Tar sands reality check
Analysts are starting to question the tar sands industry's "wildly optimistic" growth plans and some projects are slowing down. Here's why.
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Iraqi Oil Flowing Through Turkey
Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani has said that crude oil began to flow from the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk to a Turkish export terminal last week. Al-Shahristani said Iraq is "pumping between 300,000 and 400,000 barrels a day of...
DRC in Flames, Big Oil in Fortune
Congo's vital rainforest and peatlands are to face destruction from 52 new oil blocks. This plunder is likely to fuel conflict and displacement, enriching Big Oil Companies and complicit leaders. The DRC cannot be a sacrifice zone. We need to...
Oil Change International responds to Paris climate agreement
Paris showcased a strong and still growing civil society including clear demands to Stop Funding Fossils and Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground. Soon, the fossil fuel industry will have less to celebrate.
Evidence shows new pipelines will not solve Alberta’s economic woes or support a clean energy transition
April 7, 2016 For Immediate Release New pipelines from the Alberta to tidewater would do nothing to help Canada’s oil industry cope with low oil prices. Contrary to assertions made by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers today and Natural...
Report: U.S. Oil and Gas Expansion Threatens to Unleash Climate Pollution Equivalent to nearly 1,000 Coal Plants
The U.S. oil and gas industry has the potential to unleash the largest burst of new carbon emissions in the world through 2050, new research released today has found.
“We see you, fossil fuels, and we are coming”
In the end, after two weeks of tortuous and exhausting negotiations in Paris, the UN agreement on climate reached on Saturday has been hailed as “historic, durable and ambitious”.
British End Combat in Iraq but Stay to Defend the Oil
So the war is over – for the British at least. The Iraq war formally ended for British forces yesterday as British forces handed control of the oil-rich Basra area to U.S. commanders and prepared to ship out most of...
122 CSOs warn there is only six months left to meet joint COP26 commitment to end international public finance for fossil fuels
Russia’s war in Ukraine and fuel price spikes mean international public finance institutions must roll out rapid decarbonization and aid packages, not back track by locking in new fossil infrastructure.
Newsletter: Beware cheap oil – campaigning in the oil price cycle
Media reporting on oil price changes tends to focus on the ‘new normal’, and often overlooks that oil prices have always been cyclical. What might we learn from the cycle, in order to think about longer-term campaign strategy? In particular,...