The End of the Export Ban?
The new year has started just like the old one ended, with the oil price continuing its downward slide. This morning oil dropped to five and a half year low as over supply continued to spook the markets.
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Natural Resources Committee votes for Big Oil
Regular readers of this blog will not be surprised to hear that the GOP-led Natural Resources committee of the House of Representatives followed the Energy and Commerce Committee's lead in voting to advance a bill designed to circumvent normal process...
“Today was a victory for everyone working to stop Keystone XL”
"Today was a victory for everyone working to stop Keystone XL. TransCanada did not get their preferred route which means years of new review and legal challenges are now on the table"
AOC on Californian wildfires: “This is what climate change looks like”
Right now, many parts of California are ablaze fuelled by high winds and tinder dry conditions.
France Risks Backsliding on Leadership in Ending International Fossil Fuel Finance
The French government opens up possibilities for French public financing institutions to support gas power projects. This move represents backsliding on the leadership shown by France on ending international fossil fuel handouts and comes after Trump pressuring the European Union...
New Report Outlines Climate Costs of Relaxing Crude Oil Export Regulations
A new analysis published today by Oil Change International shows that eliminating existing regulations on crude oil exports could result in additional greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 42 coal fired power plants.
Europe Eyes American Shale Gas
In the diplomatic fallout from the crisis in Crimea, European leaders are said to be scrambling to reduce their dependence on Russian gas. You cannot negotiate with Putin if he holds all the aces.
Chevron and Israel: Profits Above Human Rights
Israel’s government relies on Chevron to extract the rich supply of gas off its coast, making money for a government actively perpetrating a genocide against the Palestinian people. And Chevron relies on Israel – Israel will be Chevron’s third largest...
Ahead of critical OECD talks, international civil society organizations demand an end to $41 billion a year in fossil fuel financing
As crucial negotiations loom on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) rules for export financing for energy, over 40 environmental, climate, human rights, and development organizations from around the world demand that OECD governments conclude negotiations to end export...
Lifting the Crude Oil Export Ban: Supply Side and Climate Commonsense
In which we demonstrate that dismissing the climate impact of lifting the crude oil export ban is wrong.