Pollution from coal-fired power plants kills communities and cooks our climate. So what’s so bad about coal, tar sands, and fracked gas? Basically everything, from start to the finish these fossil fuels are disastrous. These extraction practices are harming people and planet every day, and big banks are fueling this destruction of the planet and negligence of life. From frontline communities facing a fossil fuel pipeline on their land to Indigenous people facing fires in the Amazon to worker rights violations on palm oil plantations, the industries fueling climate change are also fueling injustice.Ĭoal, tar sands, and fracked gas show everything that’s wrong within the fossil fuel industry. Now, according to the latest UN climate report, we have less than 10 years to cut global emissions in half.īurning fossil fuels isn’t just bad for the climate, these industries also violate countless fundamental human rights.
Tell Liberty Mutual to #InsureOurFuture Take Action Extracting fossil fuels, like coal, tar sands, and fracked gas releases greenhouse gases like methane and carbon dioxide that are quickly warming the planet.įor decades, climate change has been a global crisis that will impact every single person and living being on this planet.