The California Senate has passed Governor Gavin Newsom’s special session bill, SBx1 2, to hold Big Oil accountable for price gouging at the gas pumps by a vote of 30 to 8. The measure now moves on to the Assembly. By Dan Bacher Although the bill doesn’t authorize the tax on Big Oil windfall profits that […]
Further emboldened by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s fresh call for rapid emission cuts, campaigners are planning to rally outside the U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday morning to protest the Biden administration’s approval of a massive oil drilling project that—if completed—would spew millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. By Jake Johnson […]
Environmental groups filed two separate lawsuits on Tuesday and Wednesday to fight the Biden administration’s decision to approve a massive fossil fuel drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, a step that opened the door to hundreds of millions of tons of additional planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions. By Jake Johnson Common Dreams The first lawsuit, filed by […]
The morning of Monday, March 13, 2023, the Biden Administration released its final decision approving three drilling sites for the Willow Master Development Plan, otherwise known as the Willow Project that threatens local communities, wildlife, and the global climate. This is a massive oil drilling development on Alaska’s North Slope, which is a stretch of […]
Progressives on Capitol Hill joined climate advocates and Indigenous leaders across the country Monday in blasting U.S. President Joe Biden for his administration’s approval of ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil project on federal land in Alaska. By Jessica Corbett Common Dreams “The Biden administration has committed to fighting climate change and advancing environmental justice—today’s decision to approve the Willow […]
The supreme irony of the Biden administration’s decision announced Monday to green-light ConocoPhillips’ massive, $8 billion Willow oil and gas project in a pristine part of Alaska’s North Slope can be found in a word: thermosiphons. Since the 1960s, Alaska has warmed more than twice as fast as the rest of the United States. By Meteor Blades Scientists predict that the region will warm […]
Sometimes, climate hawks like you are un-flapping believable. Driven by young climate activists and indigenous Alaskan leaders, calls to #StopWillow have been seen more than 500 million times on social media, and have generated millions of comments opposing the project. By RL Miller Climate Hawks Vote President Biden was supposed to issue a final decision […]
Gulf community and environmental groups filed a legal challenge in federal court Monday to the Department of the Interior’s lease sale 259. The sale would offer 73.3 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing. By The Center for Biological Diversity, The Biden administration previously canceled this and other sales, citing delays […]
Spring is coming soon, and with it, the annual shareholder meetings of every publicly-traded company in America has. These are the meetings where the biggest fossil banks and investors vote on a variety of proposals to protect the climate. By RL Miller Climate Hawks Vote Whether you’ve got a 401k, a bank account, or just […]
Alan Minsky, PDA Executive Director, said, “Progressive Democrats of America is calling upon President Biden to reject the Willow Oil Project in a letter to the President stating the following: “We write to you during your final week of deliberation on whether to approve the Willow Oil Project. You have always maintained that we should […]
As a gusher of Big Oil lobbying money fouled the California Legislature and regulatory agencies, five refiners controlling California’s gasoline market — PBF Energy, Chevron, Marathon Petroleum, Valero, and Phillips 66 — have reported a combined 2022 annual profit of $75.4 billion. By Dan Bacher That’s nearly three times the $27.8 billion reported for all of 2021.PBF Energy, […]
The Biden administration’s plan to potentially allow four new oil terminals along the Texas Gulf Coast would unleash a “carbon bomb” potentially equivalent to three years of all U.S. emissions and belie President Joe Biden’s stated intent to “act boldly on climate,” according to an analysis published on Tuesday. By Brett Wilkins Common Dreams The analysis—which was conducted […]
You’ve probably seen ads promoting gas and oil companies as the solutions to climate change. They’re meant to be inspiring and hopeful, with scenes of a green, clean future. But shiny ads are not all these companies do to protect their commercial interests in the face of a rapidly heating world. Most also provide financial […]
The Biden Administration is on the verge of approving the Willow Arctic oil drilling project. This massive oil drilling development in Alaska’s western Arctic threatens local communities, wildlife, and the global climate. The Interior Department has until March 6 to issue a final ruling. By RL Miller Climate Hawks Vote Click here or call 866-834-8040 to […]
The campaign to oust Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber from his role as president-designate of the forthcoming United Nations climate summit ratcheted up this week after the fossil fuel corporation he oversees announced record profits along with plans to expand. By Kenny Stancil Common Dreams The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) raked in $802 million in […]