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Read the latest insights and analysis from the experts at Oil Change International.
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.
North African Fracking Protests “Making Political Waves”
The wave of anti-fracking protests sweeping the globe have now spread as far as North Africa.
