Protesters Disrupt David Lammy's Speech On Tackling Dirty Money
A group of pro-climate and pro-Gaza protesters disrupted Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy's keynote speech on tackling kleptocracy in the UK.
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Climate Hawks Urge Biden To Reject Latest GOP Demand For Ukraine Aid
WASHINGTON — Top progressives are urging President Joe Biden to stand firm and reject an emerging Republican plan that would condition U.S. assistance to Ukraine upon the Biden administration unfreezing approvals of new liquefied natural gas, or LNG, export permits, which the administration put on hold in January to the delight of environmental groups.
Gas Industry Blocks Building Codes Meant To Make Going Electric Cheaper
The natural gas industry pulled off an 11th-hour victory in its campaign to strip climate-friendly rules out of the latest update to the homebuilding guidelines used in most of the United States.
New $1 Million Ad Casts Gas Stoves In ‘Toxic’ Reality TV Role: ‘We’re All Cancer!’
“I did not come here to make friends,” the reality TV star says. “I came here to cause chest pain, nausea and vomiting.”
Some sectors of oil industry 'dragging their heels' on climate in favour of profit: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith found themselves at loggerheads yet again Wednesday after he suggested that at least some in the oilpatch have prioritized profits over securing a long-term future for its workers.
Republican Attacks on Biden’s Climate Law Raise Concerns Ahead of Election
The United States has experienced a surge in clean energy projects, representing more than $200 billion in new investments since President Biden signed an expansive climate bill into law more than a year ago. But the election and the potential for a Republican takeover is prompting concern that key parts of the law could be upended.
New York lobbyists ‘aiding and abetting’ climate crisis, research reveals
New research reveals that dozens of New York universities, hospitals, museums and non-profits are employing lobbyists that also work for fossil fuel companies, which some say is blatantly “aiding and abetting” climate crisis.
Ross Gelbspan, Who Exposed Roots of Climate Change Deniers, Dies at 84
Ross Gelbspan, an investigative journalist whose reporting on climate change exposed a campaign of disinformation by oil and gas lobbyists to sow doubt about global warming — a denialism that was embraced by Republican officials and, in some cases, by a credulous news media — died on Jan. 27 at his home in Boston. He was 84.