As Shutdown Continues, Sneaky Trump Administration Promotes Oil & Gas
"Of all of the Trump administration’s conservation rollbacks, the drive to sell off one of America’s wildest places for dirty, high-risk oil-drilling ranks among the worst."
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Is Fossil Fuel Industry Secretly Behind a New Campaign Against Fossil Fuel Divestment?
Last week a newly formed organization, The Institute for Pension Fund Integrity (IPFI), published its first “white paper” on the topical issue of “getting politics out of pensions”.
Oil Change International Response to Dakota Access Pipeline Shutdown
Federal and state agencies can no longer allow the oil and gas industry to run roughshod over the law, the rights of Indigenous communities, and future generations’ right to a stable climate.
Biden Urged By Hundreds of Groups to Sign Climate Emergency Executive Order
Nearly 400 groups called on President-elect Joe Biden to sign an executive order to confront the climate emergency with the full power of the executive branch as soon as he takes office.
Dutch Climate and Energy Minister estimates NL’s fossil fuel subsidies at up to €46.4 billion a year, campaigners call for phase-out plan
Today the outgoing Dutch Minister for Climate and Energy Policy, Rob Jetten, published an analysis of the Netherlands’ fossil fuel subsidies, estimating these at between €39.7 and €46.4 billion a year, more than 4% of the Netherlands’ GDP.
Tillerson at State Boosts Exxon Immeasurably
When sanctions were placed on Russia, Exxon left behind the potential to produce billions of barrels of oil. Secretary of State appointee Rex Tillerson could be in a position to secure that prize for Exxon.
From North Dakota to Kenya, people power fights fossil fuel infrastructure
People power stopped Keystone XL in its tracks. Now we're seeing human resistance to fossil fuel projects spreading rapidly around the globe.
Big Oil’s crisis of its own making: low prices bring calls for oil bailouts
Written by: Lorne Stockman, Greg Muttitt, and Alex Doukas The price of oil crashed to below $30 per barrel in early 2016, prompting not only a flurry of news stories highlighting things that cost more than a barrel of oil (including...
Chevron Faces “Rock the Boat” Resolution on Climate Change
Later today, senior executives at Chevron will face a barrage of questions concerning climate change, including one whose intention is to "rock the boat."
Ghost of Brent Spar Haunts Shell
Twenty years ago the oil giant Shell was embroiled in two separate controversies, which still haunt the company to this day.