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Exxon forecasts 2050 oil demand to match today's, 25% above BP estimate | Reuters

  2024-08-26 in Reuters

Exxon Mobil said on Monday it expects crude demand to stay above 100 million barrels per day (bpd) through 2050, similar to today's levels, a forecast 25% higher than top European rival BP .

  Tagged under: Oil Industry | Exxon | BP


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Exxon forecasts 2050 oil demand to match today's, 25% above BP estimate | Reuters

  2024-08-26 in Reuters

Exxon Mobil said on Monday it expects crude demand to stay above 100 million barrels per day (bpd) through 2050, similar to today's levels, a forecast 25% higher than top European rival BP .

  Tagged under: Oil Industry | Exxon | BP


BP to hand investors $7bn this year as it expands oil operations

  2024-07-30 in The Guardian

Oil and gas company to increase dividend and buy-backs as quarterly profit beats forecasts

  Tagged under: BP


BP imposes hiring freeze and halts new offshore wind projects

  2024-06-27 in The Guardian

New boss Murray Auchincloss reverses move away from fossil fuels, which had weighed on company’s share price

  Tagged under: BP | Renewable Energy


Former BP boss calls for end to new North Sea drilling licences

  2024-06-07 in The Guardian

John Browne appears to back Labour energy policy as he underlines need for green transition

  Tagged under: BP


Princeton’s climate research: In the service of BP

  2024-05-07 (or before) in dailyprincetonian.com

“BP uses Princeton’s Carbon Mitigation Initiative to launder its image, to ensure a stream of studies that give it legitimacy, and to preserve its business model.”

  Tagged under: Climate Change Mitigation | BP


Iraqi father in legal first against BP over son's death

  2024-04-23 in The BBC

Hussein Julood says the burning of gas at a BP-run oil field in Iraq caused his son's leukaemia.

  Tagged under: BP


Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016

  2024-04-03 in The Guardian

Analysis reveals many big producers increased output of fossil fuels and related emissions in seven years after Paris climate deal

  Tagged under: Shell | BP | Exxon


Oil Companies Alignment with Net Zero

  2024-03-25 (or before) in Carbon Tracker Initiative

  Tagged under: Exxon | BP | Oil Industry


British Museum closes to visitors as Energy Embargo for Palestine group gathers outside

  2024-03-24 in The Guardian

New protest group is critical of London museum’s sponsorship by BP and seeks to make link with Gaza

  Tagged under: Activism | BP


Oil and gas companies are way off-track from Paris Agreement goals, finds new combined alignment scorecard - Carbon Tracker Initiative

  2024-03-20 by in Carbon Tracker Initiative

Despite falling short, bp scores highest relative to oil producing peers London/New York, 20 March –To...

  Tagged under: The Paris Agreement | BP


Emissions connected to top oil and gas firms may cause millions of heat deaths by 2100, study finds

  2024-03-20 in The Guardian

Global witness analysis suggests 11.5 million deaths could be caused by burning of fuel produced by 2050

  Tagged under: Shell | BP | Exxon


BP: New boss Murray Auchincloss gets £8m pay packet in 2023

  2024-03-08 in The BBC

The new boss of BP was paid a little over £8m last year, the company revealed on Friday.

  Tagged under: BP


BP’s green agenda all at sea as sinking profits forecast renews fossil fuel call

  2024-02-03 in The Guardian

With gloomy financial results predicted, the company must weigh its net zero targets against demands for more oil and gas production

  Tagged under: Net Zero | BP


Conservatives are the 'political wing of the fossil fuel industry’ as Sunak invites BP and Shell to Downing Street | Global Witness

  2024-01-01 (or before) in Global Witness

New Global Witness analysis shows that government ministers met with fossil fuel companies 54 times between January and March.

  Tagged under: Rishi Sunak | BP | Shell


Big five oil companies to reward shareholders with record payouts

  2024-01-01 in The Guardian

BP, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies to distribute more than $100bn despite public outrage

  Tagged under: Exxon | TotalEnergies | Fossil Fuels | BP | Shell


‘The climate change argument is becoming ever more convincing’, says former BP chief

  2023-12-11 (or before) in The Telegraph

Former ‘sun king’ Lord Browne on why he’s no longer an oil and gas man

  Tagged under: COP28 | Rishi Sunak | BP


BP revs up $100m order for US Tesla chargers

  2023-10-27 in Business Green

Deal forms latest part of oil giant's plans to invest up to $1bn in EV charging across the US by 2030

  Tagged under: BP | Tesla


UK universities take £40m in fossil fuel funding since 2022

  2023-10-04 in The Guardian

FoI requests show Shell and BP among firms giving funds to institutions which have pledged to divest

  Tagged under: Shell | BP


California sues world's largest oil companies, alleging they caused billions of dollars in damages

  2023-09-18 (or before) in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  Tagged under: Climate Change | Chevron | Shell | Exxon | California | BP


Victory at the British Museum!

