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Report: At World Bank Group, U.S. Supports Fossil Gas Financing

Two years after the U.S. Treasury issued guidance to shift financial support from multilateral banks away from fossil fuel buildout overseas, a new report the U.S. has voted to support nearly 400 million USD in direct fossil fuel financing at the World Bank Group alone through March 2023. Read More

Stop Financing Factory Farming Coalition Reacts to World Bank’s Climate Commitment

If the World Bank intends for its operations to match its new mission, the Bank must end support for industrial livestock production. Read More

Export-Import Bank Is Set to Approve Estonia Oil Project

President Biden cannot claim climate wins while his US Export-Import Bank is propping up a pollutive industry. Read More

Protect All Our Coasts Coalition Responds to the Biden Administration’s Five-Year Plan for Offshore Drilling

Biden unfortunately has once again chosen Big Oil profits over what's right for the climate and Gulf communities. Read More

Environmental Groups Sound Alarm on LNG Industry’s ‘Hydrogen-Ready’ Bait-and-Switch

We need the administration to condemn this greenwashing scam, not subsidize it. The rampant expansion of LNG exports is a climate disaster. Read More

Rumores Renovables: New Report Exposes Global Spanish Climate Disinformation Network

Companies must stop treating Spanish communities as second-class citizens and enforce stronger standards to reduce targeted disinformation. Read More

Environmental Groups Submit Letter to Department of Energy on Preventing IRA-Boosted Tax Credit from Subsidizing Wood Pellet Mills

Burning wood for energy kneecaps our ability to address the climate crisis and embeds environmental injustice in communities. Read More

Environmental Groups Appeal Court Order to Remove Protections for Endangered Whale from Gulf Lease Sale

Environmental groups appealed a court order today that granted a preliminary injunction by oil companies to remove protections for the critically endangered Rice’s whale included in upcoming Gulf lease sale 261. Read More

Amid U.S. Cries for Climate Action, Export-Import Bank Set to Approve Iraq Gas Project

Yet again, the U.S. Export-Import Bank is directly contradicting Biden’s climate goals by supporting yet another fossil fuel project. Read More

NGOs Warn Financiers of Risks Ahead of Meatpacker JBS’ NYSE Listing: “Wall Street: Steer Clear of JBS”

Several NGOs held a press conference in front of the New York Stock Exchange today warning the financial sector about the environmental and human rights risks associated with supporting and investing in JBS, the world’s largest meatpacking company. Read More