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…
Oil and Gas Production Is Booming. So Are Its GOP Donations.
Representative August Pfluger (R-TX) enters a door at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.Graeme Sloan / APFight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. August Pfluger, an Air Force veteran and member of the House, representing a small district in West…
Report: Taxing Fossil Fuel Extraction Could Raise Nearly $1 Trillion for Climate Aid
Flooding in Dhaka, BangladfeshSyed Mahabubul Kader/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A new tax on fossil fuel companies based in the world’s richest countries could raise hundreds of billions of dollars to help the most vulnerable nations cope with the escalating climate crisis, according to a…
Students Are Demanding Universities Divest From Israel—and Dirty Energy
Milo Hess/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Campus organizers at three universities filed legal complaints on Monday arguing that their schools’ investments in planet-heating fossil fuels are illegal, the Guardian has learned. The students from Columbia University, Tulane University, and the University of Virginia each wrote…
Utility That Bribed Ohio Regulators Secretly Bankrolled Republican Mike DeWine’s 2018 Governor Bid, Records Show
FirstEnergy, which is embroiled in a bribery scandal, secretly gave $2.5 million to help elect Gov. Mike DeWine, seen here at a 2022 forum. Graham Stokes/Ohio Capital Journal via Floodlight Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was produced by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom…
Biden Unveils $7 Billion “Solar for All” Investment for Earth Day
President Biden visited Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, Virginia, on Monday, to announce new federal sp;ar grants for low- and middle-income communities.Jose Luis Magana/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Joe Biden marked Monday’s Earth Day by announcing a $7 billion investment in solar energy…