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Oil Change International is a research, communication, and advocacy organization focused on exposing the true costs of fossil fuels and facilitating a just transition to clean energy. For media inquiries, please contact: Valentina Stackl at [email protected]

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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.

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Namibia’s Resources Must Secure Namibians First

Africans cannot be excluded at the border while its resources are fast-tracked into foreign economies.

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Oil Change International Reaction to TotalEnergies Profits Announcement

TotalEnergies claims to be the biggest supplier of LNG to Europe, and the biggest LNG exporter from the United States. The company continues to import gas from Russia. TotalEnergies is under fire for contributing to Europe’s reliance on hostile countries.

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In response to Trump’s brutal U.S. ICE Campaigns

There can be no ‘business as usual’ while ICE occupies neighborhoods, while our neighbors are kidnapped, while constitutional rights are trampled, while people are dragged into the snow at gunpoint. We are in solidarity with people from Minneapolis, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Maine and others across the country resisting this occupation.

Over 120 civil society groups demand EU leaders phase out US fossil fuels in light of Trump’s fossil fuel imperialism

The EU must courageously oppose Trump's fossil fuel agenda and defend people, our planet, and the rule of law.

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Oil Change International Reaction to Trump’s Second Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

Trump can withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, but can’t change that millions of people will fight for climate justice, including leaders from the Global South and U.S. states and localities.

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Oil Change International response to Trump’s meeting with oil execs on Venezuela 

Trump's meeting with oil executives is meant to ensure the future of Venezuela is being shaped in a way that maximizes Big Oil profits and his own power. 

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Oil Change International response to Trump’s withdrawal from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

It is clear that the core objective of U.S. foreign policy is now to further the interests of the fossil fuel industry, at the expense of billions around the world who will suffer the consequences.

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Response to U.S. military strikes in Venezuela: a fossil-fueled act of war

President Trump’s launch of large‑scale military strikes in Venezuela, including the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, is a flagrant act of war and violation of international law. This reckless aggression is part of a shameful pattern of U.S. imperialism in Latin America, where military power secures economic interests, in particular fossil fuels and critical resources.