The Obama and Trudeau announcement of an oil/gas development ban in Arctic/Atlantic waters was huge, but how each country explained it reveals a major rift.
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Oil Change International statement on offshore drilling announcement
We congratulate President Obama for this historic action. As he knows, and as he stated when he rejected Keystone XL, âif weâre going to prevent large parts of this Earth from becoming not only inhospitable but uninhabitable in our lifetimes, weâre going to have to keep some fossil fuels in the ground.
Donât believe the hype: Does Rex Tillerson want to destroy our climate?
Rex Tillersonâs efforts to paint a picture of moderation amount to nothing more than a ruthless public relations campaign to curry favor in the media. Meanwhile he has pursued a reckless path of continued oil and gas development in order to continue making as much money as possible for himself and his company, regardless of the consequences.
Trump picks Tillerson to âtake the oilâ as Secretary of State, Oil Change Int’l response
To everyone keeping score at home, you can mark this up as Putinâs payback for election intervention. The nomination of Rex Tillerson has revealed with startling clarity that our government is being set up to support the interests of Big Oil and Putin, not the American people or the planet. Now more than ever, we demand a Separation of Oil and State.
RELEASE: Oil Change International reacts to approval of Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion and Enbridge Line 3 projects
By approving these new pipelines, Prime Minister Trudeau has kicked the legs out from under Canadaâs new climate change strategy. Canada has signaled to the world that it will fail to meet its Paris climate commitments.
RELEASE: IEA âneglects Paris Agreementâ with new World Energy Outlook
The International Energy Agency neglects the Paris Agreement with its new World Energy Outlook. The world needs better odds than a coin toss of avoiding dangerous climate change
Infographic: Gov’ts Funding Fossils over Climate Finance
A handful of wealthy countries are still funding fossil fuels instead of climate action, giving 3.6 times more public money to prop up fossil fuels than theyâre giving to developing countries to address climate change.
Release: Paris Agreement Ratification Means No New Fossil Fuels
The climate science is clear: to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees, world leaders must immediately end public support to fossil fuels, end expansion of fossil fuel development, and begin a managed decline of the fossil fuel industry with a just transition to renewable energy.
RELEASE: Fossil Fuel Expansion Has Reached the Skyâs Limit: Report
The embedded carbon emissions from the oil, gas, and coal in currently operating fields and mines, if they run to the end of their projected lifetimes, will take us just beyond the Paris Agreementâs 2C warming limit, and even further from the goal of 1.5C, a new study has found.
The American Petroleum Instituteâs Desperate PR is Failing
The American Petroleum Institute is desperate. They want to clutch onto the past while the world changes around them, and the public really isnât buying it.