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Oil Market Facts Expose Trump’s Empty Keystone Rhetoric

A look at today's oil market exposes the hollow rhetoric surrounding the Keystone XL project. The project would exacerbate a supply glut at Cushing and is clearly not needed.

New York City Could be Next to Disinvest from #DAPL

The Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, has confirmed that he is “very interested” is using the city’s pension funds to put pressure on the banks that are helping to fund the highly controversial Dakota Access pipeline.

It’s Time to Prove Trump Wrong Over #DAPL

Early yesterday, work restarted on the highly controversial Dakota Access pipeline, less than a day after the Trump Administration granted a final easement to allow the project to go ahead over the disputed land near the Standing Rock reservation.

Gas Pipeline Climate Methodology: Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Natural Gas Infrastructure

This methodology document was produced to support the findings of a series of briefings on fracked gas pipelines in the Appalachian Basin.

Trump & Keystone Steel

Trump's move on Keystone XL and U.S. steel won't work. He should look to clean energy to stimulate job growth.

From North Dakota to Kenya, people power fights fossil fuel infrastructure

People power stopped Keystone XL in its tracks. Now we're seeing human resistance to fossil fuel projects spreading rapidly around the globe.

“Dakota Access uses attack dogs against Natives in the name of oil”

The contrast could not have been greater. Over the weekend, speaking on the eve of the G20 summit in Hangzhou, history was made as President Obama and Chinese President, Xi Jinping, announced that the world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases would formally ratify the Paris agreement on climate change.

Iconic Kenyan Island Threatened By Fossil Fuels: US Accused of Hypocrisy

For decades the tranquil Kenyan island of Lamu has enchanted travellers to the country. The iconic old town, which is the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa, is a maze of narrow alleyways and streets with stunning traditional architecture, which feels like you have been transported back in time.

How the Keystone XL Decision is Neither “Irrelevant” Nor “Just Symbolic”

Why Obama's Keystone decision matters for the climate