API is not to be trusted when it comes to climate and energy policy. They have stood in the way of climate action for decades, and continue to spout myths in order to protect the bottom lines of its Big Oil and Gas members.
Press Releases
Release: CSOs call on G7 Leaders to stop pushing fossils
Today, 353 organizations from 58 countries released a letter calling on G7 leaders to stop financing fossil fuels; cancel debt payments in global South countries grappling with COVID-19 and climate impacts and pay their fair share of climate finance to global South countries for climate adaptation among other demands.
185 organizations call on Canadian officials to hold ReconAfrica accountable for massive oil and gas plans
In an open letter released as part of a week of action against the company ahead of their June 8 Annual General Meeting, signatories detailed the threats that ReconAfrica’s potential development poses for human rights, Indigenous rights, local livelihoods, drinking water for over 1 million people, the global climate, and a critical and world-famous ecosystem.
Oil Change Int’l response to Biden budget, fossil fuel subsidies removal
“Big Oil’s continued existence is the single biggest threat to our climate, and it’s long past time to end giveaways of public money to fossil fuel companies once and for all,” said Rees.
Oil Change International response to latest GOP infrastructure proposal
The Republican plan not only refuses to end massive public giveaways to the fossil fuel industry, but also foists the cost on the American public through user fees rather than repealing Trump and the GOP’s tax cuts for billionaires and rich corporations. This plan is a joke.
National U.S. Environmental Groups Host Rally to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Local and national organizations across the country are coming together for the virtual Rally to End Polluter Welfare because it’s time for Congress to fund our futures instead of fossil fuels.
Stop the Money Pipeline Responds to President Biden’s Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk
The Stop the Money Pipeline Coalition welcomes Biden’s Executive Order as an important step for the climate finance movement and urges the administration to deliver strong reports and action plans ahead of the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow.
Oil Change International response to Biden climate finance Executive Order
“President Biden’s executive order is a welcome change from past failures to regulate the financial industry, but the Biden administration must make it crystal-clear that ‘net zero’ means no more fossil fuel expansion and no false solutions,” said Rees.
IEA’s first 1.5°C-aligned scenario bolsters call for no new fossil fuel extraction
The IEA’s new 1.5°C-aligned scenario finds “no need for investment in new fossil fuel supply.” This represents a break from past IEA reports that boosted new oil and gas development by focusing on scenarios that steered the world towards catastrophic levels of warming. This is a big step in the right direction.
Spain becomes latest country to ban new oil and gas exploration and production
Yesterday, the Spanish Parliament adopted a wide-ranging Climate Change and Energy Transition law, which includes a ban on new fossil fuel exploration and production licenses.