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NGOs Release the First Global Oil & Gas Exit List at COP26

NGOs this week launched a new database identifying the largest oil and gas expansionists as well as the companies responsible for the dirtiest and most controversial forms of oil and gas production. Read More

Biden Makes Climate Pledge at Glasgow While Pushing Oil, Gas Leasing in U.S.

U.S. climate groups slammed the Biden administration today for ignoring climate impacts and refusing to stop oil and gas leasing on public lands despite President Biden’s Glasgow pledge to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Read More

President Biden’s Methane Plan Fails to Tackle the #1 Source of Methane Emissions

President Biden’s methane plan fails to tackle the number one source of methane emissions in the United States: animal agriculture. Read More

Facebook responds to climate activists on disinformation

Environmental groups today released an internal letter from Facebook to 16 environmental groups who had sent their demands that the platform reduce climate disinformation during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. Read More

President Biden Must Discard U.S. Hubris at COP 26

At COP 26 in Glasgow, President Biden must get the U.S. to do much more to fight climate change and stop pointing fingers at other countries. Read More

Report: G20 Governments Have Bankrolled at Least $188 Billion in Fossil Fuels Since 2018

A report released today by Friends of the Earth U.S. and Oil Change International reveals that from 2018 to 2020, USD 188 billion was provided for financing oil, gas, and coal projects by G20 nations. Read More

More Than 350 Groups Condemn Corporate Net-Zero Pledges as a Dangerous, Unjust Distraction

354 groups released a statement today calling “net-zero” emission pledges by corporations and governments a dangerous distraction from real climate action. Read More

Groups call on Biden to recenter environmental justice as a pillar in Build Back Better

The Biden administration cannot continue to claim they are addressing the climate crisis while also directly funding the dirty energies responsible for polluting vulnerable communities. Read More

Biden’s “Whole of Government” Approach to Climate Change Has a Gaping Hole

Responding to the great threat climate change poses to the financial system and to national security, the Biden Administration recently released multiple climate adaptation and resilience plans. Read More

New OECD Coal Financing Restrictions Represent Weak Progress

Today the OECD Export Credit Group announced new restrictions on its support for overseas coal projects. Read More