Watch out Big Oil, and King Coal. Your day in court is rapidly coming. One of Britain’s leading climate scientists believes that the day when people affected by worsening storms, heatwaves and floods could soon be able to sue oil,...
As the Western oil majors squabble with Iraq over technical contracts, they have been out-maneuvered by the Chinese in the greater race to sign the first significant contract with the war-torn country. The first major oil deal Iraq has signed...
Looking for something great to do on Saturday? All of us here at Oil Change urge you to join the National Day of Action for Green Jobs. Its a perfect way to address the crises in both our economy and...
Another day, another court room battle concerning big oil. This time its oil sands in the dock. Imperial Oil's (majority owned by Exxon) fight to win the right to drain muskeg at an oil sands project begins today in an...
As Lima prepares to receive over 60 heads of state for the EU/LAC Summit to discuss poverty, sustainable development, climate change and energy, a grand drama of indigenous people versus oil is playing out in Peru’s vast Amazon region, 70%...
Shell is not the only company facing shareholder anger. ExxonMobil faces a shareholder revolt led by the billionaire Rockefeller family that also has the support of four significant British institutional investors. They are calling for a shake-up in the governance...
It’s not just the climate summit that looks like it will be a failure. Leaders from the Niger Delta have dismissed the proposed summit on the region by the Federal Government, describing it as a “jamboree.” They have also warned...
The financial backlash against BP’s investment in tar sands has begun. A group of American and British shareholders in BP have joined forces to protest over the oil company's decision to start extracting oil from Canadian tar sands. Eleven fund...
Tony Hayward, BP’s chief executive, yesterday gave the market a strong signal that he wants to realise value from the company’s loss-making investments in renewables. BP has invested billions of dollars in solar energy over the past decade but the...
Even as the United Nations maneuvers toward a vote on expanded sanctions against Iran - which Beijing has reportedly approved - China's main offshore oil and gas company is reported to have signed a $16 billion deal to develop an...
