As we await the photo-op of Keystone XL approval from the Trump Administration, here’s a compilation of a few of our “best hits” for why Keystone XL must not be built.
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Release: Oil companies’ flawed energy forecasts risk billions in investor capital
Oil companies including ExxonMobil, BP and Shell are risking billions of dollars of investor capital, by basing decisions on distorted claims about the future of energy, according to a new report.
Don’t Believe the Oil Companies’ Phoney Forecasts
The oil companies go to great efforts to portray their forecasts as works of objective analysis of the future. They are not – they are self-serving descriptions of the futures the companies would like policymakers and investors to believe in.
New analysis: Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast Pipelines are Climate Disasters
Two studies released today find that if built, the controversial Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines would together contribute as much greenhouse gas pollution as 45 coal-fired power plants — some 158 million metric tons a year.
Memo to Justin: No More Bromances, Please
Donald Trump supports almost none of those things Justin Trudeau claims to. So it’s a big problem when they actually seem to agree on one issue – building massive new tar sands pipelines like Keystone XL.
Oil Change International responds to DAPL easement
Oil Change International stands in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and the thousands of water protectors who have and will continue to resist the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Research: Canadian Oil Expansion Will Block Paris Climate Goals
New research released today reveals disturbing new evidence on how locking-into new long-lived tar sands production undermines global efforts to address the global climate crisis far beyond Canada’s borders.
Climate on the Line: Why New Tar Sands Pipelines Are Incompatible With the Paris Goals
Climate on the Line: Why new tar sands pipelines are incompatible with the Paris goals January 2017 Oil Change International Download the report here. New analysis finds that Canada will be the world’s second highest contributor of new oil production globally over the next twenty years if action isn’t taken to halt new tar sands … Read More
Rex Tillerson: Unprepared. Unqualified. Unacceptable.
Three words sum up Rex Tillerson’s performance yesterday in his confirmation hearing for Secretary of State: Unprepared. Unqualified. Unacceptable
Study: U.S. Oil Industry Heavily Dependent on Government Handouts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 10, 2017 Contact: Janet Redman, janet [at] priceofoil [dot] org David Turnbull, david [at] priceofoil [dot] org Study: U.S. Oil Industry Heavily Dependent on Government Handouts Almost Half of All U.S. Oil Production Subsidy Dependent Almost half of the oil production in the United States will depend on taxpayer handouts to make it … Read More