Oil From the Sanchi “May Have Reached Japan”
Oil from the stricken oil tanker, the Sanchi, which exploded and sank in the East China Sea, may have now reached the shores of Japan, according to the country’s Coast Guard.
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Shell: We will go from “Big Oil into Big Energy”
Shell's scenarios leader says: “I am tasked with making sure that Shell isn’t a dodo.” So will Shell become extinct in the upcoming energy transition or dominate the new energy landscape?
Sanchi oil spill already caused “serious ecological injury”
The Sanchi oil spill in the East China Sea could potentially be one of the worst tanker spills in decades experts are warning, even though the spill has now largely disappeared from the news reports.
As Trump Promotes “America First” in Davos, Not Everyone Agrees
With a swagger and a wave, the US President Donald Trump has arrived at the World Economic Forum in Davos and is expected to push his "America First" agenda later today, in a self-congratulatory speech.
Oil Spill in the East China Sea Is “Now the Size of Paris”
There are increasing environmental and health concerns in the East China Sea surrounding the oil spill from the Iranian registered tanker, the Sanchi, which sank on Monday carrying 136,000 tons, or one million barrels, of a highly flammable oil mix...
As Trump’s Climate Denial Continues, Experts Take Flight to France
"The impact of Trump on climate science has been far greater than what the public believe it has.”
After a Decades-Long Battle, Congress Votes to Open ANWR to Oil Drilling
Yesterday, the decades-old struggle over what is America’s last wilderness area, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), was reopened when Congress voted to open the Refuge to oil drilling.
The French Revolution: France bans new oil and gas licenses
The managed decline of oil and gas production has begun. On Tuesday, France set passed a law to end the exploration for and extraction of oil and gas. In our 2016 report, The Sky’s Limit: Why the Paris Climate Goals Require a...
Big Shift campaign reacts to World Bank commitment to end upstream oil and gas finance
All financial institutions, public and private, including the World Bank, must still work toward aligning their finance with the aim of keeping global temperature increase below 1.5 degrees Celsius, but today, the World Bank set a high new bar in...
Majority of US Public Against Drilling ANWR; Oil Experts Think Economics Are “Suspect”
A new survey has found that 70 percent of US voters oppose drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Despite the gleeful scenes late on Friday night by the Republican leadership, a mere 18% of Republican voters “strongly support” the...