RBS Wriggles Over Tar Sand Investments
Has RBS stopped financing the tar sands?
Search results
Select Date Range
2026
2026
The $13 Billion Bill for Elgin Gas Spill
Oil companies operating in the North Sea could face an estimated $13 billion (Euros 10 billion) bill in light of the Elgin gas spill which could also seriously affect their credit ratings, according to rating agency Fitch. Total's Elgin platform...
Blowing the Whistle on Big Oil
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...
Solidarity and Strength: Asia-Pacific Unites Against Japan’s AZEC Greenwashing
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...
Chemical Giant, Ineos, Plans 30 Frack Wells in UK Within Months
It will become a defining battle of our times. A Brexit-supporting billionaire, who until recently lived as a tax-exile in Switzerland, versus the people of Britain. And the battle will be over fracking.
How “Bullying” BP is Corrupting Iconic Arts Institutions
We have known for years that Big Oil companies like BP sponsor iconic arts institutions in the UK as a way of greenwashing their image and helping the company with its “social licence to operate”.
Crude By Rail Company Accused of Playing “Russian Roulette”
The fallout from Friday’s crude by rail crash in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon is intensifying after numerous local elected officials called for a temporary halt to the so-called “bomb trains” through the area until the cause of the...
Big Oil Bosses Make Millions Fuelling Climate Change
A report by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) reveals that fossil fuel bosses are receiving “stratospheric” levels of pay to explore and produce oil which we cannot afford to burn if we are to avoid catastrophic climate change.
Letter to G20 Finance Ministers: Delivering on G20 commitment to phase out fossil fuel subsidies
September 2, 2015 To: G20 Finance Ministers CC: Prof. Dr. Ahmet Davuto?lu, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan, Deputy Undersecretary for Turkish Treasury Cavit Da?da?, Ambassador Feridun Sinirlio?lu RE: Delivering on G20 Commitment to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies Dear G20...
BP Out of Touch on Climate and Clean Energy Technology
How BP's Outlook for Energy looks to the past not the future