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Posts by David Turnbull

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  Statement: Trump Administration Budget and Infrastructure Proposals Signal All-out Assault on Public Health, Environment

  David Turnbull, February 12, 2018
  Trump’s infrastructure scam is all about greasing the wheels for oil, gas and coal development and his budget funds this massive giveaway. ‘Streamlining’ critical environmental review really means steamrolling landowners and putting a muzzle on communities when they resist oil and gas pipelines being built through their backyards for private profit.
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  California administration’s opposition to drilling offshore should extend onshore too

  David Turnbull, February 9, 2018
  As we approach the Global Climate Action Summit, hosted by Governor Brown later this year, the governor himself has an opportunity to show true leadership and announce new steps to limit fossil fuel extraction across the state. After all, the case for a managed phase out of fossil fuel production in California has now been clearly laid out by his own team.
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  Statement: California leadership makes the case for no new fossil fuel development in the state

  David Turnbull, February 7, 2018
  As we approach the Global Climate Action Summit, hosted by Governor Brown later this year, now would be a fantastic moment for the Brown-Newsom administration to announce new steps to limit fossil fuel extraction in the state writ large. The case for a managed phase out of fossil fuel production in California is clear, they simply need to read their own letter released today.
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  EIA: Once again projecting a future that will not come

  David Turnbull, February 6, 2018
  Given EIA's shoddy track record, today's Annual Energy Outlook projecting climate doom leaves us feeling quite confident that we'll continue to kick our fossil fuel addiction and tackle our climate crisis.
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  Statement: In State of the Union, Trump reaffirms commitment to Big Oil at expense of Americans

  David Turnbull, January 30, 2018
  Calling this disaster of a plan simply an infrastructure plan doesn’t do the nightmare justice. It’s a Make Big Oil Happy plan. It’s a More Climate Disasters plan. It’s a Taxpayer Dollars in Oil Executives’ Wallets plan. It’s a Bankrupt Our Communities plan.
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  Report: First Comprehensive Analysis of Climate Impact of Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline

  David Turnbull, January 11, 2018
  A new report released by Oil Change International details, for the first time, the full accounting of greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the proposed Jordan Cove LNG Export terminal and Pacific Connector fracked gas Pipeline project in Oregon.
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  Response: Industry-friendly FERC rightly rejects Perry’s coal and nukes bailout

  David Turnbull, January 8, 2018
  This was an easy decision for FERC. Secretary Perry’s proposal was nothing more than a massive bailout for the coal and nuclear industries, so it’s no surprise it was resoundingly rejected by even the industry-friendly commission.
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  Release: New offshore drilling plan a slap in the face to Americans, but a gift to Big Oil

  David Turnbull, January 4, 2018
  Today’s new offshore drilling plan reveals, once again, that Trump’s energy strategy entails little more than smoothing the road for Big Oil to to get whatever they want. This plan is a gift to companies that want open access to our protected ocean waters and has literally no rational basis other than to curry favor with the oil industry. This is a purely political move devoid of any economic or demand driver.
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  Release: Mariner East 2 violations latest in reckless practices by Energy Transfer Partners

  David Turnbull, January 3, 2018
  Just as in Ohio and Michigan in recent months, Energy Transfer Partners and its affiliates now in Pennsylvania continue to show a reckless disregard for the environment and communities as it rabidly builds its pipelines across the country.
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  Statement: The Managed Decline of Fossil Fuels Begins

  David Turnbull, December 19, 2017
  The managed decline of fossil fuels has begun. Leaders around the world have a choice: Will they join France in moving forward in ending fossil fuel extraction and managing the decline of the fossil fuel industry? Or will they continue to deny full steam ahead off the cliff to climate disaster and economic disarray?