We stopped Keystone XL and Dakota Access before and we’ll do it again. These are fights Trump and his bullies won’t win.
Keystone XL
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
From North Dakota to Kenya, people power fights fossil fuel infrastructure
People power stopped Keystone XL in its tracks. Now we’re seeing human resistance to fossil fuel projects spreading rapidly around the globe.
Spreading “Seeds of Resistance” against Pipelines
Seeds of resistance are spreading across the country, as landowners stand up for their land, their communities, and the climate.
New Trade Deals Will Undermine Keeping Fossil Fuels in the Ground
A new report, entitled Climate Roadbloacks, released by the Sierra Club today reveals how efforts across the United States to protect the climate could be threatened by two proposed trade deals, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
TransCanada’s Big Gamble on Shale Gas
TransCanada, the company that tried in vain to build the hugely controversial Keystone XL pipeline (KXL), which would have transported tar sands oil from Canada to the US, is now betting big on fracking gas instead.
Nobel Laureates call for Arctic protection
Nobel Peace Laureates have added their voices to the call to permanently protect the Arctic from oil and gas exploration and production. In a letter sent today to members of the Arctic Council, the signatories point out that, “nations who share borders in this remarkable region also share an obligation to protect it…both by tackling … Read More
Betting on success: Cross-border action for a safer climate
This Thursday, President Obama will host Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau at a state dinner – the first such official dinner between the two nation’s leaders in almost two decades. The event signals not only a new relationship between the two neighbours (at least for a while longer), but also a shared set of values that … Read More
Losing friends fast: B.C. government officially opposes Kinder Morgan’s tar sands pipeline expansion
Yesterday the Government of British Columbia announced that it was officially opposing the expansion of the Kinder Morgan TransMountain tar sands pipeline. The province pointed to the company’s failure to provide enough information to satisfy all 5 of the conditions that the government had laid out in order for them to formally support the project … Read More
Oil Change International Response to Alberta Climate Announcement
For Immediate Release For further inquires please contact Stephen Kretzmann Steve@priceofoil.org, +1-202-497-1033 “Sun is Setting” on Tar Sands (Washington D.C.) The Alberta tar sands have become the posterchild of the high carbon future we cannot afford. Over recent years, unprecedented public concern has grown and now stands in the way of all major pipeline proposals … Read More