Oil Change International

Posts in climate leadership

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  The U.S. Oil and Gas Industry Is Drilling Us Towards Climate Disaster

  Kelly Trout, January 16, 2019
  A new study released today by Oil Change International and 17 partner organizations makes it clear that managing a rapid and equitable decline of U.S. fossil fuel production must be a core component of any comprehensive climate policy.
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  Drilling Towards Disaster: Why U.S. Oil and Gas Expansion Is Incompatible with Climate Limits

  Kelly Trout, January 16, 2019
  At precisely the time in which the world must begin rapidly decarbonizing to avoid runaway climate disaster, the United States is moving further and faster than any other country to expand oil and gas extraction.
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  Oil Change International Statement on Departure of World Bank President

  Alex Ortiz, January 7, 2019
  “Under President Kim, the World Bank Group demonstrated a degree of climate leadership by announcing an end to financing for oil and gas extraction, and by starting to tighten its rules on lending to private banks who then invest that money in fossil fuels. The World Bank Group still has a long way to go on climate action, and Kim’s departure should not put a stop to this recent progress."
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  The IEA Comes Up Short on Climate (Again)

  Greg Muttitt, November 12, 2018
  Today’s release of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2018 marked another missed opportunity for the International Energy Agency (IEA) to provide a roadmap to Paris success.
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  Breaking the 2-degree habit: Why 1.5 is critical

  Hannah McKinnon, October 8, 2018
  In a landmark special report, the IPCC has today confirmed the urgency and importance of keeping us to 1.5ºC of warming. At around 1º of warming, the world is already experiencing the devastating impacts of climate change; 1.5º would at least give us a chance at avoiding catastrophic tipping points, while well below 2º is the less ambitious, higher-risk threshold. 
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  Oil Change International Responds to EBRD Release of Draft Energy Sector Strategy

  Collin Rees, September 26, 2018
  Yesterday, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) released a revised draft of its energy sector strategy. The draft of the new strategy is due to be finalized by the end of 2018, and will have bearing on billions of dollars in public finance for energy.
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  Letter: 65 Groups from 28 Countries Tell EBRD and EIB to Stop Financing Fossil Fuels

  Collin Rees, September 26, 2018
  As EBRD and EIB prepare for their respective energy sector strategy reviews, 65 civil society groups from 28 countries released an open letter being sent to top EBRD and EIB officials demanding that they stop financing oil, gas, and coal projects.
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  Oil Change International responds to court’s quashing of Trans Mountain’s approval

  Collin Rees, August 30, 2018
  "De facto halting this dangerous project keeps open the only credible path for Canada to live up to its obligation to fight climate change. Building new, long-lived pipelines in support of ever-growing oil production and export is wholly incompatible with the rapid transition away from fossil fuels required."
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  Letter: 230+ Groups to Justin Trudeau – Climate Leadership Means Saying No to Pipelines

  Collin Rees, May 24, 2018
  Over 230 civil society groups from 44 countries released an open letter being sent to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging him to reject the pipeline and instead begin planning for a managed decline of fossil fuel production and a just transition for workers and impacted communities.
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  Will Governor Brown Plug the Dangerous Hole in California’s Climate Action?

  Kelly Trout, May 22, 2018
  If Governor Brown is serious about marshaling a response to climate change that is adequate to the challenge, he must lead the managed transition off oil and gas production in California. That's the call to action of a new report released by Oil Change International in partnership with 14 other environmental justice and climate groups.