US gas exporters bemoan European climate goals deterring new LNG contracts
There are many winners and losers in war, but one of the biggest winners has been the U.S. LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) industry.
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Tobacco consultants lead gas industry pushback over gas stoves
We have known for decades that both the tobacco and fossil fuel industry have used scientists to defend their products and spread doubt and confusion over the health and environmental impact of smoking or burning oil and gas.
Activists at COP27 remember the Ogoni 9 and warn against African gas expansion
Today marks the twenty seventh anniversary of the murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the other members of the Ogoni 9. They were murdered in 1995 by the Nigerian junta for their peaceful campaign to highlight the ecological destruction and environmental racism of Shell’s operations in Nigeria.
Civil society condemns Japanese Government’s “GX Strategy” for being “soaked in fossil fuels”
To coincide with the "GX Week" in Japan, a network of civil society groups from across the region and Global South have come together to call for Japan to stop financing false solutions and delaying the just transition to clean energy.
Scientists warn that natural gas “cannot be a solution towards a zero-emission future.”
A new academic paper outlines why gas is not a so-called bridge fuel to a zero emission future. The scientists conclude that “a fossil fuel with a high climate impact, often hidden under a misleading narrative, which hinders decarbonization via infrastructure expansion, and so creates carbon lock-in effects and bears high economic risk, cannot be a solution towards a zero-emission future.”
The fossil fuel industry continues to block progress on climate, but there are signs of hope
Increased recognition from governments, institutions, and even parts of the financial sector of the role of fossil fuels in climate change represents a sea change from where we were even just a few years ago. The importance of phasing out oil and gas are now featured in climate policy discussions across all sectors.
Response to Ukraine crisis is not more oil and gas drilling, but investing in renewables
As I write the dire threat of war once again hangs over Europe after the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, recognised the self-proclaimed republics in Luhansk and Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine and ordered his troops over the border.
MVP’s Attacks Fall Flat: Our Response to Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC Filed in the FERC Docket
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC's (MVP) attacks on our greenhouse gas methodology are not aligned with the best available science. In fact, the operation of the Mountain Valley Pipeline would contribute significant greenhouse gas pollution, and our methodology for assessing its climate impacts is sound. That's the conclusion of a letter filed by Oil Change International to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) docket for the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project.
Looking a gift horse in the mouth: Reflections on receiving a prize for my work on the Shell climate case at a sustainability festival sponsored by the fossil fuel industry.
This year we are using this spotlight to focus attention on the destructive role of the fossil fuel industry. If Springtij doesn't break ties with the fossil fuel industry, next year we will mobilize supporters to boycott the Festival.
Big Oil & API spending millions on Facebook & Instagram to misleadingly spin “gas is green”
A great joint investigation by Channel 4 news in the UK and InfluenceMap has found that oil industry lobbyists are using social media such as Facebook and Instagram to promote the continued use of gas and the myth that gas is a green fuel.