From Promoting Economic Pluralism
Climate change is generating major economic problems in the United States, the Biden administration said in an annual report published this week. The assumptions that higher-income countries like the U.S. would …
Climate change could spur severe economic losses, Biden administration says Read More
The Democratic Republic of Congo wants more money for climate projects. Otherwise, oil drilling could replace fishermen in the world’s largest peat bog. And that could spell devastation for the …
DRC’s dilemma: Generate oil wealth or combat climate change? Read More
Last February, ExxonMobil announced it would further expand its only active carbon capture and storage (CCS) operation in the United States, located at a gas processing facility in LaBarge, Wyoming. Shute Creek is the …
Big Oil’s Been Secretly Validating Critics’ Concerns about Carbon Capture Read More
The forest carbon offsets approved by the world’s leading provider and used by Disney, Shell, Gucci and other big corporations are largely worthless and could make global heating worse, according to a …
Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest provider are worthless, analysis shows Read More
Washington state rang in the New Year with the launch of its most ambitious plan to slash carbon pollution. The new “cap-and-invest” program is designed to follow in the footsteps …
Washington state just started capping carbon emissions. Here’s how it works. Read More
Luiz Inácio Lula de Silva’s narrow victory over incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s recent presidential election has reinvigorated the Latin American left. Despite recent setbacks in Peru and Argentina, left-wing governments in the …
Latin America’s pink tide is preparing for the green revolution Read More
The PR firm advising the UN on climate change campaigns has been accused by US lawmakers of helping BP “greenwash” its fossil fuel investments, openDemocracy can reveal. Internal BP documents released to …
Secret files reveal how UN climate advisers ‘greenwashed’ for BP Read More
Renewable energy generation in Scotland during the third quarter of the year rose a massive 55 per cent year-on-year, according to new figures from the Scottish government released yesterday. The data …
‘An amazing year’: Scotland sees renewables generation soar 55 per cent Read More
Climate and environmental campaigners on Wednesday hailed the first-ever U.S. government offshore wind power lease sale off the Pacific coast, an auction that drew over three-quarters of a billion dollars in …
Historic Offshore Wind Lease Sale in California Gets Over $750 Million in Winning Bids Read More
In Latin America and the Caribbean, a mix of technological, economic, social and political factors could come together to ensure that the region has the right conditions to become a …
Latin American could set a global example for a just energy transition Read More