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Subsidy Spotlight: Paying the Price of Tar Sands Expansion
Matt Maiorana, October 16, 2014
From tar sands refinery subsidies in Whiting, Indiana and cash-strapped Detroit to petcoke covering the neighborhoods of Southeast Chicago, this subsidy spotlight explores the human impact of government subsidies gone haywire.
Cashing In On Carbon: How Taxpayer Dollars Greenwash Dirty Energy
Matt Maiorana, September 4, 2014
From the Wyoming coal mines, to the gasification plant in Penwell, to the oilfields of the Permian Basin -- this subsidy spotlight explores the human impact of government subsidies gone haywire.
Richest Countries Spending Billions to Expand Unburnable Carbon Stock
David Turnbull, August 27, 2014
A new report released today by Oil Change International outlines billions of dollars of annual subsidies from the seven richest countries in the world to expand fossil fuel reserves, despite repeated commitments from those same countries to phase them out.
Blistering TV ad targeting Exxon and $20 billion in subsidies released today
David Turnbull, July 1, 2014
A trio of progressive organizations have released a hard-hitting satirical ad, entitled “Exxon Hates America,” and are crowdfunding it to show on screens across America over the July 4th weekend.
New Report Outlines the Rise of Crude-by-Rail in North America
David Turnbull, May 28, 2014
Today Oil Change International released the first major exposé of the burgeoning crude-by-rail industry in North America, detailing where crude trains are being loaded and unloaded, how many oil trains are crossing the North American continent, and what companies are involved.
Oil money behind Keystone XL Senate bill breaks 20 million dollars
David Turnbull, May 1, 2014
Senators cosponsoring the pro-Keystone XL bill introduced today have received roughly 5 times more in oil industry cash than those who remained off the bill.
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.
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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