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Burned: The Price Of Oil – a new limited podcast series

In this new limited podcast series, host Shady Khalil has candid conversations with global climate leaders to pull back the curtain on the true cost of fossil fuels and the villains blocking climate action - and how people-powered movements are forging the path towards a just and equitable transition that leaves no one behind.

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Shell Shocked Land — new documentary to remember the Ogoni 9

After thirty years, the fight for environmental justice is as strong as ever in the Niger Delta.

A Celebration of Change: Journey to a Fossil Free Tomorrow

2025 is OCI's 20th Anniversary. To celebrate, we're hosting an event in Oakland, California on April 19th.

Solidarity With Tiwi Island Communities

Our Movement Stands In Solidarity With Tiwi Islanders And Environmental Defenders: We Denounce Attacks By The Australian And Senator Susan McDonald

Despite our growing climate emergency, Eni and Equinor double down on fossil fuel expansion

It's that time of year again when the oil industry has to face its shareholders and investors in public: AGM season. Over the coming days, Big Oil executives will have to respond to questions about how they are reconciling the plans for expanding fossil fuel growth with their public commitments on climate change.

Cop City: Police “assassinated” activist with their “arms in the air”

The old saying is that the truth will come out. The state may lie and try and bury evidence. It may use brute force to cover up its tracks, but eventually, the truth will come out.

Week of action begins demanding justice for the murder of “Cop City” forest defender

On January 18th, the Police murdered a twenty-six-year-old activist known as “Tortuguita,” who was campaigning against the controversial COP City near the city of Atlanta. In response to Tortuguita's murder and the approval of Cop City’s final permit, Atlanta organizers are calling for a distributed week of action until February 26 and a large-scale mobilization in Atlanta from March 4-11.

#Standwithbach: Civil society renews calls for immediate release of Vietnamese environmental defender

On the first anniversary of the imprisonment of the prominent Vietnamese environmental lawyer, Dang Dinh Bach, international NGOs are calling for immediate release.

Police use “shocking” level of violence to quash activists opposing Europe’s largest coal mine

German police used overwhelming force and violence against the protesters at the RWE-funded coal mine, with about 20 being injured and taken to hospital.

Finally a fitting memorial to the Ogoni 9: The Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance

Tomorrow at COP26 there will be the formal launch of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, or BOGA for short. Twenty six years is too long waiting for a permanent memorial to the Ogoni 9, that can be both commemorated and celebrated. But maybe BOGA is that memorial. The first international alliance to keep oil in the ground.