Oil Change International

Posts by Andy Rowell

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  California wildfires are “climate change, for real and in real time”

  Andy Rowell, July 30, 2018
  How many more have to die?
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  Britain’s Ministry of Silly Walks Jumps Off a Climate Cliff

  Andy Rowell, July 27, 2018
  Yet again the Ministers and civil servants in charge of Britain’s climate and energy policy have shown their abject failure to show any concept of climate leadership or even joined up thinking.
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  As More Die in the Global Heatwave, Canada Invests in Climate Disaster

  Andy Rowell, July 24, 2018
  If Justin Trudeau didn’t know before. He does now. If Canadian’s Prime Minster could blame ignorance before, he can't now.
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  As Japan Begins Olympic Countdown, it Swelters in 41.1 Degrees Heat

  Andy Rowell, July 23, 2018
  Tomorrow marks the two-year countdown to the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. But Japanese officials are not celebrating. They are seriously concerned. The country – like many parts of the world - is in the middle of an intense brutal heat-wave.
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  Fossil Fuel Industry Has Spent Nearly $2 Billion on Lobbying to Kill Climate Laws

  Andy Rowell, July 20, 2018
  From 2000-2016, the fossil fuel industry spent nearly $2 billion lobbying to prevent climate action in the US, according to a new academic study published yesterday.
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  “Traitor” Trump “Colludes” with Putin Over Oil

  Andy Rowell, July 17, 2018
  A “Traitor”. “Putin’s Poodle”. "Open Treason". These are just some of the harsh headlines to greet Trump after yesterday’s summit in Helsinki with Russian President, Vladimir Putin.
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  As the US Wakes up to Climate Change, the Media Lags Behind

  Andy Rowell, July 16, 2018
  As more and more Americans link extreme weather to climate change, its time the media did so too
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  Is Separating Families at US Border the Beginning of “Climate Apartheid”?

  Andy Rowell, June 22, 2018
  Trump is exacerbating climate change, which in turn is fuelling more climate refugees to leave their homes and seek sanctuary.
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  Thirty Years on: How Jim Hansen was Proved Right On Climate Change

  Andy Rowell, June 18, 2018
  It is nearly thirty years to the day that one of the world’s leading climate scientists, Dr James Hansen told a panel of the US senate that the “greenhouse effect was here”.
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  US Sees Steady Solar Growth (Despite Trump), But China Slashes Subsidies

  Andy Rowell, June 17, 2018
  Donald Trump can’t stop the sun from shining