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us/Transportation Fairness Alliance Revealed: Behind the Oil Industry's Latest Attack on Electric Cars
By Dana Drugmand
on
Earlier this spring, while much of the nation’s attention focused on the coronavirus crisis, the U.S. oil and gas industry quietly launched a new coalition using messaging that invokes “transportat...
us/With Prospects Souring for Oregon Gas Terminal, an Obscure Group Raises Pressure for State Approval
By Nick Cunningham
on
On May 24, a full-page ad appeared in The Oregonian, Oregon’s largest newspaper. The “open letter,” addressed to Gov. Kate Brown, asked her to support Jordan Cove LNG, a controversial coastal lique...
us/For Decades, the Oil and Gas Industry Got Taxpayer Help from the Fracking Production Tax Credit
By Dana Drugmand
on
Before the U.S. fracking boom took off, shale drillers had access for over two decades to a particular tax incentive that experts say played a key role in setting the stage for the so-called shale ...
uk/BP Downgrades Value of Own Assets by Billions With Eye on Post-COVID Low-Carbon Future
By Guest
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By Kieran Cooke for Climate News Network This week, BP, one of the so-called super oil majors, said it was writing down or reducing the value of its assets by between US$13 billion (£10.35 billion...
us/Carbon Capture Will Require Large Public Subsidies to Support Coal and Gas Power
By Justin Mikulka
on
In April, the Center for Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University released a report concluding that, without major new subsidies from the American public, technologies for capturing heat-...
Shell's Falcon Pipeline Dogged by Issues with Drilling and Permit Uncertainty During Pandemic
By Sharon Kelly
on
A DeSmog investigation found that the pipeline's construction has been plagued by drilling and permitting problems.
A DeSmog investigation found that the pipeline's construction has been plagued by drilling and permitting problems.
uk/UK Government Supporting Overseas Fossil Fuel Projects at Risk of Becoming ‘Stranded’
By Sophie Yeo
on
The UK government is supporting overseas fossil fuel projects that would become unprofitable if emissions were reduced in line with the Paris Agreement, according to analysis by thinktank Carbon Tr...
us/Chevron’s #BlackLivesMatter Hypocrisy
By Guest
on
The oil giant funds both civil rights groups and police, saying “Black Lives Matter” while committing acts of environmental racism all over the world. By Amy Westervelt. This story originally appe...
uk/Comment: The European Central Bank Has the Chance to Build Back Better, It Must Stop Financing Fossil Fuels
By Guest
on
By Leyla Larbi, Senior Campaigner for SumOfUs France.  Nobody's sure what the future will look like once the coronavirus pandemic ends – but we do know that fossil fuels have no place in it. Unfor...
uk/Tortoise Media's Independence Questioned Again After Participating in BP Workshop
By Sophie Yeo
on
Tortoise, a media organisation that produces “slow news”, has again come under fire for its commercial relationship with BP.  Tortoise took part in a rebranding workshop held by BP in January, a d...

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us/Transportation Fairness Alliance Revealed: Behind the Oil Industry's Latest Attack on Electric Cars
ByDana Drugmand
on

Earlier this spring, while much of the nation’s attention focused on the coronavirus crisis, the U.S. oil and gas industry quietly launched a new coalition using messaging that invokes “transportat...
us/With Prospects Souring for Oregon Gas Terminal, an Obscure Group Raises Pressure for State Approval
ByNick Cunningham
on

On May 24, a full-page ad appeared in The Oregonian, Oregon’s largest newspaper. The “open letter,” addressed to Gov. Kate Brown, asked her to support Jordan Cove LNG, a controversial coastal lique...
us/For Decades, the Oil and Gas Industry Got Taxpayer Help from the Fracking Production Tax Credit
ByDana Drugmand
on

Before the U.S. fracking boom took off, shale drillers had access for over two decades to a particular tax incentive that experts say played a key role in setting the stage for the so-called shale ...
uk/BP Downgrades Value of Own Assets by Billions With Eye on Post-COVID Low-Carbon Future
ByGuest
on

By Kieran Cooke for Climate News Network This week, BP, one of the so-called super oil majors, said it was writing down or reducing the value of its assets by between US$13 billion (£10.35 billion...
us/Carbon Capture Will Require Large Public Subsidies to Support Coal and Gas Power
ByJustin Mikulka
on

In April, the Center for Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University released a report concluding that, without major new subsidies from the American public, technologies for capturing heat-...
Shell's Falcon Pipeline Dogged by Issues with Drilling and Permit Uncertainty During Pandemic
BySharon Kelly
on

A DeSmog investigation found that the pipeline's construction has been plagued by drilling and permitting problems.

A DeSmog investigation found that the pipeline's construction has been plagued by drilling and permitting problems.
uk/UK Government Supporting Overseas Fossil Fuel Projects at Risk of Becoming ‘Stranded’
BySophie Yeo
on

The UK government is supporting overseas fossil fuel projects that would become unprofitable if emissions were reduced in line with the Paris Agreement, according to analysis by thinktank Carbon Tr...
us/Chevron’s #BlackLivesMatter Hypocrisy
ByGuest
on

The oil giant funds both civil rights groups and police, saying “Black Lives Matter” while committing acts of environmental racism all over the world. By Amy Westervelt. This story originally appe...
Opinion
uk/Comment: The European Central Bank Has the Chance to Build Back Better, It Must Stop Financing Fossil Fuels
ByGuest
on

By Leyla Larbi, Senior Campaigner for SumOfUs France.  Nobody's sure what the future will look like once the coronavirus pandemic ends – but we do know that fossil fuels have no place in it. Unfor...
uk/Tortoise Media's Independence Questioned Again After Participating in BP Workshop
BySophie Yeo
on

Tortoise, a media organisation that produces “slow news”, has again come under fire for its commercial relationship with BP.  Tortoise took part in a rebranding workshop held by BP in January, a d...