With parts of the Eastern US flooded and West burning, the Biden Administration has lost a court case, forcing it to open up 80 million acres for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Oil Change International and Partners Launch ‘Gas Is Not Clean’ Campaign
Today, Oil Change U.S., Sunrise Movement, Evergreen Action, Sierra Club, Indivisible, and other partners launched a joint Gas Is Not Clean campaign to ensure a potential Clean Energy Standard (CES) or Clean Energy Payment Program (CEPP) prohibits the inclusion of gas.
New Report: Indigenous Resistance Disrupts Billions of Tons of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Annually
The new report shows that Indigenous communities resisting the more than 20 fossil fuel projects analyzed have stopped or delayed greenhouse gas pollution equivalent to at least 25 percent of annual U.S. and Canadian emissions.
Devastating Hurricane Ida “made worse by climate change”
Our warming world is to blame for the sheer, power and size of storms such as Hurricane Ida, say experts.
Tinkering whilst Rome burns: the Dirty Dozen central banks fuelling climate chaos
Central banks could play a critical role in catalyzing the rapid shift of financial flows away from oil, fossil gas, and coal, and toward the zero-carbon solutions required to confront the climate crisis. To date, however, this is still not happening.
Central Banks Still Fueling Climate Crisis: New Report
Twelve of the largest central banks around the globe continue to support climate chaos-causing fossil fuels through policy and direct finance, a new report released today finds. Ahead of an annual convening of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming later this week, the analysis strikes a critical contrast to promises in recent months by the same central banks to align their operations with climate goals.
Exxon’s offshore drilling in Guyana could release 2 billion tonnes of CO2
A great new investigation by a wonderful old colleague of mine, Antonia Juhasz for Floodlight News and the Guardian, has found that Exxon’s operations in Guyana will send more than 2 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Oil Change International reaction to new U.S. Fossil Fuel Energy Guidance for the Multilateral Development Banks
Today, the U.S. Treasury Department released updated fossil fuel energy guidance for the multilateral development banks (MDBs). Oil Change International experts responded.
Oil Change International response to Biden White House OPEC announcement
The Biden White House released a statement from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan urging OPEC to increase oil production; Oil Change International experts responded.
#ClimateCrisis: New study shows Gulf Stream on “verge of collapse”
New research, published in Nature Climate Change, has found “an almost complete loss of stability over the last century” of the ocean currents known as AMOC or more commonly the Gulf Stream. The currents are already at their slowest point for 1,600 years. But scientists worry that AMOC could be reaching a tipping point, leading to a total collapse.