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Today, New Zealand’s government passed legislation amending the Crown Minerals Act to reopen new offshore oil and gas exploration, a move that climate and energy experts at Oil Change International are calling an unjustifiable step backwards.
New analysis is the first to document methane emissions from Japanese LNG import terminals using optical gas imaging technology.
"I won’t stop opposing this project in every way I can, because my children – and everyone’s children – deserve to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and live in a healthy environment."
The EU has given in to pressure from the Trump Administration to buy $750 billion worth of oil, gas and other energy products from the U.S. over the next three years in exchange for tariff relief.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the world’s highest judicial body, delivered a historic advisory opinion on States’ legal obligations to address climate change. This landmark ruling provides more clarity on the duties of governments and major polluters – including fossil fuel producers – to prevent, mitigate, and remedy climate harms that disproportionately affect the most vulnerable communities worldwide.
Today, UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a special address on climate action, saying that “countries that cling to fossil fuels are not protecting their economies – they are sabotaging them”.
Complaints cite grave violations of Indigenous Rights violations and escalating environmental harm
The UK government decision on financing disastrous TotalEnergies-led project is believed to be imminent. The project needs UK financing to go ahead, but the project is mired in allegations of human rights abuses, corruption allegations and the linked death of a UK citizen.
“Failing the ‘Climate Test’: LNG Projects Awaiting Final Investment Decision Do Not Stand Up to U.S. Government Analysis” shows that U.S. LNG export projects displace renewable energy and drive up emissions – making them incompatible with a liveable climate.
Oil Change International welcomes the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ historic court decision on States’ obligations regarding the climate emergency and human rights. This landmark legal interpretation reinforces what science, communities, and international law have long made clear: the climate crisis is a human rights issue.
