Posts by David Turnbull

• Advisory: World’s largest crop art to be created in opposition to Keystone XL

  David Turnbull, April 9, 2014
  Creation of the world's largest crop art image, the size of 70 football fields, depicting a #nokxl message to Pres. Obama to reject Keystone XL and protect our land, water and climate. The event will kick-off the week-long series of actions (April 22-27) called Reject and Protect planned for Washington, DC.

• World Bank financed $1 billion in fossil fuel exploration projects

  David Turnbull, April 9, 2014
  New analysis released today by Oil Change International finds that World Bank Group finance for projects that included exploration for new fossil fuel resources reached a new high in FY2013, at nearly $1 billion out of the $2.7 billion spent in total for fossil fuel projects.
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  Response to Supreme Court ruling on McCutcheon v. FEC

  David Turnbull, April 2, 2014
  Despite the cynical and reactionary McCutcheon v. FEC Supreme Court decision, we'll keep our faith in the only force that has consistently rallied against greed throughout our nation's history - the American people.
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  Exxon to World: Drop Dead

  David Turnbull, March 31, 2014
  Exxon’s report, “Energy and Carbon - Managing the Risks" flatly states “we do not anticipate society being able to supplant traditional carbon- based forms of energy with other energy forms, such as renewables, to the extent needed to meet this carbon budget”. See Oil Change International Executive Director Stephen Kretzmann’s response.
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  New video: All of the Above is climate denial

  David Turnbull, March 21, 2014
  You may have seen the latest effort to push an All of the Above energy to a younger generation, this time by the GOP (but of course, they’re not the first to do so…ahem, President Obama…). Well, we have our own version we’d like to share with you that we think tells a more accurate...
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  Don’t Frack California media roundup

  David Turnbull, March 17, 2014
  Thousands of Californians rallied in Sacramento on March 15th, calling for Governor Jerry Brown to stop fracking in the state…and the media turned out in force as well. Below is a brief roundup of some of our favorite reports on Don’t Frack California from traditional, new, and social media. (Note: this post will be updated...
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• “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.

• Lifting the Ban, Cooking the Climate

  David Turnbull, March 3, 2014
  Lifting the Ban, Cooking the Climate The Climate Impact of Lifting the Crude Oil Export Ban March 2014 The U.S. oil industry’s biggest players, including ExxonMobil and the American Petroleum Institute, are calling for an end to the U.S. ban on crude oil exports that has been in place for more than four decades since...
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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.