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“We are going to not allow Kinder Morgan to finish this pipeline”

As the clock ticks down until the May 31 deadline over the controversial Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline project, which will triple the amount of tar sands being transported from Alberta to the British Columbian coast, the campaign against its expansion is spreading abroad.

Kinder Morgan’s Pipeline in Canada Could “Violate” US Endangered Species Law

As Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau and Albertan Premier, Rachel Notley, prepare to invest in Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, they are trying to spin the benefits of the highly controversial project.

Trump Expresses “Confidence” in Pruitt, Despite Eleven Investigations into EPA Head

How much longer will Trump hang on to Scott Pruitt - his ideological climate-denying, fossil fuel-loving, crony promoting, whistle-blower bashing, blundering, big spending, security-paranoid buddy?

PR Company Tries to Hide Links to New Pro-Fossil Fuel Investment Group

Last month, Oil Change International and Desmogblog reported on the formation of a new organization, The Institute for Pension Fund Integrity (IPFI), which had published its first “white paper” on “getting politics out of pensions.”

Trump’s Iran Decision May Backfire With Political Base if Gas Prices Rise

In the short-term his political base may be happy, but in the long term, once again Trump has shown that by opening his mouth he has shot himself in the foot.

British Prime Minister Facilitates BP’s New Oil Contract with Azerbaijan Dictatorship

Last week, the British Prime Minister, Theresa May hosted the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, for a meeting at Downing Street, which included the signing of a new energy deal between BP and the Azerbaijan State Oil Company

Pressure on US Bank Mounts with Actions at Shareholder Meeting in Albuquerque

This month we took escalated our campaign and took the fight directly to US Bank’s Annual Shareholder Meeting in Albuquerque, where representatives from pipeline resistance groups from across the nation told their stories directly to US Bank executives.

Fund managers recognise “imminent risks posed to fossil fuel investments from climate change”

"The fund management sector recognises the imminent risks posed to fossil fuel investments from climate change and the transition toward a zero-carbon economy”

Is Fossil Fuel Industry Secretly Behind a New Campaign Against Fossil Fuel Divestment?

Last week a newly formed organization, The Institute for Pension Fund Integrity (IPFI), published its first “white paper” on the topical issue of “getting politics out of pensions”.