Posts by David Turnbull

• “Frack Water” Cologne Ad Exposes Motives Behind Gov. Brown’s Fracking Push

  David Turnbull, March 5, 2014
  California Governor Jerry Brown is taking a hit today for his penchant for fracking and dirty energy donations with a new satirical online video launched by Oil Change International (OCI) and Heavy Crude Video. The video is the latest escalation of the Big Oil Brown campaign effort sponsored by OCI, pushing for a ban on fracking for oil and gas in the state.
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  Frackwater: The latest fragrance from Jerry Brown

  David Turnbull, March 5, 2014
  A new video parody, entitled “Frack Water”, portrays a Jerry Brown look-alike outside a southern California oil field accompanied by a California oil industry representative. It's the latest escalation in Oil Change International's "Big Oil Brown" campaign, pushing the governor to impose a ban on fracking for oil and gas in California.
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  New Report Outlines Climate Costs of Relaxing Crude Oil Export Regulations

  David Turnbull, March 3, 2014
  A new analysis published today by Oil Change International shows that eliminating existing regulations on crude oil exports could result in additional greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 42 coal fired power plants.

• Keystone XL: What Did API Know and When? Groups FOIA State Department for Communication with Big Oil, Canadian Government

  David Turnbull, February 4, 2014
  Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club, and Oil Change International have filed a FOIA request to the State Department to unearth insider communications with the Canadian government and oil industry in the weeks leading up to the release of its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS).
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  Thousands gather across the nation to say #NoKXL

  David Turnbull, February 3, 2014
  One thing is already clear tonight: the movement to stand up against Big Oil, dirty tar sands, and disastrous pipeline projects is strong, determined, and beautiful.

• State Department admits Keystone XL could equal 5.7 million cars

  David Turnbull, January 31, 2014
  The President says he understands climate and is committed to acting in the interests of posterity and not big donors. That means rejecting Keystone XL, plain and simple. The President and Secretary of State Kerry have all the information they need to reject this pipeline.

• Response to Senate Energy Committee Hearing on Crude Export Ban

  David Turnbull, January 30, 2014
  Lifting the crude oil export ban is an idea only the oil companies and their paid Representatives in Washington could love. Exporting US crude oil will immediately raise the price of oil in North America, raise profits for Big Oil, and thus increase dangerous drilling in our backyards and on our public lands. More drilling means more climate change, more pipeline spills, more rail car explosions, and more poisoned land and water.
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  State of our climate: Obama can’t have it both ways

  David Turnbull, January 29, 2014
  Instead of the rousing call to action on the greatest challenge of our generation that it could have been, what this speech will be remembered for is the President's defense of disastrous energy policy that is doomed to fail.
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  Drought emergency in California raises stakes on fracking fight

  David Turnbull, January 17, 2014
  If the Governor were to be truly serious about protecting Californians struggling with the drought, he would put a halt to fracking in the state immediately.

• Response to Governor Brown’s drought declaration in California

  David Turnbull, January 17, 2014
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 January 2014 Contact: David Turnbull, david@priceofoil.org San Francisco — In response to Governor Brown’s drought declaration, David Turnbull, Campaigns Director of Oil Change International and the BigOilBrown.org campaign, released the following statement: “The Governor’s drought declaration should be the final straw for fracking in the state. To frack for oil in...
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