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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100 Presidential Words Stop 1000 Miles of KXL…for now
Yesterday, in a moment described as void of “drama or fanfare,” he vetoed legislation which would have forced approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry dirty tar sands oil Alberta to the Gulf Coast.
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OCI Response to Presidential Veto of Keystone XL Bill
Fossil fuel funded politicians in Congress should take note – when the President of the United States says he is going to do something, he follows through.
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Oil Giant Shell Shelves Dirty Tar Sands Mine
In a sign that the oil price plunge is really beginning to bite, yesterday oil giant Royal Dutch Shell announced that the company is indefinitely postponing plans to develop a new tar sands mine in northern Alberta.
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IHS’s predictable Keystone study adds nothing new
IHS published today a predictable and hollow attempt to rebut much of our work on Keystone XL’s links to markets beyond North America and the ability of rail to replace the pipeline.
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Climate Sceptic’s Fossil Fuel Funding Exposed
For nearly two decades avid researcher, Kert Davies, has been hunting climate deniers and exposing their links to the fossil fuel industry.
Resources
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Frozen Future: Shell and the US Offshore Arctic
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Analysis: Fossil Fuel Exploration and the Green Climate Fund
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The Fossil Fuel Bailout: G20 Subsidies for Oil, Gas and Coal Exploration
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Material Risks: How Public Accountability Is Slowing Tar Sands Development
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Development Banks Failing on Energy Access for the Poor
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Wrong Side of the Tracks: Why Rail is not the Answer to the Tar Sands Market Access Problem
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Subsidizing Unburnable Carbon: Taxpayer Support for Fossil Fuel Exploration in G7 Nations
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Cashing in on All of the Above: U.S. Fossil Fuel Production Subsidies under Obama
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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
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.