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Obama’s Offshore Drilling Plan Puts the Climate at Risk

Back in January, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released the 2017-2022 Oil and Gas Leasing Program, its proposed 5-year plan for offshore U.S. oil and gas development that includes ten potential lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, three in the Alaskan Arctic, and one in the Atlantic.

Big Oil Eyes Up “The Prize” of Iran

As world leaders converged on the Swiss town of Lausanne over the weekend, their historic deliberations about Iran’s nuclear programme were said to have reached the “end-game” before the deadline at the end of the month.

Crude oil trains are unsafe, period. Stopping them will protect our communities and climate

For the sake of a mere 4% of total petroleum passing through the United States, we say stop the trains now, protect North America’s communities and build an energy system that protects the climate and our citizens from a reckless oil industry.

TransCanada’s Other Massive Pipeline Plan

TransCanada's proposed Energy East tar sands pipeline faces massive opposition in Canada. A large demonstration is planned in Quebec City on April 11th.

Solidarity or self-interest: Ecuador and oil in the age of climate change

Resource sovereignty, OPEC and climate change: implications for Ecuador in the struggle to protect biodiversity and indigenous rights in Yasuni National Park

UK Budget: More Corporate Welfare for Oil

Oil companies demanded tax breaks in UK Budget, despite their eye-watering profit levels - OCI/Plaform analysis. UPDATED with the Budget announcement

How many explosions before we stop crude-by-rail?

This past Saturday, it happened again. A train carrying highly volatile crude oil, in this case tar sands crude from Alberta, derailed in Ontario and caught fire, destroying a bridge in the blaze. This is the fourth time in as many weeks an oil train has derailed and caught fire or exploded.

Department of Energy data shows Keystone XL is an export pipeline

New data from the EIA shows that the President was right to call Keystone XL an export pipeline.

Canadian Government “Concerned” After 2nd Tar Sands Train Explodes

The Canadian press and politicians are waking up to the fact that transporting tar sands by rail is as dangerous as Bakken.