Tag: fossil fuels

2 May 2023

This article follows a previous report by the Canary on a significant case for Indigenous rights brought by the U'wa Indigenous ...

El Cocuy National Park where the Indigenous U'wa are fighting the state of Colombia for recognition of their territorial rights against extractive industries and ecotourism.

Historic case at international tribunal shows that states must put the rights of Indigenous peoples above extractive interests

2 May 2023

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For over 25 years, the U’wa Nation of northeastern Colombia has been bravely fighting to be heard at an international ...

Humza Yousaf has been urged to stop lobbyists for fossil fuels engaging with the SNP led Scottish government

Campaigners demand Humza Yousaf closes the SNP’s ‘open-door’ to big polluters

by The Canary

24 April 2023

Friends of the Earth Scotland has released research into the "shocking extent of the oil and gas industry lobbying of ...

Offshore oil rig in the North Sea, where workers are preparing to take strike action. Fossil fuels

Offshore workers forced to strike for better conditions prove that greedy bosses need to go

19 April 2023

Unite offshore oil and gas workers will begin two days of strikes on Monday 24 April. Unite the Union has ...

Fossil gas flare as groups including Greenpeace sue the EU

Environmental groups sue EU for labelling fossil gas as ‘green’

18 April 2023

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Environment groups lodged a lawsuit against the European Commission on 18 April to challenge its definition of fossil gas as ...

Grant Shapps at a G7 meeting. He meets with environment ministers in Sapporo, Japan for climate talks on the Saturday 15 April 2023 to discuss net zero and fossil fuel use

New fossil fuel projects show UK climate ‘leadership’ dripping in hypocrisy at G7 climate talks

14 April 2023

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The UK’s recently released net zero strategy and plans for new fossil fuel projects show how the G7 group's climate ...

World Bank falling short on climate action and locking countries into fossil fuels

5 April 2023

Following the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) 'final warning' report on the climate crisis, UN chief ...

UK oil spill company Perenco endangers indigenous tribes and represses communities in the Global South

4 April 2023

This is part two of a two-part series exploring fossil fuel company Perenco’s impact on communities and the environment across ...

Aerial view of Perenco oil spill in Poole Harbour.

Oil spill in UK natural harbour adds to fossil fuel company’s long list of international crimes against people and the planet

31 March 2023

This is the first part of a two-part series exploring fossil fuel company Perenco's impact on communities and the environment ...

An oil spill has occurred in Wytch Farm, Poole Harbour. The harbour is here pictured from a plane. Perenco ran the field. Pollution.

Oil spill at largest onshore oilfield in Western Europe was a disaster waiting to happen

28 March 2023

An oil spill incident just occurred at the largest onshore oilfield in Western Europe. But it wasn't the first pollution ...

New IPCC report calls for wealthy nations to step up their climate ambitions. Climate protesters at a march. Banner reads: Walk away from fossil fuels and placard reads: Now do something about it.

Wealthy nations must step up ambition to “defuse the climate time bomb”, says UN head on new IPCC report

4 April 2023

On Monday 20 March, the UN released a report on the climate crisis. The Synthesis Report is the sixth contribution by ...

IPCC prepares last-ditch warning on climate crisis, as energy giants dig their heels in

15 March 2023

The Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) began an important meeting on 13 March. In the week-long session, the IPCC ...

Shell petrol station sign. A refinery run by the company called others to 'embrace equity' on International Women's Day this year.

‘Embracing equity’ will remain impossible in a world where fossil fuel companies exist

13 March 2023

To 'embrace equity' this International Women's Day, what we really needed was a world without fossil fuel companies. Unfortunately, they ...

Offshore energy workers lay out their vision for the future in a just transition plan

7 March 2023

Offshore oil and gas workers revealed their plan for a just transition to renewable energy in the North Sea on ...

As Joe Biden deliberates on the Willow project, the climate and indigenous people hang in the balance

by Afroze Fatima Zaidi

3 March 2023

As the planet teeters on the brink of climate catastrophe, US president Joe Biden may be about to approve an ...

Land clearing for fossil fuel production as part of EACOP project

Day of action against pipeline project after Tanzania greenlights construction

22 February 2023