Talk is Cheap: How G20 Governments are Financing Climate Disaster

July 5, 2017By Alex DoukasBlog Post, Briefings, Featured, Reports, Resources 14 Comments

Each year, G20 countries provide nearly four times more public finance to fossil fuels than to clean energy. In total, public fossil fuel financing from G20 countries averaged some $71.8 billion per year, for a total of $215.3 billion in sweetheart deals for oil, gas, and coal over the 2013-2015 timeframe covered by the report. Fifty percent of all G20 public finance for energy supported oil and gas production alone.

Reality Check: The End of Growth in the Tar Sands

June 29, 2017By Hannah McKinnonBriefings, Featured, Reports, Resources

Oil Change International June 2017 Download the PDF Briefing. The Alberta tar sands are among the world’s largest oil reserves. While investment and expected growth in the industry have been high for the last decade, new industry data paints a dramatically different picture of the sector moving forward.  Key findings: Anticipated tar sands production growth is … Read More

Forecasting Failure: Why Investors Should Treat Oil Company Energy Forecasts With Caution

March 13, 2017By Greg MuttittReports 1 Comment

Forecasting Failure: Why Investors Should Treat Oil Company Energy Forecasts With Caution Oil Change International, Greenpeace March 2017 Download Report Companies like ExxonMobil, Shell and BP routinely use their in-house energy forecasts to justify investments in multi-decade, high-cost projects, from the Arctic to the tar sands. While the companies present their published forecasts as objective analyses, … Read More