Two U.S. initiatives to provide Africans with electricity seem likely to lead to large, climate-polluting projects rather than the locally sourced renewable energy rural Africa needs.
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Beating back the climate denial behind All of the Above
Paying lip service to climate science and then running full speed ahead down the fossil fuel pathway to climate chaos is just another form of climate denial. We need our leaders to wake up and make some hard choices, commensurate with the difficult climate reality we face.
How All of the Above will tank the climate
Instead of confronting the climate crisis head on, President Obama and others promoting “All of the Above” have decided to include oil, gas, and coal development alongside solar and wind energy. Read more about the biggest offenses.
59 Groups Pressure World Bank to Clean Up Energy Lending
Development, faith, human rights, community, and environmental groups from more than 20 countries teamed up today to ask World Bank President Jim Kim to end Bank support for all fossil fuel projects unless the projects are solely focused on directly increasing energy access for the poor.
60,000 Say No to EDF’s Legal Bullying
Just under 60,000 people have now signed a petition that demands that the French energy company EDF drop a sinister lawsuit against 21 climate change activists who occupied one of its power plants last year.
Rigging the Gas Game
The big energy companies are rigging the market to make excessive profits, if the claims of a key whistleblower are to be believed
“No Dash for Gas” Ends Protest
This morning the last two protesters from the “No Dash for Gas” group occupying the chimney of a huge gas power station in the UK intend to end their protest having shut the new power station down for a week. They and other protesters who have already come down have been protesting against the UK … Read More
NY Mayor Bloomberg Backs Fracking
The people have spoken, but they are being ignored. Yesterday, over one thousand people marched to New York’s state Capitol to demonstrate their opposition to fracking. They delivered a pledge of resistance which has now been signed by thousands of people. The march was intended to intensify pressure on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as … Read More
The Price of Fracking – Report Back from Stop the Frack Attack
“I haven’t seen an issue that’s affected so many people in so many places,” Doug Shields, former member of the Pittsburgh City Council, remarked at Stop the Frack Attack rally last Saturday. And indeed, the thousands assembled on the lawn of the US Capitol Building reflected this truth. From as far as California and even … Read More
Dirty Energy Money Seeps into Academia
Just as the oil and gas industry buys influence on Capitol Hill and in state capitals across the country, so too can it buy friends at major universities who support its agenda. A recent Bloomberg article highlights just how close, and influential, these ties can actually be. The article details how the Marcellus Shale Coalition, a consortium … Read More