Dispelling myths about North Sea oil taxes, jobs, profits and climate
Author: Greg Muttitt
A Living Memorial for Deadened Memories
Nigerian activist Nnimmi Bassey on the state’s efforts to crush memory of the struggle against Shell
Saudi Sell-off: A Step in the Wrong Direction
Why part-privatizing state oil company Aramco is a bad idea for the Saudi economy and for the global climate
Dirty deal lubricates the path to oil exports
Last night Congressional leaders succumbed to the intensive oil industry campaign to lift the ban on exporting crude. The industry wants to export in order to get higher prices. Not only would this keep full the coffers of the opponents of climate action, it would incentivize increased extraction. Our Executive Director Steve Kretzmann, had this … Read More
Permitting New Crude-by-Rail Terminals Would be Permitting Climate Disaster
The proposed crude-by-rail terminals in the Pacific Northwest would cause climate disaster
How the Keystone XL Decision is Neither âIrrelevantâ Nor “Just Symbolicâ
Why Obama’s Keystone decision matters for the climate
Whoâs Blowing the Carbon Budget?
When in a hole, stop digging â so the saying goes. When it comes to climate, weâre all in a deep hole, but whoâs doing the digging? New analysis by Oil Change International shows that when it comes to increasing the pool of unburnable oil reserves, it is private oil companies that have been digging … Read More
Shell and BP on course for extreme warming levels
Shell and BP base their business plans on projections of energy use that would lead to a disastrous 4-5 degrees centigrade of global warming
The Iran nuclear deal, oil production and climate equity
This morning in Vienna, Iran finally reached a deal on its nuclear programme with the P5+1, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany. The deal is big news for energy markets. Iran holds 9% of the worldâs oil reserves and 18% of its natural gas, but its production has been held back by … Read More
Newsletter: Beware cheap oil â campaigning in the oil price cycle
Media reporting on oil price changes tends to focus on the ânew normalâ, and often overlooks that oil prices have always been cyclical. What might we learn from the cycle, in order to think about longer-term campaign strategy? In particular, what if the industryâs expansion frontier starts to move away from the expensive extreme oil … Read More