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  In Advance of TransCanada Earnings Call, Groups Release Investor Briefing on Keystone XL Obstacles

  Lorne Stockman, February 15, 2018
  This new investor briefing examines the current state of the Keystone XL pipeline and the legal, regulatory, and political obstacles that its owner TransCanada continues to face.
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  Statement: California leadership makes the case for no new fossil fuel development in the state

  David Turnbull, February 7, 2018
  As we approach the Global Climate Action Summit, hosted by Governor Brown later this year, now would be a fantastic moment for the Brown-Newsom administration to announce new steps to limit fossil fuel extraction in the state writ large. The case for a managed phase out of fossil fuel production in California is clear, they simply need to read their own letter released today.
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  Statement: In State of the Union, Trump reaffirms commitment to Big Oil at expense of Americans

  David Turnbull, January 30, 2018
  Calling this disaster of a plan simply an infrastructure plan doesn’t do the nightmare justice. It’s a Make Big Oil Happy plan. It’s a More Climate Disasters plan. It’s a Taxpayer Dollars in Oil Executives’ Wallets plan. It’s a Bankrupt Our Communities plan.
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  Alberta’s XL bailout a desperate attempt to save TransCanada’s doomed Keystone XL

  Adam Scott, January 18, 2018
  "When even Enbridge is calling this a subsidy, you know Alberta’s XL bailout is another desperate attempt at a lifeline for a pipeline that will never be built. Keystone XL would be a disaster for the climate, and watching governments bend over backwards to be a part of that is heartbreaking in a year where you could barely catch your breath between climate disasters."
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  Release: New offshore drilling plan a slap in the face to Americans, but a gift to Big Oil

  David Turnbull, January 4, 2018
  Today’s new offshore drilling plan reveals, once again, that Trump’s energy strategy entails little more than smoothing the road for Big Oil to to get whatever they want. This plan is a gift to companies that want open access to our protected ocean waters and has literally no rational basis other than to curry favor with the oil industry. This is a purely political move devoid of any economic or demand driver.
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  The French Revolution: France bans new oil and gas licenses

  Greg Muttitt, December 20, 2017
  The managed decline of oil and gas production has begun. On Tuesday, France set passed a law to end the exploration for and extraction of oil and gas. In our 2016 report, The Sky’s Limit: Why the Paris Climate Goals Require a Managed Decline of Fossil Fuel Production, we showed that emissions from the oil, gas and...
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  Statement: The Managed Decline of Fossil Fuels Begins

  David Turnbull, December 19, 2017
  The managed decline of fossil fuels has begun. Leaders around the world have a choice: Will they join France in moving forward in ending fossil fuel extraction and managing the decline of the fossil fuel industry? Or will they continue to deny full steam ahead off the cliff to climate disaster and economic disarray?
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  Big Shift campaign reacts to World Bank commitment to end upstream oil and gas finance

  Collin Rees, December 12, 2017
  All financial institutions, public and private, including the World Bank, must still work toward aligning their finance with the aim of keeping global temperature increase below 1.5 degrees Celsius, but today, the World Bank set a high new bar in climate leadership.
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  Reaction: World Bank Steals Show at One Planet Summit by Phasing Out Upstream Oil and Gas Finance

  Alex Doukas, December 12, 2017
  Today at the One Planet Summit the World Bank set a new bar for financial climate leadership by committing to end finance for oil and gas extraction and exploration projects.
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  Dirty Dozen Released: 12 Projects that Undermine the One Planet Summit and Put the Climate at Risk

  Alex Doukas, December 11, 2017
  The 12 projects contained in today's new briefing are examples that demonstrate how public finance is still acting as a critical lifeline for destructive fossil fuel projects, many of which could not otherwise be built, and how this support continues to this day, a full year after the Paris Agreement entered into force.