Oil Change International

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  New report: Norway one of world’s largest emissions exporters

  Hannah McKinnon, August 9, 2017
  Norway’s plans for fossil fuel development are at odds with its commitments to the Paris climate goals according to a new report. In addition to being the world’s seventh largest emissions exporter, projected oil and gas development in the country are incompatible with global carbon budgets aligned with limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius or 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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  US Fracked Gas Hits the UK: But At What Cost?

  Andy Rowell, July 11, 2017
  Soon British consumers will be cooking and heating their homes with American fracked gas for the first time.
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  RELEASE: G20 Nations Sending Billions in Finance to Fossil Fuels

  David Turnbull, July 5, 2017
  Each year, G20 countries provide nearly four times more public finance to fossil fuels than to clean energy, according to a new report released today. In total, public fossil fuel financing from G20 countries averaged some $71.8 billion per year, for a total of $215.3 billion in sweetheart deals for oil, gas, and coal over the 2013-2015 timeframe covered by the report.
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  Trump’s Interior budget: More drilling, more mining, more handouts

  Janet Redman, June 20, 2017
  The myth that opening up more public lands and waters for fossil fuel production will result in a windfall for America is dead wrong. The only windfall from this production is enjoyed by oil, gas, and coal executives.
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  Interior budget boosts fossil fuels, cuts renewables funding

  Janet Redman, June 20, 2017
  In a huge industry giveaway, Trump’s Department of Interior budget increases funding for oil, gas, and coal expansion by more than $34 million – and slashes renewable energy by at least $15 million.
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  RELEASE: Oil Change International responds to FERC nominations hearing

  David Turnbull, May 25, 2017
  Both nominees and Senators alike appeared oblivious to the fact that gas is as dirty as coal and that significantly increasing gas reliance through new pipelines and liquefied natural gas export facilities is incompatible with a stable climate.
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  RELEASE: Taxpayers on the hook for billions in subsidies for fossil fuels on public lands

  David Turnbull, May 24, 2017
  The U.S. government is providing extensive support for fossil fuel production on public lands and waters offshore, through a combination of direct subsidies, enforcement loopholes, lax royalty collection, stagnant lease rates, and other advantages to the industry, a new report released today finds.
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  Unequal Exchange: How Taxpayers Shoulder the Burden of Fossil Fuel Development on Federal Lands

  Janet Redman, May 24, 2017
  A new report examines the extensive support for fossil fuel production on public lands and waters, provided by the U.S. government to the fossil fuel industry through a combination of direct subsidies, enforcement loopholes, lax royalty collection, and stagnant lease rates.
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  RELEASE: Organizations Issue Demands to FERC in Wake of Rover Accidents

  David Turnbull, May 17, 2017
  Community activists and organizations sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today, signed by 118 groups, demanding the agency halt all construction of the Rover gas pipeline, and to embark upon an extensive review of its approval policies.
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  Arctic drilling ban reveals crucial difference between Obama and Trudeau on climate

  Adam Scott, December 22, 2016
  The Obama and Trudeau announcement of an oil/gas development ban in Arctic/Atlantic waters was huge, but how each country explained it reveals a major rift.