House Dems Launch Investigation Into Trump’s Meeting With Oil Executives
During a July 2020 visit to a Double Eagle Energy rig in Midland, Texas, then president Donald Trump signed four new oil exploration permits.Tony Gutierrez/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. House Democrats have launched an investigation into a meeting between oil company executives and Donald Trump at…
Report: Since Paris, Banks Have Channeled $6.9 Trillion to Fossil Fuel Firms
Gina M Randazzo/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world’s big banks have handed nearly $7 trillion in funding to the fossil fuel industry since the Paris agreement on carbon emissions, according to research. In 2016, after talks in Paris, 196 countries signed an agreement to limit…
Vermont Could Be the First State to Bill Oil Firms for Climate Damage
Flood waters block a street in Barre, Vt on July 12, 2023.Charles Krupa/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Vermont is poised to pass a groundbreaking measure forcing major polluting companies to help pay for damages caused by the climate crisis, in a move being closely…
Environmentalists Are Having a Cow Over Tyson Foods’ “Climate Friendly” Beef
Sina Schuldt/dpa/Zuma This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. About five miles south of Broken Bow, in the heart of central Nebraska, thousands of cattle stand in feedlots at Adams Land & Cattle Co., a supplier of beef to the meat giant Tyson Foods. From the air,…
What You Should Know About Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s New “Build Green” Bill
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), one of the senators who introduced the “Build Green” Bill.Francis Chung / AP This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Although the nation has seen record federal investment in infrastructure under President Joe Biden, the majority of the funds are flowing to…
Without Heat Protections, Florida Laborers Brace for a Cruel Summer
Peter Kneffel/DPA/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For Javier Torres and other workers whose jobs are conducted outdoors in south Florida, the heat is unavoidable. A new law recently signed by Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, that prohibits any municipalities in the state from passing heat protections…