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  Keystone XL announcement met with predictable oily response

  David Turnbull, April 18, 2014
  The State Department announced a delay in their Keystone XL review process today, as they wade through 2.5 million public comments, as well as work to get a handle on the fact that thanks to a Nebraska Supreme Court ruling, there is currently no legal route through Nebraska. This announcement is a good thing, from...
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  Worried about a 4-degree world? Then stop digging!

  Elizabeth Bast, April 9, 2014
  World Bank Group finance for projects that included fossil fuel exploration was highest in FY2013, at nearly $1 billion out of $2.7 billion total for fossil fuel projects in 2013.

• World Bank Group financed $1 billion in fossil fuel exploration projects in 2013

  Shakuntala Makhijani, April 9, 2014
  World Bank Group finance for fossil fuel exploration projects from FY2008 to 2013 was highest in 2013, at nearly $1 billion out of $2.7 billion total for fossil fuel projects.
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  New video: All of the Above is climate denial

  David Turnbull, March 21, 2014
  You may have seen the latest effort to push an All of the Above energy to a younger generation, this time by the GOP (but of course, they’re not the first to do so…ahem, President Obama…). Well, we have our own version we’d like to share with you that we think tells a more accurate...
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  Don’t Frack California media roundup

  David Turnbull, March 17, 2014
  Thousands of Californians rallied in Sacramento on March 15th, calling for Governor Jerry Brown to stop fracking in the state…and the media turned out in force as well. Below is a brief roundup of some of our favorite reports on Don’t Frack California from traditional, new, and social media. (Note: this post will be updated...
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  Did the State Department Manipulate Facts to Support Keystone XL?

  Steve Kretzmann, March 6, 2014
  An in-depth analysis released earlier this week by the Carbon Tracker Initiative suggests that the authors of the State Department’s Final Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) for the Keystone XL pipeline even more severely underestimate the climate impact of the pipeline than initial criticisms suggest.

• “Frack Water” Cologne Ad Exposes Motives Behind Gov. Brown’s Fracking Push

  David Turnbull, March 5, 2014
  California Governor Jerry Brown is taking a hit today for his penchant for fracking and dirty energy donations with a new satirical online video launched by Oil Change International (OCI) and Heavy Crude Video. The video is the latest escalation of the Big Oil Brown campaign effort sponsored by OCI, pushing for a ban on fracking for oil and gas in the state.
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  Frackwater: The latest fragrance from Jerry Brown

  David Turnbull, March 5, 2014
  A new video parody, entitled “Frack Water”, portrays a Jerry Brown look-alike outside a southern California oil field accompanied by a California oil industry representative. It's the latest escalation in Oil Change International's "Big Oil Brown" campaign, pushing the governor to impose a ban on fracking for oil and gas in California.

• Frozen Future: Shell’s Ongoing Gamble in the US Arctic

  Lorne Stockman, February 26, 2014
  'Frozen Future' warns investors of the risks to shareholder value from Royal Dutch Shell’s Alaskan Arctic drilling program.

• Response to Senate Energy Committee Hearing on Crude Export Ban

  David Turnbull, January 30, 2014
  Lifting the crude oil export ban is an idea only the oil companies and their paid Representatives in Washington could love. Exporting US crude oil will immediately raise the price of oil in North America, raise profits for Big Oil, and thus increase dangerous drilling in our backyards and on our public lands. More drilling means more climate change, more pipeline spills, more rail car explosions, and more poisoned land and water.