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How Northwest Communities Are Stopping Big Oil Projects
Earlier this month, a Washington state energy panel voted unanimously to oppose what would be the nation’s largest oil-by-rail terminal.
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Big Oil Can't Be Trusted to Define the Terms of A Carbon Tax Solution
Big Oil knows the game is up, but they still want to manage the process, slow down the green transformation and limit its impact on their profits. It's only slightly incredible to think that oil corporations may now be choosing to put Planet Earth first.
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Youth Challenge Trump Administration in Landmark Case on Climate Change
On Monday, Dec. 11, Kelsey Juliana and her 20 fellow youth plaintiffs will try to convince U.S. 9th Circuit Court judges that their climate case must go to trial before the U.S. Supreme Court as a matter of national urgency.
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Dependent on Denial – How the U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry Depends on Subsidies and Climate Denial
A recent report reveals that U.S. taxpayers continue to foot the bill for more than $20 billion in fossil fuel subsidies each year.
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Coal Mining Health Study Is Halted by Interior Department
“Stopping this study is a ploy to stop science in its tracks and keep the public in the dark about health risks as a favor to the mining industry, pure and simple,” said Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Will the Fossil Fuel Industry Finally Be Kicked Out of UN Climate Talks?
As the Bonn climate talks wrap up, a group of developing countries is seeking to remove big polluter lobbyists from UN climate change negotiations – but the proposal is being met with fierce opposition by the U.S., E.U. and other countries with oil interests.
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Untouchable Big Oil Threatens All Life On Earth // Empire_File016
All life on Earth is threatened by catastrophic climate change – and in this episode of The Empire Files, Abby Martin uncovers Big Oil’s strong-arm reach – its growth, its crimes, its power and its impunity.
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Natural Gas Exports and Washington's Revolving Door Are Fueling Climate Threat
A new in-depth report has revealed the influence the government-industry revolving door has had on Big Oil's ability to obtain four liquefied natural gas export permits since 2012 from the Obama Administration.
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United Nations: World Faces Do-Or-Die Carbon Threat
New report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says world has until 2100 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero or face "irreversible" consequences.
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Exposed: United States Accused of Forcing European Union to Accept Tar Sands Oil
U.S. negotiators are working to permanently block a landmark regulatory proposal in the E.U. aimed at addressing climate change – and instead to force European countries to import the world's dirtiest oil.
