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Is Fossil Fuel Industry Secretly Behind a New Campaign Against Fossil Fuel Divestment?
Andy Rowell, April 25, 2018
Last week a newly formed organization, The Institute for Pension Fund Integrity (IPFI), published its first “white paper” on the topical issue of “getting politics out of pensions”.
“Terrifying” that Climate Denier, Jim Bridenstine, is to Lead NASA
Andy Rowell, April 20, 2018
The Trump Administration and Republican assault on science reached a new level last night when in a narrow vote the Senate voted to approve the climate denier, Jim Bridenstine, for the post of NASA administrator.
Kinder Morgan: Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion May Now be “Untenable”
Andy Rowell, April 19, 2018
As Big Oil’s new poster boy, Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, scrabbles around for investors for Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, extra finance may not be enough to save the controversial pipeline.
Bank of America Leads Finance for Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Lorne Stockman, April 18, 2018
The abuses, risks and climate pollution of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have a clear set of financiers, led by the nation's largest commercial bank, Bank of America.
US Commercial Banks In For a Spring of Fossil Fuel Resistance
David Turnbull, April 16, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2018 US Commercial Banks In For a Spring of Fossil Fuel Resistance US commercial banks are gearing up for their annual general meetings, starting as early as this week, but they’re not alone in making plans for AGM season. A growing number of concerned communities and organizations are planning a...
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Trudeau Morphs From Clean Poster Boy into Dirty Oil Polluter
Andy Rowell, April 16, 2018
As the world tries to wean itself off its oil addiction, one nation walks the other way. As many countries try and stop fossil fuel subsidies, one country is scrabbling around to secure finance for a dirty energy pipeline.
Gov. Brown & Trudeau in “Last Chance Saloon” Over Climate Legacy
Andy Rowell, April 13, 2018
Two leading political figures from the US and Canada, who have boasted about the need to fight climate change are now under fire for being climate change hypocrites: saying they care about the climate, but allowing drilling and fossil fuel infrastructure to be built anyway.
Empty Promise: US Bank Continues Pipeline Finance
David Turnbull, April 12, 2018
Empty Promise: US Bank Continues Pipeline Finance Published by Oil Change International in partnership with Indigenous Environmental Network, Earthworks, Greenpeace, MN 350, and Rainforest Action Network, April 12, 2018 Download the briefing Following waves of pressure over the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), US Bancorp (US Bank) CEO Andrew Cecere won praise from Indigenous rights and...
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Controversial Kinder Morgan Pipeline Now on “Life Support”
Andy Rowell, April 10, 2018
On Sunday, Kinder Morgan sent shock waves across Canada and the oil industry when it announced it was “suspending all non-essential activities and related spending on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project”, until at least the end of May.
BP: Oil Spill Clean-up Operations a “Welcome Boost to Local Economies”
Andy Rowell, April 9, 2018
You would have thought that having been responsible for the largest offshore oil spill in US history, the Deepwater Horizon, which spilled an estimated 4 million barrels of oil into the sea, and cost you $65 billion, that as a company you would see oil spills as something to be avoided.