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Senate Hearing on Big Oil Deception: New Fossil Fuel Industry Documents and a Call for Climate Accountability

The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing to review a trove of new fossil fuel industry documents that blasted Big Oil for their decades of “climate denial, deception, and doublespeak” and revealed its evolving tactics to delay climate action. The documents provided another inside-look into the persistent greenwashing and propaganda that Big Oil continues to deploy to display a...

New Federal Protections for Pregnant Workers

In late 2022, Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which advocates have championed for over a decade, as an amendment to the omnibus spending package. The new law requires employers to offer pregnant workers reasonable accommodations like extra bathroom breaks, the ability to sit while performing certain tasks and restrictions on how much weight they are required to...

NYT Draws Attention to Expiration of Federal Funding for Child Care

Five months ago, federal funding for child care expired. A recent front-page story in the New York Times highlights that “running a child care business is more precarious than ever,” with many parents struggling to afford the cost. The article features one of RFF's grantees, the Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy. 

Bakeyah Nelson on Carbon Capture in Inside Philanthropy

Bakeyah Nelson, Senior Advisor for the Funder Collaborative on Oil and Gas, pens an Op-Ed in Inside Philanthropy urging donors to reject funding carbon capture and storage and instead prioritize funding for effective, reparative solutions that bring about a just energy transition. 

Will Lawmakers Sacrifice Our Health and Safety to Get a Debt Ceiling Deal?

Last May, RFF Associate Director Larry Shapiro and Dr. Robert Bullard co-authored an Op-Ed in The New York Times urging lawmakers to include environmental protections for marginalized communities in the debt ceiling deal. 

Dr. Robert D. Bullard, Ph.D. is founding director of the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice and distinguished professor of urban planning and...

Larry Shapiro and Sarah Thomas Co-author Houston Chronicle Opinion Piece on Pipeline Project

Funder Collaborative on Oil and Gas senior advisors Larry Shapiro and Sarah Thomas are featured in the Houston Chronicle for their write-up of the cancellation of the proposed PennEast pipeline project that would run between Pennsylvania and New Jersey.