The American Petroleum Institute’s Desperate PR is Failing
The American Petroleum Institute is desperate. They want to clutch onto the past while the world changes around them, and the public really isn’t buying it.
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North Dakota Pipeline Protest Heads to Court
The growing protest against the highly controversial North Dakota Access pipeline will end up in court tomorrow in Washington DC, when the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s lawsuit against the US Army Corps of Engineers will be heard.
BP’s New Plans to Drill the Great Australian Bight Criticised
Despite growing international condemnation, oil giant BP seems intent on drilling in the highly sensitive Great Australian Bight off the country’s southern coast, which is home to one of the largest breeding populations of endangered southern right whales in the world.
“We don’t want this black snake within our Treaty boundaries”
One of the most important battles against pipeline expansion in North America is happening right now in North Dakota.
As Renewables Soar, Oil Industry Launches New PR Offensive
As the renewable revolution gathers a pace, the oil industry has launched yet another PR offensive trying to rebrand fossil fuels as sustainable.
Louisiana Floods: A “classic signal of climate change”
The US state of Louisiana was under a state of emergency over the weekend with at least six people dead and 20,000 people rescued due to an "historic" flooding event affecting the state for the previous few days.
“Why don’t people demand action on climate change?”
As Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton campaign in one of the most deeply bruising, personal and vitriolic Presidential campaigns ever witnessed, many are questioning the current venomous state of our polarized political discourse and how it needs to radically change.
BP Greenwashes the Olympics … Again
As BP yet again sponsors different Olympic teams as well as the Paralympics, other athletes ask: “Is it right to steal the future of millions of people”
Opposition Grows to UK Government’s Fracking “Bribe”
The British Government’s formal announcement today to consult on whether to offer between £10,000 to £20,000 to every household affected by fracking as part of a “Shale Wealth Fund” has been being met with increasing outrage and opposition.
White House releases a new Climate Test? Not quite, but getting closer.
The White House just released an important document today: the final version of guidance for considering climate impacts within the NEPA process. While this document is merely guidance and “not a rule or regulation,” the updated version marks some important shifts in aligning our energy policy with our climate goals.