Minnesotans and allies gathered at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s office to urge him to stop Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline with 17,000+ petitions from nearly 500 Minnesota towns, cities, and municipalities.
Author: Collin Rees
People power can stop the Line 3 tar sands pipeline in Minnesota
We know that people power can stop dangerous fossil fuel projects like the proposed Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline in Minnesota, because we’ve proved it over and over again – and recently we’ve had two more big wins.
Investors Beware: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Faces Multiple Legal, Regulatory Threats
A new briefing for Dominion Energy investors by Oil Change International & Friends of the Earth U.S. breaks down some of the major challenges to the completion of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which faces significant financial, legal, and regulatory hurdles.
Report Finds Global Banks Poured $1.9 Trillion into Fossil Fuels since Paris Agreement
A report released today endorsed by over 160 organizations around the world reveals that 33 global banks have provided $1.9 trillion to fossil fuel companies since the adoption of the Paris climate accord.
Stop ETP coalition statement: Pennsylvania’s bar on Energy Transfer permits long overdue
“Energy Transfer’s projects across Pennsylvania and the country continue to trample Indigenous rights, endanger communities, land, and water, and wreck the climate,” said Collin Rees of Oil Change International. “Until these projects are shut down permanently, that’s not going to change.”
Oil Change Int’l Response to Approval of the EBRD’s New Energy Sector Strategy
“If MDBs follow through on this commitment, we would expect the EBRD’s brand-new strategy to be obsolete within a year, given what will be required to truly align with the Paris Agreement ambition to limit warming to 1.5°C,” said Alex Doukas, Program Director at Oil Change International.
Big Shift Global reaction to World Bank Group’s post-2020 climate goals announcement
The World Bank Group released new climate targets for 2021-2025, aiming to provide and mobilize $200 billion in support of countries’ climate action. Members of the Big Shift Global coalition react to this announcement.
The No Fossil Fuel Money caucus in Congress more than doubled this week
In a sign of things to come, the number of Congress members who’ve signed the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge has now more than doubled. Over 30 Members of Congress have now pledged to reject all contributions from the oil, gas, and coal industries, with some races still to be called that could increase that number even further.
Civil Society Welcomes IFC’s Moves to Exclude Coal in Its Financial Intermediary Lending
“This is an important step by the IFC to redirect its investment to align with the Paris Agreement on climate change, and other financial institutions should sit up and pay attention,” said Alex Doukas of Oil Change International
Oil Change International Responds to EBRD Release of Draft Energy Sector Strategy
Yesterday, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) released a revised draft of its energy sector strategy. The draft of the new strategy is due to be finalized by the end of 2018, and will have bearing on billions of dollars in public finance for energy.