by David Goeßmann | Nov 13, 2025 | Climate Crisis, Climate Justice, COP30, Environment, Fossil Fuels, News Analysis
UN climate conferences are primarily announcement summits. For 30 years, industrialized countries, which are primarily responsible for the climate crisis, have been promising that they will reduce greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the climate science, promote the energy transition, and combat the effects of climate change. Additional promises have also been made regarding climate financing…
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by Jake Johnson | Oct 30, 2025 | Alaska, Arctic, Big Oil, Environment, Environmental protections, Fossil Fuels, GOP, News
The Republican-controlled US Senate voted Thursday to scrap a Biden-era policy that protected millions of acres in the Alaskan Arctic from fossil fuel drilling, even as the government shutdown continued with no end in sight. The final vote on the resolution, led by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), was 52-45, almost entirely along party lines. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) was the only Democrat to…
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