Oil wells and wildfires: New California data reveals widespread oil production in fire hazard zones
Oil and gas wells pose risks to health and environment as climate crisis expands California's fire hazard zones

Extreme weather
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The oil and gas connection to the deadly Texas floods
Climate change played a role in the devastating floods, yet the fossil fuel industry continues to receive billions in subsidies while emergency funding is slashed
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COP oil companies’ emissions are set to cause 17 million heat deaths
Oil firms present at COP summits made $2.6 trillion profits since the Paris Agreement – enough to pay half the cost of climate damage in poor countries
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“We did not cause this”: Houston community members support each other through climate crisis
A Houston resident describes a community coming to its own aid after brutal hurricanes and flooding
Make polluters pay
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Polluters spend millions lobbying against climate laws in California
As floods and wildfires mount in California, Big Oil has been lobbying hard against Superfund Act, which would make polluters pay for climate change damages
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It's only fair that polluters pay for climate change costs
With the costs of climate change impacts rapidly rising, the billions pocketed by the fossil fuel industry is an insult to the communities worst hit by extreme weather. It’s time to make polluters pay for the damage they’ve caused
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Taxing polluters for a fairer, greener society: Joint civil society policy platform
Tax Justice UK, Oxfam GB and Global Witness outline a suite of evidence-based policies the UK government could take to ensure those most responsible for climate breakdown pay their fair share and raise billions of vital revenue
Defending our planet's frontline
Climate crisis in focus
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Everything you need to know about COP
The UN's COP30 climate summit in Belém will focus on an urgent push for climate adaptation, renewed NDCs and plans to unlock $1.3 trillion of climate finance
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What is red-tagging, and how does it harm climate action?
Red-tagging – which falsely brands legitimate activists as terrorists – is used to silence land and environmental defenders online and IRL
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How the race for resources is fuelling conflict and inequality
While Trump zeroes in on embattled Ukraine's critical mineral reserves, conflict and inequality clash with efforts for a just energy transition across the globe
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