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2025 is the year to make polluters pay
As governments and communities around the world face growing costs from devastating climate impacts, there’s a looming elephant in the room: The billionaire-polluter class has never had it so good.
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A multi-billion dollar question: What good can come from taxing oil and gas corporations for climate damages?
As storms, floods, fires, and droughts are hitting us more frequently and with greater intensity around the world, the costs of the climate crisis are going up significantly. Bold taxes or fines on oil and gas corporations would help to raise vital revenues.
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Fossil fuels are a threat to our security – here’s 6 reasons why
About 80% of the world’s energy still comes from fossil fuels. This reliance is a huge risk for us. Not just because gas, oil and coal are fuelling the climate crisis.
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Victory for youth and environmentalists in Norwegian Supreme Court: Illegal oil and gas fields must halt
"The court has been clear all the way: these fields were approved illegally, and now all production and development must be stopped. This is an important victory for the rule of law and the future of both people and nature.”
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Norway’s Supreme Court hears demand to halt oil and gas field production
This is not just about winning a case – it’s about securing a future where the rights of our planet and future generations come first.
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European energy and agriculture investments in Middle East and North Africa risk replicating extractive neocolonial harms of Big Oil and Big Ag, warns Greenpeace report
The transition to a green economy risks deepening inequality and replicating injustices of the fossil fuel era unless governments correct course, warns a new report by Greenpeace MENA and the MENAFem Movement for Economic, Development and Ecological Justice.
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Italy’s Supreme Court to decide on legality of climate-related lawsuits
The Supreme Court of Cassation will hold a hearing tomorrow at 10 a.m. to decide if the national courts in Italy can decide on climate-related matters in their jurisdiction.
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‘Hell of a year’: Greenpeace comments on hottest year on record, the first to exceed 1.5°C
Reacting to the 2024 Global Climate highlights report by the WMO, Copernicus, Met Office, NASA, and other global climate monitoring organizations showing new climate extremes reached in 2024
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Youth and Environmentalists argue before European supranational Court in climate lawsuit against Norway
Greenpeace in Norway and Natur og Ungdom’s (Young Friends of the Earth Norway) appear in the European Free Trade Association Court to contest new oil and gas in the North Sea.
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Breaking: Shell backs down in its lawsuit against Greenpeace
Shell backs down in their multimillion dollar lawsuit against Greenpeace over a peaceful protest. We showed them their bully tactics won't intimidate us - and now they've settled out of court. People power works!