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A “Critical Month” for Climate Change

Welcome to December. It is being dubbed a “critical month” for action on climate change. Firstly, there is the latest round of UN Climate talks, this time taking place in Poznan in Poland. An estimated 9,000 delegates from 185 nations...

Gov Panel Says Give Delta 25% of Oil Revenue

When Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni launched their campaign against the oil companies in the Niger Delta in the early nineties, one of their key demands was that they should receive a greater share of the oil wealth from the...

Hey Big Oil, We Will See You in Court….

Watch out Big Oil, and King Coal. Your day in court is rapidly coming.  One of Britain’s leading climate scientists believes that the day when people affected by worsening storms, heatwaves and floods could soon be able to sue oil,...

Iraq Signs $3bn Oil Deal With China

As the Western oil majors squabble with Iraq over technical contracts, they have been out-maneuvered by the Chinese in the greater race to sign the first significant contract with the war-torn country. The first major oil deal Iraq has signed...

Green Jobs Now!

Looking for something great to do on Saturday?  All of us here at Oil Change urge you to join the National Day of Action for Green Jobs. Its a perfect way to address the crises in both our economy and...

Oil Sands Project in the Dock

Another day, another court room battle concerning big oil. This time its oil sands in the dock. Imperial Oil's (majority owned by Exxon) fight to win the right to drain muskeg at an oil sands project begins today in an...

Exxon Faces Shareholder Revolt over Climate Change

Shell is not the only company facing shareholder anger. ExxonMobil faces a shareholder revolt led by the billionaire Rockefeller family that also has the support of four significant British institutional investors. They are calling for a shake-up in the governance...

Niger Delta Leaders Dismiss Planned Summit

It’s not just the climate summit that looks like it will be a failure. Leaders from the Niger Delta have dismissed the proposed summit on the region by the Federal Government, describing it as a “jamboree.” They have also warned...

Investors Rebel Against BP Tar Sands Investment

The financial backlash against BP’s investment in tar sands has begun. A group of American and British shareholders in BP have joined forces to protest over the oil company's decision to start extracting oil from Canadian tar sands. Eleven fund...

BP Keeps Renewables Business as “Calling Card”

Tony Hayward, BP’s chief executive, yesterday gave the market a strong signal that he wants to realise value from the company’s loss-making investments in renewables. BP has invested billions of dollars in solar energy over the past decade but the...