“This victory is for my ancestors. It’s for our forest and future generations.”
The Waorani people of Ecuador have won a historic victory in court protecting half a million acres of their territory in the Amazon from oil drilling.
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Facebook’s New Fact-Checking Service are Koch-Funded Climate Deniers
In what can only be described as verging on the bizarre, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has given the contract to fight fake news to an organization that pushes fake news on climate change.
Killed by Coal: Journalist Dies in Clash Over Dirty Coal in Germany
Yesterday the brutal eviction by the authorities against activists trying to protect an ancient forest in Germany from being destroyed for coal mining ended in tragedy, with the loss of life of a young journalist, called Steffan.
Oil Change International Statement and Materials Regarding Presidential Alaska Visit
President Obama and Secretary Kerry should recognize that every devastating impact of climate change they encounter in the Arctic will only be the tip of the iceberg if Big Oil is allowed to continue their high risk Arctic projects. Approving...
More than 150 civil society organisations urge IEA to put 1.5ºC first in the 2021 World Energy Outlook
Today, Oil Change International and over 150 other civil society organisations from all over the world sent an open letter to International Energy Agency (IEA) director Dr. Fatih Birol, urging him to center 1.5 degrees Celsius (ºC) in the 2021...
Health Risks of One Third of Frack Fluid “Unknown”
Could this be the fracking industry’s Silent Spring moment? One of the most alarming aspects of fracking is how little we understand the long term risks of the technology. As the shale boom explodes in the US, concerns about the...
German Government ‘Wasting Public Money’ With Promise-Breaking Fossil Fuel Finance
Research released today by Oil Change International and ClientEarth, Wasting Public Money, reveals how Germany is at risk of watering down a 2021 pledge to end taxpayer-backed financing of fossil fuel projects overseas.
Response to Senate Energy Committee Hearing on Crude Export Ban
Lifting the crude oil export ban is an idea only the oil companies and their paid Representatives in Washington could love. Exporting US crude oil will immediately raise the price of oil in North America, raise profits for Big Oil,...
Keystone XL: What Did API Know and When? Groups FOIA State Department for Communication with Big Oil, Canadian Government
Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club, and Oil Change International have filed a FOIA request to the State Department to unearth insider communications with the Canadian government and oil industry in the weeks leading up to the release of its...
Blistering TV ad targeting Exxon and $20 billion in subsidies released today
A trio of progressive organizations have released a hard-hitting satirical ad, entitled “Exxon Hates America,” and are crowdfunding it to show on screens across America over the July 4th weekend.