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From Supermajors to Superminors: the fall of Big Oil

Shell is in trouble. BP is in trouble. So too is Exxon.

Oil and gas news & insights: Week of April 20

OCI is producing weekly news and resources updates for allies as part of our response to the COVID-19 crisis.

COVID-19 fallout threatens “long-term survivability” of Big Oil

Big Oil faces a new reality where "everything has changed.” Even their long-term survival.

Oil and gas news & insights: Week of April 13

OCI is producing weekly news and resources updates for allies as part of our response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Big climate win after Teck withdraws its own massive tar sands mine application

This is what climate momentum looks like. Teck Resources has just withdrawn its C$20 billion application to build what was the largest ever tar sands mine in northern Alberta.

After Firing Top Regulator, Will Newsom Seize His Chance to Lead California Off of Oil?

The new Democratic Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, is coming under pressure to make good pre-election promises to rapidly move the state away from fossil fuels.

US Shale Companies Facing “Catastrophic Failure” over Ballooning Debt

As the fledgling UK fracking industry bleeds investors’ money in alarming quantities on a daily basis, plagued by ongoing issues of democratic accountability, seismic activity, financial viability and on-going legal challenges, it will find no comfort from looking across the pond.

“Fossil fuel industry is guilty of crimes against humanity”

The energy and climate blogosphere is currently ablaze about an article, published today in the whole of the New York Times magazine, which covers the story of climate change in what it calls the definitive 10-year period from 1979 to 1989.

Ending Amazon Crude Is “Key to Fossil-Free Movement”

Yesterday a coalition of some 50 environmental, indigenous and human rights groups sent an unprecedented letter to Californian policymakers and US-based corporations involved in the processing, use or financing of Amazon crude to “stem the influx of crude oil into the United States” from the region.