60,000 Say No to EDF’s Legal Bullying
Just under 60,000 people have now signed a petition that demands that the French energy company EDF drop a sinister lawsuit against 21 climate change activists who occupied one of its power plants last year.
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The New Arctic Oil Rush Begins
Anyone who regularly reads this blog – or any other oil-related one – will know that the oil majors are running out of places to find oil. That’s why countries with huge reserves such as Iraq and Libya are seen...
Shell Worried Ogoni PR was “Green Imagery”
It’s not often that a company’s public relations strategy is laid bare for all to see. It’s very rare that these most sensitive of company documents – the ones that talk of using the dark arts of persuasion - ever...
Shell: World’s Most Carbon Intensive Oil Company
Of all the oil majors, Shell prides itself on undertaking cutting edge energy forecasting, that not only inform the group’s thinking but also dove-tail into policy making by decision makers across the energy spectrum. It is one of the few...
BP: Beyond Propaganda
I know I am in danger of becoming a BP-bore, but I am not the only one with an unhealthy obsession with oil companies and the way they operate. There was a fascinating piece earlier this week in the New...
Oil Change response to María Corina Machado’s speech at CERAWeek
From the CERAWeek stage, Machado offered to meet with oil and gas executives in Houston about exploiting Venezuelan oil assets.
Forecasting Failure: Why Investors Should Treat Oil Company Energy Forecasts With Caution
Companies like ExxonMobil, Shell and BP routinely use their in-house energy forecasts to justify investments in multi-decade, high-cost projects, from the Arctic to the tar sands. While the companies present their published forecasts as objective analyses, the forecasts rather reflect the...
Experts react to Japan and South Korea’s joint hydrogen and ammonia initiative
Today, Japanese and South Korean leaders are expected to announce a joint supply network for hydrogen and ammonia at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting. The initial announcement did not restrict the supply chain to renewable energy-based green hydrogen...
Big News: Oregon says NO to Jordan Cove LNG
Monday, May 6 was a big day in Oregon in the fight against fossil fuels. In a big win for water and our climate, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) delivered a potentially fatal blow to the Jordan Cove...
Toppling the Pillars
The World Bank's pledge to end all upstream investment in the oil and gas sector by 2019 topples a key pillar holding up the social license around the fossil fuel industry.