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 response to Trump administration attack on auto efficiency standards
If we want to stave off the very worst impacts of our climate crisis, we need to move as quickly as possible away from fossil fuels. That means cutting both our collective demand for oil, gas, and coal as well as reducing the supply of fossil fuels that helps to drive that demand.
Nobel Laureates Send Letter to Gov. Brown urging managed and just transition off of oil and gas production
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Ask Governor Brown to Take āMoral Responsibility,ā Pursue Bold Action to Phase Out Fossil Fuels
Dozens of Advocacy Groups Refute Energy Department Report Touting LNG Export Demand and Feasibility
Dozens of advocacy groups highlighted fundamental flaws in a draft federal study intended to assess the macroeconomic impacts of expanded LNG export.
Towards an Oil Exploration Ban in Ireland
Oil Change International’s Greg Muttitt gives evidence to Ireland’s parliamentary committee reviewing the Bill to ban new oil and gas exploration.
International Study: No Room for New Gas in Irelandās Energy Transition
A new study by Oil Change International has found that drilling for more new gas in Irish waters is not compatible with achieving the Paris Agreement to limit climate change. The report assesses the role of fossil gas in the energy system against the background of Irelandās own decarbonization targets, and our obligations under the Paris Agreement.
Gas Is Not a Bridge Fuel: Why Irelandās Climate Goals Cannot Be Met with More Gas
Ireland is on course to miss both its short-term climate commitments within EU legislation, and its long-term target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector by between 80 and 95 percent by 2050. Expanded gas extraction will only make it more difficult to achieve these goals, and must be avoided in order to achieve a safe climate future.
Report: G20 countries set to invest over $1.6 trillion in āfossil gas,ā jeopardizing Paris climate goals
As G20 energy ministers gather in Argentina, a new report out today entitled āDebunked: The G20 Clean Gas Mythā finds that G20 countries, in the absence of new policies, are set to see investment of over $1.6 trillion USD in new gas projects.
Debunked: The G20 Clean Gas Myth
This report focuses on fossil gas development in the G20 and debunking the myth of fossil gas as a clean transition fuel.
Major Investors Call for Paris-Aligned Energy Scenarios
288 major investors worth more than $26 trillion USD in assets are warning that we arenāt on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and lack the tools needed to get there. Ā Ā In a public statement and policy brief released yesterday, the group which includes major pension funds, banks, asset managers, churches, … Read More