fossil fuels

Coal-Loving Australia’s Pledge To Protect Great Barrier Reef ‘Utter Bulls**t,’ Detractors Say

The funding doesn't include any significant effort to address the root cause of the reef's demise: climate change.
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Biden Administration Moves To Scrap Trump-Era Expansion Of Arctic Drilling

The Biden administration intends to reestablish protections for millions of acres of Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve.
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Money For Green Energy Creates More Jobs Than Fossil Fuel Investment, New Study Finds

The findings are true across the world, but the U.S. could see some of the biggest benefits from spending on renewables and nature restoration.
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Governor Says Offshore Drilling ‘Part Of Our Past’ After California Oil Spill

"We need to grow up, grow out of this dependency, this mindset that we can’t do more," Democrat Gavin Newsom said.
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Major Southern California Oil Spill Fouls Beaches, Kills Wildlife

The oil created a miles-wide sheen in the ocean and washed ashore in sticky, black globules along with dead birds and fish.
By Amy Taxin and Christopher Weber, AP

The Budget Bill Could Place A Fee On Methane, And Big Oil Is Lying Like Hell To Stop It

In public, industry officials say companies have has an “economic incentive” to curb methane releases. In private, they have acknowledged that isn’t true.
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Activists Call It A ‘False Solution.’ But UN Scientists Say We Need To Suck Up CO2.

The latest global climate report makes clear we need to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, and “planting trees” won’t be enough.
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GOP Claims About Biden’s Oil Leasing ‘Ban’ Fall Flat

Industry and GOP lawmakers argued the oil and gas leasing pause would devastate the U.S. energy sector. A new report found it's had a minimal impact.
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Republicans Resurrect Bill To Give States The Keys To Federal Lands

The legislation, sponsored by seven industry-funded Republicans, would give states authority over all oil, gas and coal development on public lands.
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The Biden Administration Won’t Explain Its Handout To Big Coal

The Interior Department has approved royalty relief for one of America's largest coal companies — a move that flies in the face of its own climate agenda.
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