Both nominees and Senators alike appeared oblivious to the fact that gas is as dirty as coal and that significantly increasing gas reliance through new pipelines and liquefied natural gas export facilities is incompatible with a stable climate.
Press Releases
RELEASE: Multilateral Development Banks Continue to Fund Fossil Fuels, Lag Behind in Renewables
Despite vocal commitments to help tackle climate change, six key multilateral banks (MDBs) financed over $7 billion in coal, oil, and gas projects in 2015, and funded a total of $83 billion in fossil fuels from 2008-2015.
RELEASE: Taxpayers on the hook for billions in subsidies for fossil fuels on public lands
The U.S. government is providing extensive support for fossil fuel production on public lands and waters offshore, through a combination of direct subsidies, enforcement loopholes, lax royalty collection, stagnant lease rates, and other advantages to the industry, a new report released today finds.
Landowners Launch Call to Divest From Banks Behind the Mountain Valley Pipeline
Residents of Virginia and West Virginia opened up a new front today in their fight to stop the 301-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline: targeting the major U.S. ‘main street’ banks on tap to finance the fracked-gas project’s $3.5 billion price tag. The banks are identified in a new analysis released today by Oil Change International that examines how the pipeline will be financed.
RELEASE: Organizations Issue Demands to FERC in Wake of Rover Accidents
Community activists and organizations sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today, signed by 118 groups, demanding the agency halt all construction of the Rover gas pipeline, and to embark upon an extensive review of its approval policies.
REACTION: Oil Change Int’l reacts to report from Canada’s Auditor General on fossil fuel subsidies
“Canada’s Auditor General revealed today that 8 years after the government promised to phase out fossil subsidies, there is still no game plan to do so,” said Oil Change International’s Alex Doukas in a statement released today.
RELEASE: Oil Change International responds to Trump nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
In response, Lorne Stockman, Senior Research Analyst at Oil Change International released the following statement:
RELEASE: New Analysis Exposes FERC Failure on PennEast Pipeline Climate Review
Our new analysis finds that the controversial PennEast Pipeline for fracked gas could contribute as much greenhouse gas pollution as 14 coal-fired power plants or 10 million passenger vehicles.
RELEASE: Oil Change Int’l Responds to Trump Executive Orders on Climate Policy
Today, Donald Trump signed a number of executive orders related to climate policy. In response, Janet Redman, U.S. Policy Director of Oil Change International released the following statement.
RELEASE: Oil Change Int’l responds to Trump approval of Keystone XL permit
“Keystone XL has been seen as inevitable before, but we persisted and won. This isn’t game over, it’s game on. Now we have a President who is deeply beholden to the oil industry and will do anything they ask, so this approval is no surprise.”