--- title: fossil fuels type: taxonomy_archive taxonomy: post_tag slug: fossil-fuels-2 term_id: 109 permalink: "https://350.org/tag/fossil-fuels-2/" post_count: 32 --- # fossil fuels Posts in this archive: 32 - [Clean energy just hit record investment](https://350.org/clean-energy-just-hit-record-investment/) — The world's biggest energy report reveals the good (and the bad news) about the energy transition - [As energy costs rise, Pacific people look to the sun](https://350.org/as-energy-costs-rise-pacific-people-look-to-the-sun/) — What the just transition looks like to a solar energy technician - [Out of Pocket: the real cost of fossil fuels on our health and healthcare systems](https://350.org/out-of-pocket-the-real-cost-of-fossil-fuels-on-our-health-and-healthcare-systems/) — What if the system designed to heal us is also quietly contributing to what makes us sick? It sounds contradictory, but it’s true. - [Out of Pocket: Pollution Premiums - the real cost of fossil fuels on our insurance bills](https://350.org/out-of-pocket-pollution-premiums-the-real-cost-of-fossil-fuels-on-our-insurance-bills/) — Fossil fuels are making our insurance premiums unaffordable and exposing us to financial ruin. But momentum is building to ramp up clean energy and make polluters pay! - [Out of Pocket: the real cost of fossil fuels on our water](https://350.org/out-of-pocket-cost-of-fossil-fuels-water/) — How fossil fuels are making water less reliable, less safe, and more expensive for all of us. - [5 Moments of Hope from the US Climate Movement in 2023](https://350.org/5-moments-of-hope-us-2023/) — At the turn of a critical new year, we identified key signs of hope from the US climate movement to carry with us into 2024. All of them reveal growing public awareness of the climate emergency and who is causing it, and a refusal to accept the unjust and unsafe conditions we’ve been expected to accept. - [Fossil Fuels Did This: Drought](https://350.org/fossil-fuels-did-this-drought/) — Water is a human right, but millions of people see drought, exacerbated by fossil-fueled climate change, threaten this right. We connect the dots between the burning of coal, oil and fossil gas with water scarcity. - [Winter Heatwaves in Europe and Blizzards in North America Underline the Need for Urgent Climate Solutions](https://350.org/winter-heatwaves-in-europe-and-blizzards-in-north-america-underline-the-need-for-urgent-climate-solutions/) — Fossil-fuel induced global warming will only increase the frequency and severity of extreme weather events unless we make a swift, just transition to a renewable energy charged global economy. - [How fossil fuels are behind inflation and recession](https://350.org/how-fossil-fuels-are-behind-inflation-and-recession/) — Our economies are addicted to oil and gas, and that makes communities vulnerable to the whims of a greedy and planet-wrecking industry. But we know the solution! - [Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): a business-backed stopgap](https://350.org/carbon-capture-and-storage-ccs-a-business-backed-stopgap/) — Over the last decade CCS technology has gained traction as a climate 'solution', but tellingly, its strongest backers are those connected to the fossil fuel industry. - [Fossil gas: a bridge to nowhere](https://350.org/fossil-gas-a-bridge-to-nowhere/) — One would imagine that we wouldn’t have to insist on this so much at this point: fossil gas is NOT a valid transition to a renewable-powered future, and it most definitely is NOT a clean source of energy. All the opposite! - [Fact-checking series: How false solutions fortify fossil fuel dependency](https://350.org/fact-checking-series-how-false-solutions-fortify-fossil-fuel-dependency/) — Over the following weeks we’ll be covering various propositions commonly deemed by the lobby of the fossil fuel industry and their allies as ‘solutions’ to the climate crisis. - [Stockholm+50: Youth needs action, not a celebration of failure](https://350.org/stockholm50-youth-needs-action-not-a-celebration-of-failure/) — I had the opportunity to join the Stockholm+50 conference and pre-summit programs in Stockholm, and from a young Bangladeshi climate activist’s perspective, there is still much work to be done. - [European Commission Agreement to Embargo Russian Oil is Undermined by Dash for Gas](https://350.org/european-commission-agreement-to-embargo-russian-oil-is-undermined-by-dash-for-gas/) — The European Commission on Friday, June 3rd, formally adopted a sixth package of sanctions that looks to implement a partial embargo on Russian oil coming into the European Union in an effort to cut off financing for Russia’s war on Ukraine. - [Newly Released EU Energy Strategy Undermines Previous Calls for a Just Transition](https://350.org/newly-released-eu-energy-strategy-undermines-previous-calls-for-a-just-transition/) — The newly