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Kinder Morgan’s Pipeline in Canada Could “Violate” US Endangered Species Law
Andy Rowell, May 15, 2018
As Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau and Albertan Premier, Rachel Notley, prepare to invest in Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, they are trying to spin the benefits of the highly controversial project.
Shell on Earth: Why Shell Fails on Climate
Greg Muttitt, May 15, 2018
Shell’s claims to be a climate leader do not stand up to scrutiny
Trump Expresses “Confidence” in Pruitt, Despite Eleven Investigations into EPA Head
Andy Rowell, May 14, 2018
How much longer will Trump hang on to Scott Pruitt - his ideological climate-denying, fossil fuel-loving, crony promoting, whistle-blower bashing, blundering, big spending, security-paranoid buddy?
PR Company Tries to Hide Links to New Pro-Fossil Fuel Investment Group
Andy Rowell, May 11, 2018
Last month, Oil Change International and Desmogblog reported on the formation of a new organization, The Institute for Pension Fund Integrity (IPFI), which had published its first “white paper” on “getting politics out of pensions.”
Trump’s Iran Decision May Backfire With Political Base if Gas Prices Rise
Andy Rowell, May 9, 2018
In the short-term his political base may be happy, but in the long term, once again Trump has shown that by opening his mouth he has shot himself in the foot.
When you are in a hole…
Hannah McKinnon, May 9, 2018
Tackling fossil fuel production at the UN Today, a pair of declarations representing close to 500 organizations and 140 leading economists respectively were submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) calling on countries and the process to address fossil fuel production and financing as a critical way of increasing ambition and...
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Pressure on US Bank Mounts with Actions at Shareholder Meeting in Albuquerque
Collin Rees, April 30, 2018
This month we took escalated our campaign and took the fight directly to US Bank’s Annual Shareholder Meeting in Albuquerque, where representatives from pipeline resistance groups from across the nation told their stories directly to US Bank executives.
British Prime Minister Facilitates BP’s New Oil Contract with Azerbaijan Dictatorship
Andy Rowell, April 30, 2018
Last week, the British Prime Minister, Theresa May hosted the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, for a meeting at Downing Street, which included the signing of a new energy deal between BP and the Azerbaijan State Oil Company
Fund managers recognise “imminent risks posed to fossil fuel investments from climate change”
Andy Rowell, April 26, 2018
"The fund management sector recognises the imminent risks posed to fossil fuel investments from climate change and the transition toward a zero-carbon economy”
Pipeline “poison approvals”: a new trend?
David Turnbull, April 25, 2018
When it comes to pipeline regulatory decisions, we’re seeing a significant new trend: “Poison approvals” The thing about inertia is that it’s pretty hard to resist, especially when it’s been in place for decades. When it comes to oil and gas pipeline permits, the inertia in place for government agencies at all levels to simply...
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