Promising U.S. “energy dominance,” the Trump administration is moving to accelerate fossil fuel production. Key to this agenda is the approval of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities across Gulf Coast communities that are disproportionately Black, Brown, and low-income, long treated as expendable “sacrifice zones” by the fossil fuel industry. Just recently, on May 23,...
Getty Images As the threat posed by US President Donald Trump tops Canada’s federal election agenda, the issue of the country’s contribution to global warming has been largely overshadowed. The two main contenders are pushing plans for new energy infrastructure as the country seeks to pivot away from its reliance on the US. Mark Carney’s...
At an Oxford City Council meeting on Monday 24 March, councillors unanimously voted for an “ethical investment and procurement” process, specifically in connection to Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. And the motion’s proponent, Cllr Barbara Coyne, said in a press release: I hope this motion will be thoroughly implemented, and that its passage may pave...
Last week, thousands of people gathered in Houston, Texas for CERAWeek 2025, perhaps the most significant annual meet-up of the network of oil executives, investors, consultants, government officials, and more, that make up and support the fossil fuel industry. Inside the gathering, oil, finance, and tech executives joined a slew of panels discussing a range...