It was a day of huge roars but also small whispers, small moments and momentary glimpses of a beautiful future. Seconds-long reminders that we’re not alone, that we’re in this together, that the world is small and big and diverse and unified all at the same time.
Next week, on the 23 September, the United Nations will hold its most important climate summit for years in New York, which will attended by some 125 heads of state.
Our latest report presents new analysis that confirms that shipping tar sands bitumen by rail cannot possibly meet the tar sands industry’s reckless production growth plans. The report’s conclusions demonstrate that the U.S. Department of State’s analysis of rail’s ability to replace the Keystone XL pipeline failed to consider key data and evidence and drew conclusions that are both misleading and dangerous for the American public.
n the blinkered rush to frack the globe – first in the United States, secondly in Europe and thirdly in the rest of the world – the oil industry always undermines the risks of the technology. But this brutal technique has a dangerous downside, ranging from air and water pollution, to the use of vast amounts of sands and chemicals. And then there is, of course, the huge volumes of water used in the fracking process.
Finally one of Canada’s leading independent tar sands producers has conceded that it is partly to blame for a series of leaks of bitumen in Alberta that have been going on for over a year.
Coal is the single greatest source of worldwide carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and burning just a quarter of the known reserves of coal would break the global carbon budget. Coal use contaminates air, water, and soil, and has serious health and economic impacts. It also requires substantial resource use, and particularly threatens water resources. Climate … Read More
Jump to Section: Coal Subsidies Transfer Public Money to Private Interests Importance of Coal Subsidies for Economic Viability Definition of Coal Subsidies Consumer Subsidies Producer Subsidies Exploration Subsidies Subsidies to the Coal Industry are Significant Estimates of National Coal Subsidies Estimates of International Public Finance for Coal Incomplete Data on Coal Subsidies Supplemental: Coal’s Vast … Read More
Jump to Section: General Resources on Coal Subsidies and Public Finance Coal Subsidy Resources, Organizations and Campaigns by Country Organizations Working Internationally on Coal Subsidies and Public Finance ← Campaigning | Return to Intro General Resources on Coal Subsidies and Public Finance OECD’s “Inventory of Estimated Budgetary Support and Tax Expenditures for Fossil Fuels” – … Read More
Jump to Section: Why Campaigning on Subsidies and Public Finance for Coal is Key Targeting Subsidies and Finance to Stop a Coal Project Use Information on Subsidies and Finance to Slow Down the Project Ground Project-Based Subsidy and Finance Work in a Campaign at the Local Level Identify Subsidies and Finance Supporting a Coal Project … Read More
Jump to Section: Where to Begin Coal Subsidy Research Identifying National Subsidies for Coal Box 1: Subsidized Coal through State-Owned Enterprises Table 5. National Coal Subsidies Template Identifying International Public Finance for Coal Box 2: Background on Bilateral Finance Institutions Important to Coal Development Table 6: International Public Finance for Coal Template ← Background | … Read More
