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A Blatant Giveaway to Big Oil and Big Tech: Oil Change International Opposes Potential Permitting Bill

This backdoor "dirty deal" will worsen the climate crisis and put families at even greater risk of losing their homes and loved ones to extreme weather.

Nepali diaspora members and frontline communities brought their demand for climate reparations to the UN’s doorstep

Ahead of Nepal PM’s UN Address, Oil Change International Calls for Loss and Damage Funding

The people of Nepal just faced a deadly glacial flood caused by a fossil fueled climate crisis they did not create. Wealthy, high-emitting countries must urgently fill the Loss and Damage Fund, provide grant-based climate finance at the scale needed, and end the fossil fuel expansion driving this destruction.

Rapport : 71% du gaz naturel liquéfié importé par TotalEnergies en Europe provient de pays dont les gouvernements lui sont hostiles

Le rapport révèle comment le géant pétrolier français TotalEnergies, premier importateur de gaz naturel liquéfié (GNL) en Europe, s'approvisionne à 71% auprès des États-Unis et de la Russie. Les dirigeants des deux pays ayant menacé ou attaqué l'Europe, dépendre de leurs ressources énergétiques pose un risque sécuritaire. Pour atteindre ses objectifs de sécurité, de coûts de l’énergie et de climat, l’Europe doit sortir des énergies fossiles de façon juste, accélérer les efforts d’efficacité énergétique et passer aux énergies renouvelables.

New Data: TotalEnergies sources 71% of its LNG into Europe from countries with governments hostile to the EU, putting the region at risk

French oil giant TotalEnergies’ LNG into Europe risks European security, affordability, and climate goals. Total has imported three times as much LNG to Europe than any other company in recent years, and most of that LNG comes from the US and Russia. Europe’s best path to achieving security, affordability, and climate goals is to equitably phase out fossil fuels, accelerate energy efficiency, and transition to renewable energy.

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In response to Australian PM at the UN High-Level Event on Climate Action

Prime Minister Albanese spoke about the climate threats facing Pacific nations while leaving out a dirty truth that Australia continues to produce and export the coal and gas that fuel those threats

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In response to reports that Trump is preparing a ban on diesel exports

The proposed diesel export ban is a short-sighted “America First” response to a global crisis his reckless war helped create. The US exports about 5% of global diesel and a ban risks turning a severe shortage into a global economic disaster.

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Germany publishes roadmap to phase out fossil fuels by 2045

“Germany’s 2045 phaseout date is far too late, and is an insult to equity when it comes to a fair global energy transition."

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Oil Change International Reaction to Trump’s UN General Assembly Address

On the road to COP31, governments must reject Trump’s attempt to build a fossil fuel empire and show that his agenda will not dictate our shared future.

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Reaction: French Government Press Conference on Energy Prices

As the French government prepares to announce a new package of targeted financial aid for households suffering from rising fossil fuel prices, it must realise the urgent need for lasting action. Only greater energy efficiency and transition to renewable energy can protect people from volatile fossil fuels for good.

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UN Secretary-General Guterres calls for future beyond fossil fuels

It’s time for countries to act, and it starts by developing their national roadmaps to achieve prosperity beyond fossil fuels. Their credibility is on the line.