Scientists estimate that emissions from just five fossil fuel corporations - BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalEnergies - were sufficient to cause around one in four of the heatwaves recorded globally between 2000 and 2023. Those same five companies are now announcing another blockbuster quarter of fossil fuel profits.
This summer is proving to be one of the most brutal yet. Intense heatwaves are killing thousands of people, flash floods are submerging entire towns, and wildfires are sweeping through regions once considered safe. These are all symptoms of a climate crisis driven by fossil fuel dependence.
In response to threats over closure of Saudi Arabian oil routes in the Red Sea by the Houthi group, climate justice organization 350.org has warned that the crisis exposes the true cost of continued global reliance on fossil fuels.
As a strong El Niño develops on top of already record global temperatures, leading climate scientists and policy experts warned today that media coverage attributing extreme weather primarily to El Niño is missing the real story, and that the mounting cost of climate disasters is falling hardest on the people least responsible for causing them.
Fossil fuel companies must be held responsible for the extreme heat gripping Europe by paying permanent windfall taxes to help cover the mounting health costs. A new study by World Weather Attribution found that climate change is “unequivocally” the driving force behind Europe’s record-breaking heatwave.
The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta and the Republic of Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources concluded a highly productive nine-day technical exchange program focused on water quality and environmental monitoring in mining operations.
