The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that nearly 50% of global electricity supplies will have to come from renewable energy if we want to halve CO2 emissions by 2050 in order to minimise irreversible climate change.
Meeting these very ambitious objectives will require unprecedented political commitment, which has so far been badly lacking across both sides […]

Last week, environmental groups were celebrating that Congress did not repeal or weaken Section 526 of the U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, as part of the Senate Authorisation bill.
Under Section 526 of the act, US federal government agencies are restricted from entering into contracts to purchase non-conventional fuels such a tar sands […]

Looking for something great to do on Saturday?  All of us here at Oil Change urge you to join the National Day of Action for Green Jobs. Its a perfect way to address the crises in both our economy and our ecology  at the same time.
Green Jobs Now is a National Day of Action that […]

Whilst the biggest political fight of the moment in Congress concerning the toxic bank bail-out continues to make headlines, another bitter political fight is coming to a head, but this one is in Brussels.
On the one side are progressive MEPs, and members of the European Commission coupled with environmental groups and scientists who are trying […]

Two weeks ago a jury in Britain ruled that it is acceptable to break the law if you are protesting against climate change. They acquitted six Greenpeace protestors who had been charged with $70,000 worth of criminal damage after painting the side of the controversial Kingsnorth coal-fired powered station.
Now Al Gore, the former vice president […]