fossil fuel divestment

This Dec. 22, 2018, file photo shows a pump jack over an oil well along Interstate 25 near Dacono, Colorado.

Will big oil finally be held accountable for decades of climate misinformation?

October 3, 2021Climate Change

The US House Oversight and Reform Committee is investigating the role of industry in the spread of disinformation about fossil fuel and its role in the climate crisis.

A group of people hold up a large white sign with black letters and a yellow X through it.

Climate divestment activists draw inspiration from South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle

March 18, 2021The Big Fix

Shell oil says it will quit a lobbying group that opposes global climate goals

April 3, 2019Climate Change

UMass becomes the first major public US university to divest from fossil fuels

June 26, 2016Environment

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