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  West Africa oil boom overlooks tattered environmental safety net

  Elizabeth Bast

  Jan20

  This is a cross-post from the Center for Public Integrity. Original article available here.  Oil industry regulation lags behind as Ghana ramps up production By Christiane Badgley, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists On November 3, 2011, fishermen working near the Jubilee oil field 60 km. off the coast of Ghana spotted a large oil slick…
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  Keystone XL Does Not Enhance U.S. Energy Security

  Elizabeth Bast

  Jan18

  New report by Oil Change International and Natural Resources Defense Council finds Keystone will increase price of oil in the Midwest.  

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  Thank you for your support in 2011! Happy New Year!

  Elizabeth Bast

  Jan01

• Shift the Subsidies Database Reveals $40 Billion in Fossil Fuel Funding Over Last Four Years

  Elizabeth Bast

  Nov30

  Development Banks Still Financing Dirty Energy New Database Reveals $40 Billion in Fossil Fuel Funding Over Last Four Years Nov. 30, 2011, Durban, South Africa – Major multilateral development banks have provided financing of over $40 billion to fossil-fuel energy development since 2008, according to the new Shift the Subsidies database (http://shiftthesubsidies.org), launched today by…
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  Civil Society to World Bank: Clean Up Dirty Energy Financing

  Elizabeth Bast

  Nov29

  New report shows institution lacking clean energy lending strategy and instead considering a new loan for coal power in Kosovo BASIC South Initiative – Campagna per la riforma della Banca Mondiale (Italy) – Friends of the Earth U.S. – groundWork (South Africa) – International Rivers – Oil Change International – Sierra Club (U.S.) – Urgewald…
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  Story of Broke

  Elizabeth Bast

  Nov14

  Story of Stuff’s latest film – Story of Broke – is now here! And guess what? It’s all about subsidies – and how we can shift our taxpayer money away from the dinosaur economy and towards a clean, bright future! Check it out! And then take action!  

• Payback Time? The Supercommittee & Fossil Fuel Subsidies

  Elizabeth Bast

  Nov09

  The 12 members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or “supercommittee,” have received at least $4.2 million in campaign contributions from dirty energy interests lobbying to keep their wasteful taxpayer subsidies, according to a new report from Oil Change International (OCI) and Public Campaign Action Fund (PCAF). The report analyzes the millions of…
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  State Department Hears Public Comment on Keystone XL

  Elizabeth Bast

  Oct07

  Oil Change International Research Director Lorne Stockman joined dozens of speakers today in testifying before the State Department in Washington, DC on the Keystone XL pipeline. You can download and listen to a recording of Lorne’s testimony. The proposed 1,700 mile pipeline would bring up to 900,000 barrels per day of dirty tar sands crude…
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• Report Finds World Bank’s Energy Lending Fails to Target the Poorest

  Elizabeth Bast

  Jun07

  Tuesday, June 7, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Elizabeth Bast, Oil Change International, 202-641-7203, ebast@priceofoil.org Patricia Brooks, ActionAid USA, 202-351-1757 Report Finds World Bank’s Energy Lending Fails to Target the Poorest, Calls for Decentralized Clean Energy to Achieve Development Goals WASHINGTON, D.C. – New research released today by Oil Change International, ActionAid International and Vasudha…
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  A Pro-Poor, Pro-Climate Energy Strategy

  Elizabeth Bast

  Jun07

  For the past year, the World Bank has been reviewing its strategy for energy lending.  Responding to years of critiques and complaints from communities, activists, the Bank has taken a year to confirm what development advocates have been saying for quite a while: ensuring energy access for the poor is a critical step in alleviating…
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