BP Downgrades Value of Own Assets by Billions With Eye on Post-COVID Low-Carbon Future

Read time: 3 minsBy Kieran Cooke for Climate News Network This week, BP, one of the so-called super oil majors, said it was writing down or reducing the value...

UK Government Supporting Overseas Fossil Fuel Projects at Risk of Becoming ‘Stranded’

Read time: 3 minsThe UK government is supporting overseas fossil fuel projects that would become unprofitable if emissions were reduced in line with the...

70,000 Aviation Job Losses Show Government Needs to Support Workers’ Low Carbon Transition —...

Read time: 4 minsIt is “highly likely” that a proportion of upcoming job losses in the aviation industry will be permanent in the long...

Comment: The European Central Bank Has the Chance to Build Back Better, It Must...

Read time: 4 minsBy Leyla Larbi, Senior Campaigner for SumOfUs France.  Nobody's sure what the future will look like once the coronavirus pandemic ends – but...

Tortoise Media’s Independence Questioned Again After Participating in BP Workshop

Read time: 3 minsTortoise, a media organisation that produces “slow news”, has again come under fire for its commercial relationship with BP. Tags: Tortoise Mediabp

UK Doubled Its Support for Fossil Fuels Since Signing Paris Agreement

Read time: 4 minsIn the three years after countries signed the landmark Paris Agreement, the UK doubled its public finance support for fossil fuel projects. A...

Ineos-Owned Grangemouth Oil Refinery Should Be Refused £500m Bailout, Say Green Groups

Read time: 3 minsThe petrochemical company that runs Scotland’s Grangemouth oil refinery should not be given state support to help it weather the coronavirus...

Comment: Relying on Carbon Offsets in ‘Green Bailouts’ Lets Polluting Airlines Off the Hook

Read time: 4 minsBy Ben Christopher Howard for The Conversation The coronavirus pandemic has grounded thousands of aircraft, contributing to the largest-ever annual fall in carbon dioxide emissions....

Exxon Sued Again for ‘Misleading’ Advertising

Read time: 5 minsExxonMobil is facing yet another lawsuit challenging the corporation’s allegedly deceptive behavior related to climate change. The latest suit, filed May 15 in the...

Comment: Fossil Fuels are Heading Down but Not Yet Out

Read time: 4 minsBy Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network At a casual glance, you could be forgiven for thinking that fossil fuels are here to stay...

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