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Posts by David Turnbull

• New analysis shows growing fossil reserves with a shrinking carbon budget

  David Turnbull, November 26, 2013
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26 November 2013 Contact: Stephen Kretzmann, steve [at] priceofoil [dot] org New Oil Change International interactive graphic shows growing fossil fuel reserves in contrast to shrinking global carbon budget WASHINGTON, DC – New analysis by Oil Change International shows that global fossil fuel reserves continue to expand while the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
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  Release: Pennsylvania fracking boom coincides with increase in fossil fuel industry money

  David Turnbull, November 7, 2013
  New analysis by Oil Change International, in partnership with Berks Gas Truth, released today shows that, since 2006, the fossil fuel industry has provided over $4.4 million in direct campaign contributions to members of the state legislature in Pennsylvania.
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  Report shows U.S. oil producers want to export U.S. crude oil to raise prices

  David Turnbull, October 16, 2013
  A report released today by Oil Change International exposes the increasing desire of U.S. oil producers to export American crude oil despite only producing around 50% of U.S. demand. The move would enable oil producers to charge American refiners higher international prices for American crude.
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  IPCC says we must stop digging

  David Turnbull, September 27, 2013
  The new IPCC report shows that we must keep roughly 80-to-95% of proven reserves of fossil fuels in the ground if we want a decent shot at avoiding catastrophe.
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  Don’t buy the last ditch Harper Keystone XL ploy

  David Turnbull, September 6, 2013
  News broke today that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has written a letter to President Obama that, according to CBC reporting, “formally propos[ed] ‘joint action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas sector,” in exchange for approval of Keystone XL. The specific details of the offer from Harper are yet to be...
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  FAIL: How the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Flunks the Climate Test

  David Turnbull, September 1, 2013
  FAIL: How the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Flunks the Climate Test The Obama administration’s decision on the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is a choice about our climate future. Tar sands are one of the most carbon polluting sources of oil on the planet, and limiting tar sands expansion is critical to fighting...
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  Beating back the climate denial behind All of the Above

  David Turnbull, August 14, 2013
  Paying lip service to climate science and then running full speed ahead down the fossil fuel pathway to climate chaos is just another form of climate denial. We need our leaders to wake up and make some hard choices, commensurate with the difficult climate reality we face.
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  The hard truth about All of the Above energy

  David Turnbull, August 12, 2013
  It’s time to call it like it is: anyone who pushes an “All of the Above” energy strategy that would dig up more than a third of our current fossil fuel reserves is simply in denial about the realities of climate change.
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  Massive protest at California Chevron refinery a show of movement strength

  David Turnbull, August 5, 2013
  This weekend, thousands of community members, movement leaders, and allies marched to the Chevron refinery in Richmond, California. Our demands were simple: Stop polluting our community, wrecking our climate, and buying off our democracy.
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  TransCanada’s distorted “view of the facts” on Keystone XL

  David Turnbull, July 24, 2013
  TransCanada's latest letter to the State Department regarding Keystone XL is riddled with inaccuracies, out-of-date analysis, and distortions that have been proven wrong time and again.