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Chevron and Israel: Profits Above Human Rights

Israel’s government relies on Chevron to extract the rich supply of gas off its coast, making money for a government actively perpetrating a genocide against the Palestinian people. And Chevron relies on Israel – Israel will be Chevron’s third largest source of gas globally over the next twenty years.

Crude Britannia: Understanding how oil shapes a nation

There is a great and timely book that has been published entitled Crude Britannia, which looks at how oil has shaped society and the political landscape of the United Kingdom.

Biden’s climate diplomacy mustn’t turn a blind eye to Big Oil’s “dirty footprints” in Africa

When President Joe Biden signed his first set of Executive Orders on Climate Change and cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline project soon after his inauguration, he sent a very clear message to the global fossil fuel industry: it’s no longer going to be business-as-usual with fighting the existential threat that climate change poses to humanity.

ExxonMobil’s climate plans are still “grossly insufficient”

Last year, we rated ExxonMobil as "grossly insufficient" on all ten of the criteria. There are tiny steps forward in the new announcement, but nothing that changes any of our ten metrics from "grossly insufficient" to "insufficient," let alone to even "partial alignment."

It’s been 25 years since the Ogoni 9 — why are governments still funding fossil fuels?

To do anything less than stopping all public money to fossil fuels dishonors the memory and sacrifices of Saro-Wiwa, the Ogoni 9, and countless others who have risked and lost their lives to defend their lands and communities.

Spoiler alert: Big oil companies are still failing on climate

Being a “leader” among laggards doesn’t cut it when we’re in a climate emergency – a crisis that the oil and gas industry has done the most to cause.

May 2020 OilWire bulletin: The USD 77 billion per year edition

As governments begin to unveil trillions of dollars in recovery support and stimulus, now is the time to break old habits – such as the USD 77 Billion in public money that the G20 is still spending annually to finance oil, gas, and coal projects.

The Loopholes Lurking in BP’s New Climate Aims

It’s time for BP and all oil companies to stop hiding behind net-zero rhetoric and commit to immediate action on the scale of the crisis we’re in.

Will Governor Brown Plug the Dangerous Hole in California’s Climate Action?

If Governor Brown is serious about marshaling a response to climate change that is adequate to the challenge, he must lead the managed transition off oil and gas production in California. That's the call to action of a new report released by Oil Change International in partnership with 14 other environmental justice and climate groups.

All Bust, No Boom

In a dramatic turn of events, it looks like all bust and no more boom for the Alberta tar sands, according to our recent analysis based on industry data. In reality, future rates of production will likely be insufficient to fill even one new pipeline.