Keep it in the ground! Just how much exactly?

Pretty much every government on the planet committed in Paris last year to hold global temperature rise ‘well below 2 °C’, aiming for 1.5 °C. We already know that there is a massive gap between these goals and governments’ actual plans for action. But what would need to happen to meet these goals and avoid... (More...)

Texans vs. Exxon

Friends, I think we should be angry. On May 25th, Exxon’s shareholders are coming to Dallas — and Texans will be there to greet them with a clear message: divest from Exxon’s pollution, deception, and greed. Can you join? Exxon knew about climate change half a century ago. They robbed us of a generation’s worth... (More...)

A New Lease on Life

Gulf Residents Demand an End to Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico & Beyond Guest Post by Bryan Parras, a Houston-based filmmaker and photographer that specializes in documentation of environmental and social justice movement stories throughout the South and Southwest. Follow him on Twitter @HighTechAztec Six years after the worst oil spill in the history of... (More...)

Federal Offshore Drilling Plan: From Injury to Insult

Guest post by Colette Pichon-Battle, Esq, the Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy. GCCLP is a non-profit law firm and justice center advocating for ecological equity for Gulf South communities. Six years to the date of the BP Oil drilling disaster and the federal government has gone from being a... (More...)