Oil Change International is a research, communication, and advocacy organization focused on exposing the true costs of fossil fuels and facilitating the coming transition towards clean energy. The production and consumption of oil, gas, and coal are major sources of global warming, human rights abuses, war, national security concerns, corporate globalization, and increased inequality.
News
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Big Oil Threatens Maine City After Tar Sands Export Ban
Big Oil has always been a bad, bad loser. And it is therefore no surprise that it has threatened to sue a small coastal city in Maine which on Monday night struck an historical blow against the industry by banning the export of tar sands from its harbour.
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Half of Americans Still in Climate Denial
Last week the polling company, Ipsos-Mori, published its first ever Global Trends Report, which examined our attitudes to a whole host of topics such as technology, privacy, marriage, migration, health, globalisation, inequality, science and the environment.
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California Acts over Fracking Water, Citing Contamination Fears
The conflict between California’s fracking industry and the State over protecting its precious water resources has been growing for months, made worst by California’s crippling ongoing drought.
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Canada’s First Nations Oppose “Mother of All Pipelines”
Yet another pivotal battle is brewing in Canada, over a little-known pipeline labelled the “mother of all pipelines” by the country’s First Nations.
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Tar Sands Steaming Cause Of “Endless Spills”
Finally one of Canada’s leading independent tar sands producers has conceded that it is partly to blame for a series of leaks of bitumen in Alberta that have been going on for over a year.
Resources
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Cashing in on All of the Above: U.S. Fossil Fuel Production Subsidies under Obama
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International NGOs Call on Governments to #EndCoalFinance
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Runaway Train: The Reckless Expansion of Crude-by-Rail in North America
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Oil money behind Keystone XL Senate bill breaks 20 million dollars
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World Bank Group financed $1 billion in fossil fuel exploration projects in 2013
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Lifting the Ban, Cooking the Climate
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Frozen Future: Shell’s Ongoing Gamble in the US Arctic
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Kerry’s State Department Ignored Obama’s Climate Action Plan
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A Call for Reason in Warsaw: Finance Climate Action, not Fossil Fuel Subsidies
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World Bank Group Increases Lending for Fossil Fuels and Large Hydro
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World Bank Accelerating Coal Development in Indonesia
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FAIL: How the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Flunks the Climate Test
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House Votes to Deny the Cost of Carbon Pollution
Projects
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Crude-by-Rail Resources
The Crude-by-Rail Resource Hub includes our interactive map charting major rail routes and terminals for the transport of crude oil by rail in the U.S. and Canada. The hub also contains our latest crude-by-rail reports and actions.
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RefineryReport.org
The Refinery Report project will develop and publish data on North America’s refineries, beginning with the amount of crude oil refined from the world’s dirtiest and most destructive source of oil: the Canadian tar sands.
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ShiftTheSubsidies.org
The Shift the Subsidies database is an interactive tool to visually track and analyze the flow of energy subsidies from international, regional and bilateral public financial institutions around the world.
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DirtyEnergyMoney.com
Dirty Energy Money is an interactive tool that tracks the flow of oil, gas and coal industry contributions to the US Congress.
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The Price of Oil Wheel
The price of oil per barrel doesn’t include all of oil’s hidden costs. Learn more about the true cost of oil by using the flash navigation tool.