire at the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon on April 21, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images)

'Revolving-Door Cronyism': Groups Line Up Against Fossil Fuel Lawyer for Interior

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·

Pump jacks operate at the Belridge Oil Field and hydraulic fracturing site in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California. (Photo: Citizens of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

California's New Fossil Fuel Pledge 'Significant' But Still a 'Half-Measure,' Say Climate Advocates

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·

A Veolia sign is seen on December 14, 2020 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo: Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images)

Critics Warn $15 Billion Merger of Global Water Giants Would Create 'Dangerous Corporate Monopoly'

"Veolia's plan to dominate public water services all across the globe is becoming a terrifying reality."

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·

John Kerry, the White House climate envoy, speaks during a joint press conference with the French ecological transition minister following their meeting at the Hôtel de Roquelaure in Paris on March 11, 2021. (Photo: Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images)

John Kerry Urged to Help End Flow of Finance From Wall Street to Industries Fueling Climate Crisis

"A climate action approach that seeks to partner with Wall Street without also holding it accountable is no longer credible in 2021."

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

US President Joe Biden holds a pen as he prepares to sign a series of orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, after being sworn in at the US Capitol on January 20, 2021. (Photo: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden's Cloudy Climate Vision

Troubling signs that the White House won’t go big enough in the fight against climate chaos.

Mark Schlosberg ·

There are over 1,100 oil-producing wells in the McKittrick oil field, just north of the town of McKittrick, California. (Photo: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Big Oil's Embrace of Carbon Pricing Called PR Ploy to 'Avoid Real, Effective Climate Action'

"This is yet another greenwashing tactic wielded by the fossil fuel industry to distract from their disproportionate responsibility for the climate crisis."

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·

New research is boosting pressure on President Joe Biden to support a national moratorium on water shutoffs during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: Teresa Short/Getty Images)

US Water Shutoff Moratorium May Have Prevented Nearly 500,000 Covid-19 Cases: Study

"These findings should move us to fight even harder for water justice everywhere."

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

Over 300 advocacy groups argue that the CLEAN Future Act's Clean Electricity Standard "should rigorously define clean energy to include proven solutions like wind, solar, storage, and efficiency—and exclude all fossil fuels and other false solutions." (Photo: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/daveclarkecb/14655534612">David Clarke</a>/cc/flickr)</p>

House Dems Urged to Cut 'Fossil Fuels and False Solutions' From CLEAN Future Act

Over 300 groups called the bill a "prime example of the type of half-measure we must avoid."

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

A gas drilling rig sits in an area of southeastern Utah managed by the Bureau of Land Management. (Photo: Richer Images/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images)

'Unfortunate, If Not Unexpected': Biden Criticized for Resuming Public Land Drilling Permits

"We call on President Biden to keep his promise: a full and complete ban on fracking and fossil fuel extraction on public lands. Full stop."

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·

Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) speaks at a press conference at the Longworth Office Building on September 10, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network)

'Historic and Hopeful Moment': Senate Confirms Haaland as Interior Secretary

One campaigner called her confirmation "a tremendous win for Indigenous communities, the waters, parks, and lands across our country, and the climate."

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

"A real transition to a clean energy future can and must begin with a halt to new fracking—first on federal lands, and everywhere else soon after," says Food & Water Action executive director Wenonah Hauter. (Photo: michael_swan/flickr/cc)

A 'Green New Dud'? Progressives Warn House Climate Bill 'Fails to Grasp the Fundamental Truth' of Planetary Crisis

"Democrats should be making a big, bold push on climate—and the CLEAN Future Act is simply not strong enough."

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

Reps. Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), seen here in 2019, are among the progressive lawmakers who introduced the WATER Act of 2021 on Thursday.

Biden Urged to Back 'Bold, Reparative' Water Justice Bill

"Grave crises require robust solutions, and this is just what the WATER Act provides."

Andrea Germanos, staff writer ·