released REpowerEU International Energy Strategy calls for a reckless course of action regarding decreasing reliance on fossil fuels from Russia by calling on the United States, Canada, Africa and Gulf countries to develop new gas supplies. - [350.org: Climate change induced heatwaves in South Asia demonstrate how fossil fuels exacerbate global injustice](https://350.org/350-org-climate-change-induced-heatwaves-in-south-asia-demonstrate-how-fossil-fuels-exacerbate-global-injustice-2/) — Over a billion people are currently contending with deadly temperatures as the relentless heatwave in Pakistan and India continues to climb, with spring-time temperatures already 5-8 degrees celsius above normal. - [Our Earth Month 'Stock Match' Initiative: Pivot your stock holdings to bolster the climate movement](https://350.org/our-earth-month-stock-match-initiative-pivot-your-stock-holdings-to-bolster-the-climate-movement/) — April 22nd, 2022 will mark Earth Day, coming less than a month after the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report reiterated the scientific community’s warnings that to avert the worst impacts of climate change, we have no time to waste. - [The Case for a Windfall Tax as Fossil Fuels Profit Off War in Ukraine](https://350.org/the-case-for-a-windfall-tax-as-fossil-fuels-profit-off-war-in-ukraine/) — Big name fossil fuel companies are using the disaster capitalism playbook to rake in record profits while average people are left struggling with higher than ever prices. - [Putin’s War Highlights the Dangers of Fossil Fuel Dependency](https://350.org/putins-war-highlights-the-dangers-of-fossil-fuel-dependency-the-pathway-to-peace-is-through-renewables/) — The Pathway to Peace is Through Renewables - [Japan Must Stop Funding Coal in Bangladesh](https://350.org/japan-must-stop-funding-coal-in-bangladesh/) — As Bangladesh reels from continued climate-induced disasters, Japan would do well to support renewable energy development and help the country leapfrog towards a sustainable future. - [Why a managed shift away from fossil fuels is essential and urgent. Including for petrostates.](https://350.org/why-a-managed-shift-away-from-fossil-fuels-is-essential-and-urgent-including-for-petrostates/) — Countries heavily relying on gas and oil extraction risk losing half of their expected revenue. The most vulnerable communities will take the brunt. We need to support them on a just and fast transition. - [Pacific Island States Declare Climate Crisis](https://350.org/pacific-island-states-declare-climate-crisis/) — A ‘climate crisis’ has been declared in a special session during the 5th Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) Leaders’ Summit and first Conference, echoing the global movement declaring ‘climate emergency.’ - [County Bans on Fossil Fuels: An Interview with 350 Seattle](https://350.org/fossil-free-kc-interview/) — On January 28th, the King County Council of Washington State will vote on an historic ordinance to ban all new, major fossil fuel infrastructure projects. 350.org got in touch with our local affiliate on the ground, 350 Seattle, to learn more. Read the interview below: - [10 Years On - the climate crisis is an economic crisis](https://350.org/10-years-on-the-climate-crisis-is-still-an-economic-crisis/) - [The planet on high alert](https://350.org/the-planet-on-alert/) — How climate change can unite us, beyond political, territorial, race or belief barriers - [Coal & Boat 2017 - Farewell to the Last Lignite Coal Power Plant in Berlin](https://350.org/coal-boat-2017-farewell-to-the-last-lignite-coal-power-plant-in-berlin/) — After a wave of protests and resistance from civil society and the climate movement in Berlin, the last lignite-fired power plant in the city finally shut down on the 24th May 2017. Kohleausstieg Berlin and a number of climate, environmental and development organizations organized a celebration on boats in front of the power plant in order to bid farewell to the dirtiest of fossil fuels. - [Protect the Arctic -- not in spite of oil potential but because of it.](https://350.org/protect-the-arctic-not-in-spite-of-oil-potential-but-because-of-it/) - [You still don’t know it, but you are against fracking](https://350.org/you-still-dont-know-it-but-you-are-against-fracking/) - [The Paris Divestment Conference](https://350.org/the-paris-divestment-conference-update/) - [Methodists fail to respond to grassroots call for fossil fuel divestment](https://350.org/press-release/methodists-fail-to-respond-to-grassroots-call-for-fossil-fuel-divestment/) - [University of Glasgow working group recommends fossil fuel divestment](https://350.org/press-release/university-of-glasgow-working-group-recommends-fossil-fuel-divestment/) - [Billions in pensions and municipal funds at risk](https://350.org/press-release/billions-in-pensions-and-municipal-funds-at-risk/)