  2023-08-20 in BP or not BP? – That is the question

Back in June, we got the news: The British Museum’s sponsorship deal with BP is – finally – coming to an end!Despite the museum’s attempts to muddy the water and refuse to c…

  Tagged under: BP


MPs Gifted £4,200 Tennis Tickets by Oil Giant BP

  2023-08-11 by in DeSmog

BP donated tennis tickets worth a total of more than £4,200 to a government minister and two MPs, parliamentary records reveal.  The oil and gas supermajor, which recorded bumper profits of £22 billion last year, gifted Wimbledon tickets to Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, and Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy […]

  Tagged under: BP


C of E divests of fossil fuels as oil and gas firms ditch climate pledges

  2023-06-22 in The Guardian

Church pension and endowment funds shed holdings after U-turns by BP and Shell

  Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | BP | Shell | Religion


Shell Joins Fellow Majors In Refocus On Core Oil And Gas Business

  2023-06-15 by in Forbes

The major integrated oil companies are refocusing their budgets on the core business of oil and gas this year. What it means for the future is unclear.

  Tagged under: ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Shell | BP | Exxon


BP sponsorship of British Museum ends after 27 years, as tide turns on fossil fuel funding of the arts

  2023-06-02 in Culture Unstained

In a hugely significant WIN, it has been confirmed by the Guardian that BP's sponsorship of the British Museum's major exhibitions has ended! Today, we are celebrating alongside everyone that has been part of a long-running campaign of creative protest and people power which has led to the end of BP sponsorship of the British…

  Tagged under: BP | Activism


What is the windfall tax on oil and gas companies and how much do they pay? - BBC News

  2023-05-26 (or before) in BBC

Critics want the windfall tax to be extended after BP and Shell reported record profits in 2022.

  Tagged under: Shell | BP


Hoboken Lodges First State-Level Racketeering Charge in Big Oil Climate Lawsuit

  2023-05-25 by in DeSmog

Suing under an organized crime statute, the New Jersey city says major oil and gas companies and their chief lobbying group have “conspired to deceive the world for decades.”

  Tagged under: Shell | Exxon | BP


How much do fossil fuel companies owe in climate reparations?

  2023-05-25 (or before) in Quartz | Make business better

Saudi Aramco, ExxonMobil, Shell, BP and Chevron are the companies that owe the most for damages to the climate

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Chevron | Shell | Economics | Exxon | BP | Saudi Arabia | Aramco


BP profits - government must prioritise ordinary citizens, not fossil fuel companies  - Ashden Climate Solutions

  2023-05-02 in Ashden - Climate Solutions in Action

Simon Brammer, Head of Cities at climate solutions charity Ashden said: "Our energy system is clearly not working - except for the oil and gas companies that

  Tagged under: BP


Iraq: Under poisoned skies - BBC World Service

  2023-04-29 (or before) in YouTube

From the front line of climate change in Iraq, BBC News Arabic unmasks an invisible killer: air pollution, investigating a hidden epidemic of cancer and the ...

  Tagged under: Climate Change | Iraq | Air Pollution | BP | Shell


They cleaned up BP’s massive oil spill. Now they’re sick – and want justice

  2023-04-20 in The Guardian

Thirteen years after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, documents shed light on the company’s response and ‘scorched earth’ legal tactics

  Tagged under: BP | Health


Global oil demand on course for record as China’s economy rebounds

  2023-04-14 in The Guardian

International Energy Agency’s expectation for 2023 is 2m bpd higher than last year’s figure

  Tagged under: BP


BP - Wikipedia

  2023-04-09 (or before) in Wikipedia

  Tagged under: BP


Six months on from Iraq flaring investigation - how did BP respond?

  2023-03-31 by in Greenpeace UK - Unearthed

After Unearthed and the BBC revealed high flaring at BP's Iraq field, the company promised an ‘immediate’ review. What has it done so far?

  Tagged under: Greenpeace | BP


Column: Big oil companies are already reneging on their global warming promises

  2023-02-09 in Los Angeles Times

BP and Shell made eye-catching promises to invest in renewable energy. If you're shocked that they're already backing off, you haven't been paying attention.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | BP | Shell


BP, Shell, Exxon and co. bag £1bn handout from UK government

  2023-02-09 (or before) in openDemocracy

Exclusive: Government giveaway of CO2 permits helped fossil fuel giants achieve record-breaking profits

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | Exxon | Net Zero


‘Monster profits’ for energy giants reveal a self-destructive fossil fuel resurgence

  2023-02-09 in The Guardian

Last year’s combined $200bn profit for the ‘big five’ oil and gas companies brings little hope of driving down emissions

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | Exxon | Chevron | TotalEnergies | Fossil Fuels


BP scales back climate targets as profits hit record - BBC News

  2023-02-07 (or before) in The BBC

It is the latest energy giant to report record annual profits after oil and gas prices soared last year.

  Tagged under: BP


What Is the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?

