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Global Groups Challenge Financial Sector to 'End Its Support for Fossil Fuels and Climate Chaos' Ahead of ExxonMobil Shareholders Meeting

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New Report Details How G20 Nations Spend $77 Billion a Year to Destroy Climate

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A photo from a "keep it in the ground" action at Vattenfall coalmine in Lusatia, Germany appears on the cover a new report on G20 governments financing fossil fuel projects.

"Government money must instead support a just transition from fossil fuels that protects workers, communities, and the climate."

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In Another Record 'We Should Not Be Breaking,' Daily Average of CO2 Levels Hits High of 418.12 ppm

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Firefighters sprays water on a back fire while battling the spread of the Maria Fire as it moves quickly towards Santa Paula, California, on Nov. 1, 2019.

"Where we are is bad enough. We can't let these levels grow. We need #...

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Humanity Must 'Tackle Two Crises at Once,' Says Greta Thunberg of Climate and COVID-19 on 50th Earth Day

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A resident wearing a face mask stands next to a mural featuring Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and her quote "You're never too young to save the world" on March 30, 2020 in the Trullo district of Rome during Italy's lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

U.N. Chief António Guterres declared the pandemic "an unprecedented wake-up...

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A fire rages in Bobin, Australia on Nov. 9, 2019, as firefighters try to contain dozens of out-of-control blazes across the state of New South Wales.

UN Chief Warns World 'Way Off Track' on Tackling Climate Crisis as New Report Underscores Need for Bold Global Action

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Study Suggests Twitter Bots Have 'Substantial Impact' on Spreading Climate Misinformation

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Climate Crisis Could Cause a Third of Plant and Animal Species to Disappear Within 50 Years: Study

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'The Most Dangerous Situation That Humanity Has Ever Faced': Doomsday Clock Now 100 Seconds to Midnight

Two-Thirds of People Around the World Say Trump Can't Be Trusted to Make Right Choice on Foreign Policy

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London and NYC Mayors Call on Every Major City in the World to Divest From Climate-Destroying Fossil Fuels

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'A Win for the Planet!': Dutch Supreme Court Issues Landmark Climate Ruling

In Final Hours, COP 25 Denounced as 'Utter Failure' as Deal Is Stripped of Ambition and US Refuses to Accept Liability for Climate Crisis

Fridays for Future striker Vanessa Nakate of Uganda holds a placard reading "climate can't wait" during a protest on climate emergency, called by environmental groups including Extinction Rebellion and Fridays For Future, outside the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP25 at the 'IFEMA - Feria de Madrid' exhibition centre, in Madrid, on December 13, 2019.

'We Are Furious': As COP 25 Draws to Close, Green Campaigners Fume as Rich Nations Move to Gut Paris Agreement

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Move Over, Peak Oil. Scientists Say 'Peak Livestock' Must Arrive This Decade to Limit Global Heating

Trump-Led Shift Away From Multilateralism Risks Survival of Future Generations and Planet, Warn The Elders

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres

Decrying 'Utterly Inadequate' Efforts to Tackle Climate Crisis, UN Chief Declares 'Our War Against Nature Must Stop'

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Oil Change International

Report: G20 Governments Bankrolling the Fossil Fuel Industry with at least $77 Billion a Year

Sierra Club

JPMorgan Chase, Under Fire From All Sides Over Fossil Financing, to Host Online AGM

350.org

COP26 Climate Talks postponed. 350.org to governments: “COVID19 and climate crisis call for just recovery plans”

Indigenous Environmental Network

Banking on Climate Change Report Reveals Banks Funded Climate Chaos with Trillions Since Paris Climate Agreement

Oil Change International

Report: Reinstating the Crude Oil Export Ban Could Cut Global Emissions as Much as 181 Million Tons Annually

Doomsday Clock Changed: It Is Now 100 Seconds From Midnight – Twin Threats of Nuclear War, Climate Change Seen as Worsening

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Bronwen Tucker , Kate DeAngelis

Why $77 Billion a Year in Public Finance for Oil, Gas, and Coal Is Even Worse Than It Sounds

Alec Connon

In the Fight to Curtail the Climate Crisis, the Earth Just Moved a Little

Frances Moore Lappé

Climate Justice Arising—Hidden Hope in Dark Times

Kelly Trout

The Loopholes Lurking in BP’s New Climate Aims

Tim Gray

What If Limiting New Fossil Fuel Supply Is More Important Than Reducing the Emissions Produced When We Burn Them?

Erika Spanger-Siegfried

The Climate Decade: A Global Crisis Unveiled, a Global Movement Unleashed

Joseph Stiglitz

Is Growth Passé?

Arshad M Khan, Meena Miriam Yust

Earth In Extremis While Trump Plays Ostrich

John Atcheson

Why We Need a Green New Deal and Half Measures Won't Work

Andy Rowell

Planned Fossil Fuel Production Dangerously Out of Line With Climate Safety