Great article in the New York Times about the malaise of Washington’s over sight of the oil industry and how it has taken a retired federal auditor to expose the comfy collusion between the industry and its regulators. For years...
The Global Days of Action during the AZEC Summit shows that civil society across the Asia-Pacific is watching and organizing to stop Japan from derailing the region’s energy transition. From grassroots activists to parliamentarians, from frontline communities to researchers, a...
Our research found that at least four of the top six IOCs have significantly relied on tar sands reserves additions to support RRR rates in the past five years. As a percentage of total liquids additions, tar sands represents between...
“Shell’s concern, deeper than its fossil-fuel identity and more urgent than the climate crisis, is Shell. I don’t believe it’s going to lead us to the Paris climate goals, and Shell probably doesn’t believe it will either.”
The environmental group, Friends of the Earth in the Netherlands has announced that it will take Shell to court if the company does not act on “demands to stop its destruction of the climate”.
[caption id="attachment_25252" align="alignright" width="300"] An arial view of the Alberta oil sands (Photo: Luc Forsyth via Flickr CC)[/caption] Oil majors are dumping Canada’s tar sands assets and investors are walking away from new projects. It’s the latest sign that the...
The COP28 agreement marked the end of the fossil fuel era. Now, will the world’s wealthiest nations step up and pay their fair share to drive this transition?
The history of Shell on the African continent is wrapped in a vortex of controversy that stretches back decades. However, last week, in a significant victory, a High Court in South Africa ruled that Shell’s exploration right to conduct seismic...
In the latest setback for the oil giant, Shell has had to terminate the contract for the seismic ship that was due to undertake highly controversail exploration off South Africa's wild coast, after a court ruled at the end of...
Jacinda Ardern has drawn global praise for her response to COVID-19. Now it's time for her Government to show radical far-reaching action on climate change. Show the world what a true Just Transition looks like.
