Tag: climate crisis
Most U.S. Public Pensions Underuse Proxy Voting to Manage Climate Risk, New Report Finds
Report evaluates and ranks 33 of the largest funds, highlighting gaps in proxy voting practices. Sierra Club’s third-annual report, “The Hidden Risk in State Pensions: Analyzing U.S. Public Pensions’ Responses to the Climate Crisis in Proxy Voting,” reveals that most public pensions continue to fail to adequately manage the climate-related … [continued]
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Hawaii Sustainability Expo: The Importance of an Experience-Based Event for the Future of Clean Energy — with Life of the Land’s Henry Curtis
Originally published on Ililani Media, Life of the Land, by Henry Curtis Bill McKibben has spent forty years warning the world about the climate crisis. He co-founded 350.org and Third Act — an organization mobilizing Americans over sixty for progressive change — and has written bestsellers including The End of … [continued]
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Connecticut Organizations Urge Federal Leaders to Protect Climate Accountability Efforts
Advocates warn that fossil fuel industry efforts to secure federal legal immunity could undermine Connecticut’s climate accountability and polluter pays efforts. CONNECTICUT — As Big Oil lobbies Congress and the Trump administration for legal immunity from laws and lawsuits aiming to hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis, 78 Connecticut … [continued]
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Trump Administration Finalizes Methane Rule That Will Loosen Restrictions on Gas Flaring, Increase Pollution
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the EPA finalized its first reconsideration of the 2024 methane rule, an action that will increase gas flaring at oil wells and increase climate and air pollution. Finalized by the EPA in December 2023 following a robust comment period, the methane pollution standards represented a major win for climate and … [continued]
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Fossil Fuel FUD Is Targeting Your Children
A children’s book in Sweden about fossil fuels has created controversy, with critics saying it is propaganda for the oil and gas industry.
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