Decades after BP became aware about the serious consequences of climate change, and as the world faces a climate emergency, the company’s outgoing boss, Bob Dudley, seems more content about saving BP, than the planet itself.
Renewables
Pressure Grows on EDF to Pioneer “Just Transition” From Oil to Wind in UK
The energy company EDF is coming under intense pressure in Scotland to help pioneer a “just transition” from oil to renewables by investing in wind turbine manufacture in the UK, rather than outsourcing the work to Asia.
UK: Child poverty the “new normal,” as oil industry gets billions in subsidies
We live in a climate emergency, British children live in poverty in record numbers. Young people rightly care about climate change in ever increasingly numbers. It does not have to be this way. The solution is there, we just need the political will to make it happen. We need a just transition now.
Fund Managers Worth $10 Trillion: “Writing on the wall for oil companies”
“The writing is on the wall for oil companies that do not support global efforts to avoid a climate catastrophe by urgently phasing out fossil fuels and transitioning to a low-carbon world.”
Minnesota Teenagers Table Green New Deal Bill to Transform the State’s Economy and Stop Fossil Fuel Build-Out
Minnesota’s new bill, which would stop the buildout of fossil fuel infrastructure, is a critical piece of the overall Green New Deal puzzle – in order to address climate climate crisis, we must be actively winding down the fossil fuel industry by stopping its expansion and phasing out existing infrastructure with an equitable transition.
BP and Big Oil Drive Society Over the “Climate Cliff”
What is a “world class” reserve of oil to BP, is “world destroying” to everyone else.
Trump’s Team “Edited” Report to Promote Coal, As New Data Reveals Huge Methane Leaks
Trump’s deep love of dirty coal, and his regulatory rollback of the fossil fuel industry, is having a greater impact on climate change than previously understood.
US Sees Steady Solar Growth (Despite Trump), But China Slashes Subsidies
Donald Trump can’t stop the sun from shining
Former British PM, David Cameron, Argues Fracking is “Essential” for Post-Brexit UK
In 2006, the ex-British Prime Minister, David Cameron, famously went to the Arctic to see the effects of climate change for himself.
Tar Sands Lobbyist: It’s “Irresponsible” to Plan for an Oil-Free World
An energy lobby group has published its vision of the future that they hope everyone can embrace. Promising to deliver “global climate leadership”, they conclude “We can be the world’s energy of tomorrow”.