On April 12, President Biden raised prices for fossil fuel companies who drill or mine on public lands. The day before Biden’s announcement, Trump held a private dinner at his Mar-a-Lago Club and resort with two dozen fossil fuel barons, including executives from Chevron, ExxonMobil, and more – the event raised huge sums of money …
A few days ago the defeated former President, and current leader of the fossil fueled fascist party in the US — Donald Trump — claimed that he would encourage Russia to attack U.S. allies in Europe unless they increase spending on war and weapons. It’s not a new thing for Trump to attack the North …
Read more “Trump wants more war, weapons, and fossil fuels. There’s a better way.”
On a very busy Thursday for the climate and #StopLNG movement, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Colorado’s case over whether Trump should be barred from the ballot because he led the Jan. 6, 2021 violent insurrection at the US capitol. We’ve told you before how both Maine and Colorado barred Donald Trump …
Read more “Still right about Trump, the courts, and fossil fueled fascists”
Dec 31 closing argument – In case you missed the earlier messages and details, here’s my closing argument for the year: Thanks again for all your support this year. Please donate before midnight tonight. All donations are tax deductible, and essential to powering our work in 2024. Dec 28 2023 – Several years ago, I …
A long write up is coming along with our annual round up of charts and graphs, but since that -and your holiday card – probably wont get to you before Christmas, I wanted to send this quick recap now. If you made a donation of any kind this year, we’ll send you a holiday card …
For years, we’ve fought to stop and shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). If you joined us recently, DAPL is a risky oil pipeline that threatens drinking water and was built without adequate environmental analysis or Tribal consultation. Trump tried to rush the pipeline into operation when he was President. But, he was sloppy …
Read more “DAPL is still operating illegally. Help shut it down for good Thursday.”
Back when Trump was President, and not just the nation’s leading fossil-fueled fascist, his administration took a hatchet to the National Environmental Policy Act – NEPA. Trump’s rules gutted NEPA, especially communities’ ability to learn about and challenge potential projects based on their cumulative impact on the climate and environment; For example, Trump’s NEPA rules …
By this point, you probably know that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and now Threads, spends a lot of time spying on you. Chronicled in books like The Age of Surveillance Capitalism and the Netflix docu-drama The Social Dilemma, the problem of social media spying on us, selling our personal information to unscrupulous …
Read more “Is social media giant Meta spying on you for fossil fuel fascists?”
It’s no secret that, for years, climate denial has been running rampant online and in the media. Newspapers, cable networks, and especially social media companies, have been taking huge sums of money from the fossil fuel industry to spread disinformation and misinformation on climate change. In exchange, policy gets stalled, voters are confused and misled, …
Read more “Media and big tech are lying about climate denial”
Welcome to our annual charts and graphs summary — Where we try and present some data at the end of the year in a fun and easy to digest fashion. As in past years we’re including a slide deck and a video of this for the visually inclined. But if you’re a reader/writer type, scroll …
Read more “2 victories, 6 charts, 1 map, and a whole lot of pictures”