In his first outing as Secretary of State, former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson may have been quiet, but the worldâs climate leaders were not. Ahead of the G20 meeting of foreign ministers, hosted by Germany in Bonn, German government officials didnât mince words: âYou canât fight climate change by putting up barbed wire,â said Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a not-so-thinly veiled swipe at Rex Tillerson and Donald Trumpâs climate denial, and the Trump Administrationâs racist immigration policies.
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Rex Tillerson Denies Oil & Gas Subsidies Exist, While Company Profits From Them
Today Rex Tillerson, under oath, denied the existence of fossil fuel subsidies. In fact, according to our new analysis ExxonMobil likely gets as much as $1 billion in subsidies each year.
G20 leaders fail to act on fossil fuel subsidies, undermining Paris climate goals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 5, 2016 Contact: Alex Doukas, alex [at] priceofoil [dot] org G20 leaders fail to act on fossil fuel subsidies, undermining Paris climate goals In response to the statements on fossil fuel subsidies in the G20 Leadersâ Communique, which fail to establish a deadline for the phase out of subsidies, Oil Change International has … Read More
Fossil fuel subsidies are “the world’s dumbest policy” – so why won’t G20 leaders end them?
Today, G20 leaders in China again failed to set a deadline to end fossil fuel subsidies, seven years after they first committed to ending them. Even as G20 governments move to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change, they’re adding fuel to the fire by dumping $444 billion of our money into polluting fossil fuel companies every year, undermining the spirit … Read More
Should North Americans subsidize oil, gas, and coal for another 10 years?
This week, the leaders of Mexico, Canada, and the United States met in Ottawa for the North American Leadersâ Summit. In their outcome statement on climate and energy, they committed to âphase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies by 2025 and call on the other members of the G-20 to do the same.â Along with their … Read More
RELEASE: Civil society organisations join forces to call for G20 to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2020
More than 200 civil society organizations have joined together to urge G20 governments to commit to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2020.
Time to act: G20 fails to move on fossil fuel subsidies promise (again)
This year, G20 leaders reiterated their same tired commitment to end fossil fuel subsidies, for the seventh time in a row. Itâs starting to ring hollow.
Video: G20 Fossil Fuel Subsidies Push Us Closer to Climate Disaster
G20 support to fossil fuel production: Who are the leaders and the laggards?
Oil Change International and Overseas Development Institute released a new report today, âEmpty Promises: G20 subsidies to oil, gas and coal production,’ documenting government support from G20 countries to the fossil fuel industry.
Empty promises: G20 subsidies to oil, gas and coal production
G20 country governments are providing $444 billion a year in subsidies for the production of fossil fuels. These governments are propping up the production of oil, gas and coal, most of which can never be used if the world is to avoid dangerous climate change, and undermining national climate commitments.