Oil Change International

Aug 27, 2024 | priceofoil.org | Andy Rowell

We have known for over a decade just how damaging fracking is to our health. But the health impacts of exporting fracked gas have often been overlooked. In part this is due to the fact that the US gas industry has been trying to greenwash its gas by arguing it is is the cleanest on the planet, due to third party certification schemes. These claims have been debunked by two reports released by Oil Change International and Earthworks.

Jul 26, 2024 | priceofoil.org | Andy Rowell

Recent footage and images from Bangladesh are truly shocking. Police and the army firing live rounds at random unarmed protesters in the streets of Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital. An injured person, carried by a colleague, shot at close range by police. Other unarmed young men are casually shot in the street. A leading student activist shows the scars and bruises of a brutally beaten body. Over 200 people have now been killed in Bangladesh including journalists, according to local reports.

Jul 3, 2024 | priceofoil.org | Andy Rowell

June 24th 2024, marked the third Anniversary of the wrongful arrest and imprisonment in Vietnam of the environmental lawyer and climate justice advocate, Dang Dinh Bach. He was imprisoned on trumped-up charges of “tax evasion” after leading a campaign to reduce the country’s reliance on dirty coal. Bach is the founder of the Law and Policy of Sustainable Development Research Centre (LPSD).

Jun 6, 2024 | priceofoil.org | Andy Rowell

June 1st, 2024, the grand opening day, came and went —but nothing actually happened. It was the latest of many proposed start dates that have come and gone over the years. The highly controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) was meant to start a year ago, then last month, and finally, on June 1st. Again, that deadline was missed. The company behind the fracked gas pipeline, Equitrans Midstream Partners (EQM), is still burying sections of it, while testing other sections.

Jun 3, 2024 | priceofoil.org | Andy Rowell

Tokyo is hosting the “Japan Energy Summit” this week, from June 3-5th. Even in the hyperbolic world of high-level meetings, this summit has lofty ambitions. It promises to accelerate “Japan’s energy transition through innovation and global connections.”The summit, which will be attended by some 4,000 people, says it is not just a gathering of global thought leaders, ministers, and policymakers but will supposedly be “a catalyst for action,” helping forge a path to net zero.