The Guardian
Wartime Mindset Needed to Fight Wildfires, But Leaders Still Playing Whack-a-Mole
Seth Klein argues that fighting wildfires requires a wartime mindset, but governments are still just fighting fires instead of preventing them.
2026-08-06
The Guardian
2026-07-10
BBC World
Europe's Biggest Port Tries to Kick Its Fossil Fuel Habit, But It's Complicated
Rotterdam, Europe's biggest port, tries to go green while juggling lawsuits, corporate loyalty, and a fossil fuel addiction that makes Schiphol look like a bicycle.
2026-07-06
The Guardian Europe
GB News Co-Owner Triples Fossil Fuel Bets as Channel Attacks Climate Science - Critics Say It's Not 'Unbiased', It's Just Business
GB News co-owner's hedge fund triples fossil fuel investments while his channel attacks climate science; critics say journalism is just a front for financial interests.
2026-07-02
Grist
Banks: Sure, We Pledged to Save the Planet, but Have You Seen These Petrochemical Margins?
Banks abandon climate pledges, pour record $508 billion into fossil fuel expansion and $591 billion into petrochemicals, because plastic is the new oil.
2026-06-07
Inside Climate News
North Carolina Bill Offers a 'Terrible Combined With the Good' Deal: Less Data Center Gluttony, More Fossil Fuel Freedom
North Carolina's Ratepayer Protection Act is a legislative two-for-one: protecting ratepayers from data center gluttony while letting Duke Energy off the fossil-fuel leash.
2026-06-03
Inside Climate News
North Carolina Bill Offers Data Centers a Spanking, Then Turns Around and Hugs a Coal Plant
North Carolina's Ratepayer Protection Act tries to protect residents from data center excess while simultaneously giving Duke Energy a green light to keep burning fossil fuels, because why solve one problem when you can create another?
2026-05-17
Inside Climate News
El Niño Returns, Ready to Make a Bad Situation Worse
El Niño is coming to make things worse, but don't worry - our fossil fuel addiction already beat it to the punch.
2026-05-12
Inside Climate News
El Niño and Fossil Fuels Team Up to Make the Planet Even More Unpleasant
Scientists confirm that El Niño is making a bad situation worse, but the real villain remains our ongoing love affair with fossil fuels.
The Guardian
Trump Admin Cancels Rule That Made Conservation a 'Use' of Public Lands, Because Why Let Nature Have a Turn?
The Trump administration cancels a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development on public lands, because why let nature have a seat at the table when there's drilling to be done?
2026-05-01
The Guardian
Oil Industry Plays 'Not So Fast' with Shipping Decarbonization Talks; Seafarers Stuck in Strait of Hormuz Beg to Differ
Shipping's dirty romance with fossil fuels gets awkward as IMO talks stall, LNG interests lobby hard, and 20,000 seafarers are left stranded - because nothing says 'clean energy future' like oil companies running the show.
2026-04-26
The Guardian
NatWest Faces AGM Showdown Over 'Climate Backtracking' - Investors and Scientists Are Not Amused
NatWest faces investor and scientist revolt at AGM after quietly rolling back oil and gas lending restrictions and dropping decarbonisation targets.
The Good Times
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