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Posts by Kelly Trout

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  The U.S. Oil and Gas Industry Is Drilling Us Towards Climate Disaster

  Kelly Trout, January 16, 2019
  A new study released today by Oil Change International and 17 partner organizations makes it clear that managing a rapid and equitable decline of U.S. fossil fuel production must be a core component of any comprehensive climate policy.
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  Drilling Towards Disaster: Why U.S. Oil and Gas Expansion Is Incompatible with Climate Limits

  Kelly Trout, January 16, 2019
  At precisely the time in which the world must begin rapidly decarbonizing to avoid runaway climate disaster, the United States is moving further and faster than any other country to expand oil and gas extraction.
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  At Oil Change International, our small research team is doing BIG work

  Kelly Trout, December 20, 2018
  Last week, at the largest annual U.S. gathering of climate scientists, I presented OCI’s research showing why meeting global climate goals requires stopping the expansion of oil, gas, and coal extraction.1 Here’s a disturbing truth: At this massive scientific meeting, I was part of the only panel devoted to the urgent need to wind down...
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  The Sky’s Limit and the IPCC Report on 1.5 Degrees of Warming

  Kelly Trout, October 17, 2018
  We must wind down the largest source of carbon emissions – the oil, gas, and coal extracted by the fossil fuel industry – to achieve the deep cuts in carbon emissions that the IPCC report warns are necessary.
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  Will Governor Brown Plug the Dangerous Hole in California’s Climate Action?

  Kelly Trout, May 22, 2018
  If Governor Brown is serious about marshaling a response to climate change that is adequate to the challenge, he must lead the managed transition off oil and gas production in California. That's the call to action of a new report released by Oil Change International in partnership with 14 other environmental justice and climate groups.
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  The Sky’s Limit California

  Kelly Trout, May 22, 2018
  This new report details why California must chart a path off fossil fuel extraction to meet its commitment to the Paris Agreement climate goals.
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  Climate Leader or Coal Champion? Time for Germany to Decide

  Kelly Trout, November 8, 2017
  A new Oil Change International report shows that, if Germany is truly committed to being a leader in meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement, it must lead the way with a rapid phaseout of fossil fuel production and finance.
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  Art of the Self-Deal: How Regulatory Failure Lets Gas Pipeline Companies Fabricate Need and Fleece Ratepayers

  Kelly Trout, September 19, 2017
  A new report released by Oil Change International, Public Citizen, and the Sierra Club examines how a new wave of gas pipeline construction threatens to shunt serious risks and costs on to utility ratepayers.
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  Report: Gas Pipeline Construction Leading to Massive Risks to Utility Ratepayers

  Kelly Trout, September 19, 2017
  As the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission prepares for its first meeting in seven months, and as states weigh new gas pipelines facing imminent rulings from Trump-appointed regulators, a report released today exposes an impending crisis of risk to utility ratepayers.
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  Oil Change International Responds to Senate FERC Confirmation Vote

  Kelly Trout, August 3, 2017
  Today, the Senate voted by unanimous consent to confirm Neil Chatterjee and Robert Powelson to serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. In response, David Turnbull, Campaigns Director at Oil Change International, released the following statement.