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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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“Green New Deal” in US “must be mirrored by a Global Green Deal”
Andy Rowell, December 19, 2018
"The Green New Deal believes that radically addressing climate change is a potential path towards a more equitable economy with increased employment and widespread financial security for all."
UN climate talks “failed to align ambitions with science”
Andy Rowell, December 17, 2018
“My biggest concern is that the UN talks failed to align ambitions with science. We continue to follow a path that will take us to a very dangerous 3-4C warmer world within this century."
UN head warns it is not only “immoral but suicidal” if we don’t act now on climate
Andy Rowell, December 13, 2018
Just as the people of the Niger Delta have been demanding justice from Shell for decades, many of us have been demanding climate justice for decades too. But the hour glass has nearly run dry. The time to act is now. We cannot allow another COP to pass with just empty promises.
Oil Change Int’l Response to Approval of the EBRD’s New Energy Sector Strategy
Collin Rees, December 12, 2018
"If MDBs follow through on this commitment, we would expect the EBRD’s brand-new strategy to be obsolete within a year, given what will be required to truly align with the Paris Agreement ambition to limit warming to 1.5°C," said Alex Doukas, Program Director at Oil Change International.
As US Undermines UN Climate Talks, Polar Regions Warm & Weep
Andy Rowell, December 12, 2018
As the US and other big polluters are accused of deliberately undermining the UN climate talks and promoting climate denial, there are further grave warnings from the Arctic and Antarctic, regarding the impact that climate change is having on our polar regions.
Guilty Verdict of “Stansted 15” Sends “Shiver Down Spine” Of Right to Protest in UK
Andy Rowell, December 10, 2018
The breaking news from a trial in Chelmsford in Essex, north of London, is that 15 non-violent peaceful activists have just been convicted of a terror-related offence, for which they could be jailed for life.
US, Russia, Saudi Arabia & Kuwait “wilfully ignorant & grossly negligent” at UN climate talks
Andy Rowell, December 10, 2018
Anyone new walking into a climate conference would be shocked at how simple words get argued upon for hours with the climate wreckers’ simple task of trying to increase the uncertainty of the science in the text or reduce the urgency of our coming climate catastrophe.
During UN climate talks, Donald the “depraved” climate denier backs coal, oil & gas
Andy Rowell, December 7, 2018
Donald Trump swung another wrecking ball into the global effort to tackle climate change yesterday, when his administration reversed an Obama-era rule that tightened emissions on the coal industry and opened up more land to oil and gas drilling.
Big Shift Global reaction to World Bank Group’s post-2020 climate goals announcement
Collin Rees, December 3, 2018
The World Bank Group released new climate targets for 2021-2025, aiming to provide and mobilize $200 billion in support of countries’ climate action. Members of the Big Shift Global coalition react to this announcement.