As part of the “No War No Warming” demonstration 68 protesters were arrested yesterday in Washington, after they blocked Capitol Hill employees from arriving to work.
“The link between war and warming is oil” said Steve Kretzmann of Oil Change International. “The oil industry gave $10 million in campaign contributions to this Congress. Perhaps this […]

Anyone in DC today, please get involved in the No War No Warming day of direct action to protest against war and global warming.
The purpose of today’s action is simple. It is to hold Congress accountable by taking over Capitol Hill on a day that Congress is in session. The idea of the day is […]

Its a very busy fall for us here at Oil Change International. As our concern over both the war and global warming is growing, we’re putting a lot of effort into manifesting that concern into protest.
The connection between protest and change is real, and important to understand. In a recent academic study […]

The news outlet, Agence France-Presse, reported today that dozens of Iraqis held a demonstration in central Baghdad against the proposed Oil Law which would open Iraq’s oil and gas sector to U.S. and other foreign oil companies. The Oil Law has already been approved by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s cabinet and goes for debate next […]

Six Nobel Peace Prize laureates have released a statement in opposition to the proposed controversial Iraqi oil law, that some observers believe could go before Parliament as early as this week.
The laureates include Betty Williams, Mairead Maguire, Rigoberta Menchu, Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi and Wangari Maathai.
The statement reads, in part, “The Iraqi oil law could […]