“…our national interest will be served only if [Keystone XL] does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution. – Barack Obama, June 25th President Obama’s speech on climate change at Georgetown on June 25 made this much clear: he...
This report finds that Keystone XL would reduce gasoline supplies in America by diverting Canadian tar sands crude from the Midwest to the Gulf Coast, blowing apart the tar sands industry's claims that building the Keystone XL pipeline would lower...
Southern Pacific Resources was the first tar sands producer to commit all of its production to crude-by-rail. Today, the company is on the brink of disaster.
As I write, combat aircraft are being sent from the EU to Greece. Their mission is to help tackle the wildfires raging across the country, especially in the greater Athens area. The words #Heatwaves and #Climate emergency are currently trending on...
With less than forty days to go until the crucial climate conference, COP26, to be held in Glasgow, young climate activists from across the world made their voices heard loud and clear on Friday.
When it comes to pipeline regulatory decisions, we’re seeing a significant new trend: “Poison approvals” The thing about inertia is that it’s pretty hard to resist, especially when it’s been in place for decades. When it comes to oil and...
Over the northern hemisphere summer that has been dominated by floods, fires, and unrelenting heat, with temperature records being regularly smashed, climate scientists have become increasingly alarmed.
When the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance members were unveiled yesterday, there was an obvious one missing: the COP host, the UK Government. To put it mildly this is a disgrace for a country that keeps trying to argue that...
2015-2016 U.S. International Fossil Fuel Finance Supplement to “Dirty Energy Dominance: Dependent on Denial How the U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry Depends on Subsidies and Climate Denial” September 2017 In total, U.S. public finance for fossil fuels from bilateral and multilateral...
“Failing the ‘Climate Test’: LNG Projects Awaiting Final Investment Decision Do Not Stand Up to U.S. Government Analysis” shows that U.S. LNG export projects displace renewable energy and drive up emissions – making them incompatible with a liveable climate.
