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Global South Nations are Trapped In a Sinkhole of Debt Due to Fossil Fuels

A new report shows that rising debt distress and fossil fuel reliance are interdependent crises. Countries in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and parts of Asia are caught in a structural trap where governments are forced to prioritise short term liquidity and revenue over long-term transformation.

Security experts urge IEA to step up energy crisis response

Sixteen independent energy security experts have written to Dr Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, urging a stronger response to the ongoing global oil and gas crisis.

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Reactive: Trump’s War Fuels Rising Prices While Big Oil Profits

Donald Trump’s rambling lies can’t conceal how his reckless, illegal war of aggression is sending energy prices for working families through the roof. Trump claims this conflict is different from past wars for oil, but it’s playing out with exactly the same deadly patterns. 

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Oil Change response to María Corina Machado’s speech at CERAWeek

From the CERAWeek stage, Machado offered to meet with oil and gas executives in Houston about exploiting Venezuelan oil assets.

Protests Target JBIC Board Chair at CERAWeek Amid Hormuz Crisis

As one of the world’s top LNG importers, Japan faces serious economic risks due to Strait of Hormuz disruption. Its state bank is still signing fossil fuel deals.

March to Confront Fossil Fuel Executives at CERAWeek Kicks Off at Houston City Hall

Hundreds of Gulf South community leaders, Indigenous water protectors, and their allies are marching from Houston City Hall to the George R. Brown Convention Center, where the major oil and gas conference CERAWeek begins today.

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Oil Change response to Chris Wright’s CERAWeek speech

As energy bills and the price of gas spike because of Trump’s war in Iran, Chris Wright is speaking to the executives profiteering from our economic pain.

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Gulf South community leaders to confront fossil fuel industry and its ties to Trump’s wars abroad at CERAWeek march and rally

Community leaders are marching to ensure the fossil fuel executives and government officials attending CERAWeek see the opposition to their plans to recklessly expand fossil fuels, which poison the air and water, worsen the climate crisis, devastate Gulf Coast fishing economies, and drive conflicts from Venezuela to Iran.

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In response to Trump’s Statement on the Benefits of High Oil Prices

As geopolitical tensions rise, Trump’s fossil fuel billionaire donors reap windfall profits while people are being killed and working people around the world face higher energy and food costs.

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Reactive: Trump’s Attack on Iran Threatens Lives and Bolsters Fossil Fuel Agenda

Trump once again used illegal force to bolster his imperialist fossil fuel agenda. His attack on Iran threatens lives, adds to regional instability, and risks dragging the United States into another forever war.