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Oil Change International Experts Comment on Oil Market Volatility

As COVID-19 becomes an official pandemic and oil prices plunge amidst a global price war, questions are emerging regarding the impact of these developments on climate and energy policy. Oil Change International experts offer statements and are available for further comment.

Over 40 Nobel Laureates call on PM Trudeau and DPM Freeland to reject the Teck Frontier tar sands mine

Over 40 Nobel Laureates are calling on Prime Minister Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Freeland to do the right thing for our shared climate and reject the Teck Frontier tar sands mine.

Report: New Mexico’s Oil and Gas Boom Undermines the State’s Climate Goals

A new report released today by Oil Change International and partners finds that New Mexico’s projected oil and gas production is entirely out of sync with the action necessary to prevent catastrophic climate change. The report analyzes the full climate impact of New Mexico’s oil and gas extraction, and finds that the state’s goals of reducing emissions will be completely undermined by continued expansion of oil and gas.

OCI response to BP’s latest climate plan

BP’s plan is the latest industry spin insisting that Big Oil has ‘seen the light’ on climate, only to distract us from real solutions.

Release: Environmental groups demand Congress protect the right to organize unions

In a letter sent today to the U.S. House of Representatives, more than 60 environmental groups called on the chamber to pass the Protect the Right to Organize Act to strengthen labor protections.

Report: G20 Nations Throwing Billions at Fossil Fuel Industry through Export Credit Agencies 

A network of secretive, government-backed financial institutions called export credit agencies are handing more than $31 billion USD per year to the oil, gas, and coal industry, new analysis by Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth U.S. shows. 

Report: Environmental groups contrast carbon impact of Line 3 with MN climate goals

13 state and national environmental groups released a new report finding that greenhouse gas emissions from Canadian oil company Enbridge's proposed Line 3 expansion would vastly outweigh Minnesota's planned reductions in the state's emissions.

Report: Reinstating the Crude Oil Export Ban Could Cut Global Emissions as Much as 181 Million Tons

A new report finds restoring the crude oil export ban could lead to reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions of as much as 80 to 181 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent each year

Response to Trump’s gutting of the National Environmental Policy Act

Today, the Trump administration unveils new actions intending to undermine climate change requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act.

Statement: COP 25 Fails to Respond to Urgency of Climate Crisis, Capitulating to Big Polluters

"We are living a climate emergency, and anything short of phasing out fossil fuel production with a just and equitable transition is scandalous," said Collin Rees regarding the COP 25 outcome.