An in-depth analysis released earlier this week by the Carbon Tracker Initiative suggests that the authors of the State Department’s Final Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) for the Keystone XL pipeline even more severely underestimate the climate impact of the...
As the row over the Keystone XL pipeline continues, the US is sending mixed messages over the dirty tar sands. Speaking to the Gas and Oil Expo and Conference, David Jacobson, the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, waxed lyrical about Canada,...
It is imperative that States heed the recommendations of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies (HRTBs) as part of a rights-based approach to climate governance and fossil fuels phaseout.
As we release our North American crude-by-rail online map and report, it is worth taking a look at one of the most repeated false claims that the oil industry and its supporters make about crude-by-rail. A major talking point for...
It’s pretty safe to assume one or both of the candidates will bring up energy issues in some predictable ways.
On Tuesday, January 24, as Washington readies for the annual State of the Union address, more than 500 people in referee outfits are converging on Capitol Hill to "blow the whistle" on Congress. Why? Consider these two facts: 1. The...
One million acres of farmland under water, one million wells at risk and one million calves lost, due to the floods. This is climate change in action. How much more evidence does Trump need before he realizes there is a...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the world’s highest judicial body, delivered a historic advisory opinion on States’ legal obligations to address climate change. This landmark ruling provides more clarity on the duties of governments and major polluters – including...
And so the fight over the Keystone XL pipeline goes on. TransCanada plans to refile its application with the U.S. government in the next few weeks, according to Alex Pourbaix, the company's president of oil and pipelines. The new alternative...
The U.S. oil industry’s biggest players, including ExxonMobil and the American Petroleum Institute, are calling for an end to the U.S. ban on crude oil exports that has been in place for more than four decades since the 1973 Arab...
