Karen Elliott House, author of ‘The Man Who Would Be King,’ discusses the power and the contradictions of Saudi Arabia under Mohammed bin Salman
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Gunshots, Burned Vans and Cozy Meetings with the Resource Minister: The Fight Against Coal in New Zealand
Coal had been on the decline in New Zealand. A new right-wing government is determined to bring it back.
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The Black Thread
A mini-series on Norway’s conflicted identity as both a progressive global leader and one of the world’s dominant oil states.
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75,000 Endangered and Exotic Animals, SLAPP Suits, and Zero Oversight
How oil and coal billionaires with close ties to the Modi government escape judicial and media scrutiny in India.
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Uganda’s Crude Oil Pipeline Faces Fresh Hurdles from Campaigners
After clearing its many financing hurdles, now EACOP is facing various legal claims that could slow its progress.
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“There Was So Much Death.” A Toxic Algal Bloom Is Ravaging Australia’s Southern Coast—Warming Waters Are to Blame.
Three ingredients are required for an algal bloom to get going – temperature, the right conditions and food. South Australia had all the preconditions necessary, thanks to climate change.
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Australia’s Courts Say Climate Change Is a Political Problem. The ICJ Just Made it a Legal Issue.
As Australia’s courts rule yet again that climate is outside their jurisdiction, the ICJ made it a legal obligation for countries to act on the crisis.
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“Ideological Sludge”: How New Zealand Is Quiet Quitting Climate Action
New Zealand once stood out as a world leader on climate change. In June it became the first country in the world to abandon a commitment to phase out oil, gas and coal.
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As Senate Rams Through Wildly Unpopular Pro-Oil Budget Bill, New Research Shows Fossil Majors Contributed $19 Million to Trump’s Inauguration
Nearly two-thirds of Americans oppose the bill, which would gut everything from school lunch programs and veterans benefits to Medicare, while also taking an axe to clean energy projects and jobs, raising energy prices for American families, and adding $4 trillion to the national debt. The big winners in the bill are billionaires and the fossil fuel industry.
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The Day the Mountains Won
How a Peruvian farmer sued a German coal giant and helped create a legal blueprint to hold fossil producers accountable for climate harms.
