Briefings

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  Private Gain, Public Risk: Guarantees & Credit Enhancement for Coal-Fired Power Plants in Indonesia

  Alex Doukas, May 17, 2017
  Risk guarantees and credit enhancement programs that subsidize coal-fired power plants could cost the Government of Indonesia and Indonesian ratepayers as much as tens of trillions of rupiah – many billions of U.S. dollars – over the coming decade.
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  The PennEast Pipeline: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Briefing

  Lorne Stockman, April 26, 2017
  As part of a series of briefings on proposed Appalachian gas pipelines, Oil Change International's new analysis finds that the PennEast Pipeline would result in the emissions equivalent the 14 coal plants, or 10 million passenger vehicles.
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  The Atlantic Coast Pipeline: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Briefing

  Lorne Stockman, February 15, 2017
  Part of a series of briefings on proposed Appalachian gas pipelines, Oil Change International finds that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline would cause the emissions equivalent of 20 coal plants or 14 million passenger vehicles.
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  The Mountain Valley Pipeline: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Briefing

  Lorne Stockman, February 15, 2017
  Part of a series of briefings on proposed Appalachian gas pipelines, Oil Change International finds that the Mountain Valley Pipeline would cause the emissions equivalent of 26 coal plants or 19 million passenger vehicles.
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  The Elephant in the Room: Canada’s Fossil Fuel Subsidies Undermine Carbon Pricing Efforts

  Alex Doukas, November 16, 2016
  Each year, federal and provincial governments pay billions in hand-outs to Canada’s coal, oil and gas companies, undermining both existing and proposed climate action in Canada.
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  Briefing: Canada Not Running Out of Pipeline Capacity

  Adam Scott, October 18, 2016
  Canada does not need new pipelines, in spite of repeated misleading claims by the oil industry. That’s the conclusion of a new Oil Change International (OCI) analysis showing that Canada has ample pipeline Capacity to export all existing and under construction oil production to market from western Canada.
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  Briefing: Dakota Access Pipeline’s Massive Government Subsidies

  Collin Rees, September 20, 2016
  Dakota Access should be stopped immediately for a long list of reasons. But we must also stop billions of taxpayer dollars from flowing to fossil fuels.

• Briefing: BOEM 5 Year Offshore Drilling Plan and the Climate

  Lorne Stockman, April 6, 2016
  The recently released draft five-year plan for offshore oil and gas drilling is predicated on a failure to act on stated climate policy. To remedy this, the U.S. government should act quickly to implement a climate test in order to evaluate energy decisions on the basis of our national and international climate commitments.
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  Tar Sands: The Myth of Tidewater Access

  Hannah McKinnon, March 17, 2016
  The idea that greater pipeline capacity and access to tidewater would maximize the value Alberta receives for its tar sands crude is a standard talking point for industry, politicians, and other commentators in the ongoing oil price-induced recession in Alberta.

• Letter to The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative calling for climate transparency

  Hannah McKinnon, October 13, 2015
  Oil Change International – October, 2015 Oil Change International joins hundreds of organizations worldwide that have written to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) board calling on global reporting standards for extractive industries to include transparency from fossil fuel companies about the future viability of their oil, coal and gas projects in a warming world. Download the...
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