Posts in Oil

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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.
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  State of our climate: Obama can’t have it both ways

  David Turnbull, January 29, 2014
  Instead of the rousing call to action on the greatest challenge of our generation that it could have been, what this speech will be remembered for is the President's defense of disastrous energy policy that is doomed to fail.
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  Drought emergency in California raises stakes on fracking fight

  David Turnbull, January 17, 2014
  If the Governor were to be truly serious about protecting Californians struggling with the drought, he would put a halt to fracking in the state immediately.

• Crude Oil Export Ban: What You Need to Know

  David Turnbull, January 15, 2014
  As the Chamber of Commerce releases their energy “policy” today and renews their call to overturn the crude oil export ban, here is what you need to know about the consequences of doing so, and Big Oil’s motivations in advocating for a policy reversal. A report on the crude oil export ban and why it should...
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• Californians Submit 100,000 Public Comments Opposing Gov. Brown’s Dangerous Fracking Regulations

  David Turnbull, January 14, 2014
  Sacramento, CA – In the wake of the driest recorded year in California’s history, concerned Californians submitted more than 100,000 public comments today denouncing Governor Brown’s proposed fracking regulations and urged him to ban the water-intensive drilling activity. At today’s event, Californians Against Fracking delivered boxes filled with tens of thousands of public comments to DOGGR while chanting, “Climate leaders don’t...
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• RELEASE: Climate, Consumers, and Communities All at Risk If Crude Oil Export Ban is Lifted

  David Turnbull, January 7, 2014
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7 January 2014 Contact: Steve Kretzmann, Oil Change International, steve [at] priceofoil [dot] org Climate, Consumers, and Communities All at Risk If Crude Oil Export Ban is Lifted WASHINGTON, DC — Reacting to statements from various industry sources and Senator Lisa Murkowski regarding lifting the crude oil export ban, Oil Change International...
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