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Colossal Fossils Plot 35% Oil Production Increase Through 2030
With climate scientists, the United Nations, and millions of #ClimateStrike protesters around the world demanding faster, deeper carbon cuts, the world’s colossal fossils are ... -
Boris Johnson’s Dad Declares for Rapid Carbon Cuts After UK PM Dismisses Protests
The dinner table conversation in one of the UK’s most famous households just got a whole lot more interesting, after Stanley Johnson, father of ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaEuropeFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentOceansOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionTar Sands/Oil Sands
Norway’s Biggest Pension Fund Dumps All Tar Sands/Oil Sands Investment
Norway’s biggest pension fund, Kommunal Landspensjonskasse (KLP), has sold off US$58 million in stocks and bonds in Canadian tar sands/oil sands companies and declared ... -
UK Needs Distance-Based Fees as EVs Drive Down Gas Tax Revenues
The United Kingdom stands to lose billions of pounds per year in gas tax revenues as drivers increasingly shift from internal combustion to electric ... -
Extinction Rebellion Bridge Blockades Draw Attention, Produce Irate Drivers
Snarled rush hour traffic, irate drivers, the occasional fistfight and thrown bicycle, hundreds of arrests, and mostly satisfied protesters were the main results after ... -
Mont Blanc Glacier at Risk of Collapse Triggers Evacuations, Road Closures
With a glacier on Mont Blanc, Italy’s highest mountain, at risk of collapse, authorities closed roads and evacuated Alpine hamlets late last month, while ... -
Climate Hawks See No Gain in German Utility RWE’s Plan for 2040 Coal Phaseout
German coal and power plant giant RWE, Europe’s biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, is promising to make its operations carbon neutral by 2040, prompting ... -
Road Tests Show LNG Trucks Producing Higher NOx Than Diesel, with Little or No GHG Benefit
Trucks fuelled with liquefied natural gas (LNG) produce twice to five times the oxides of nitrogen as the equivalent running on diesel, and only ... -
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Royal Shakespeare Company Cancels Partnership with Colossal Fossil BP
The iconic Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon has asked colossal fossil BP to exit stage right, after sponsoring the theatre since 2011.