  2023-01-31 (or before) in Sustainable & Eco Friendly eCommerce Packaging | SR Mailing

The Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch is considered by many to be one of humanity’s biggest crimes against the planet – and really, just the name of it gives away the horror of what it actually is, considering the size of the Pacific Ocean. We talk a lot about what can be done to save the planet here at SR Mailing, and that’s because we’re absolutely passionate about it! The fact that there is so much to be done, and that there is so much that we can all be doing in our daily lives that can help us to save planet Earth from global warming and climate change. The issue, of course, is much, much bigger than...

  Tagged under: Microplastics and Nanoplastics | Oceans | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Pacific Ocean | Methane | Fish | Rivers | Whales and Dolphins | Wildlife | Economic Growth | Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs | California | South America | BP | Sea Level | Indonesia | Activism | India


Royal Opera House's controversial BP sponsorship ends after 33 years - BBC News

  2023-01-26 (or before) in The BBC

There had been protests about the oil giant's 33-year sponsorship of the London venue.

  Tagged under: BP | Activism


BP criticised over plan to spend billions more on fossil fuels than green energy

  2022-12-27 in The Guardian

Company’s oil and gas investments for 2023 will be as much as double those on renewables

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | BP | Fossil Fuels


Ten years later, BP oil spill continues to harm wildlife—especially dolphins

  2022-11-23 (or before) in National Geographic

Some species, such as brown pelicans, have rebounded, while long-lived species have been hindered for generations. Still, data is scarce.

  Tagged under: BP | Whales and Dolphins | Wildlife


COP27: BP chief listed as delegate for Mauritania - BBC News

  2022-11-19 (or before) in BBC

Chief executive of leading oil company is registered for COP27 as a delegate from poor African nation.

  Tagged under: COP27 | BP | Africa


Air pollution: Uncovering the dirty secret behind BP’s bumper profits - BBC News

  2022-11-12 (or before) in The BBC

How the BBC uncovered gas flaring in an Iraqi oil field, where locals are showing a high rate of cancer.

  Tagged under: BP


Light fantastic: BP’s solar venture launches biggest UK project yet

  2022-10-06 in The Guardian

From solar farms to floating arrays, from Australia to Bedfordshire, Lightsource BP is ramping up its renewable energy push

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | BP | Greenhouse Gases | Solar Energy


Criticism intensifies after big oil admits ‘gaslighting’ public over green aims

  2022-09-17 in The Guardian

Fury as ‘explosive’ documents reveal largest oil companies contradicted public statements and wished bedbugs upon critical activists

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | Activism | Exxon | Chevron | Fossil Fuels | US Politics


Governments urged to act after oil giants accused of misleading public

  2022-09-16 in The Guardian

Documents suggest Shell and BP staff privately downplayed public commitments on climate crisis

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | Fossil Fuels


Oil and gas firms’ green investments fail to match promise of publicity – study

  2022-09-08 in The Guardian

BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalEnergies spend $750m a year burnishing climate credentials but only 12% of capital on low-carbon development

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | Exxon | Chevron | TotalEnergies | Fossil Fuels | Capitalism


InfluenceMap Big Oil's Real Agenda on Climate Change 2022

  2022-09-08 (or before) in InfluenceMap

Following up on InfluenceMap's 2019 edition of 'Big Oil's Real Agenda', this latest report compares and contrasts the public communications, business operations, and policy engagement of 5 'supermajor' oil companies: BP, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and TotalEnergies. The report provides evidence of significant inconsistencies between the companies' use of 'green claims' with their investment strategies and policy engagement on climate change.

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | Exxon | Climate Change | Chevron | TotalEnergies


Revealed: BP’s ‘greenwashing’ social media ads as anger over fuel costs rose

  2022-08-06 in The Guardian

Oil company spent £800,000 on social media influence ads after Labour proposed windfall tax

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | Wind Power


‘Grotesque greed’: immoral fossil fuel profits must be taxed, says UN chief

  2022-08-03 in The Guardian

António Guterres urges governments to introduce windfall levies and use money to support vulnerable people

  Tagged under: BP | Fossil Fuels


Statistical Review of World Energy | Energy economics | Home

  2022-06-29 (or before) in BP - British Petroleum

This year’s 71st edition of the bp Statistical Review of World Energy helps to make sense of the greatest challenges and uncertainties facing the global energy system for almost 50 years

  Tagged under: BP | Economics


BP Paid Rural Mexicans a “Pittance” for Wall Street’s Top Climate Solution

  2022-06-28 (or before) in Bloomberg

The oil giant has found a climate bargain in some of Mexico’s poorest areas, paying a fraction of market rate for carbon offsets to rural villagers working to protect their forests.

  Tagged under: BP | Climate Change | Mexico | Trees


When Extinction Rebellion met Big Oil | Prospect Magazine

  2022-06-16 in Prospect Magazine

Extinction Rebellion and a former oil executive meet—but can they agree on anything?

  Tagged under: BP | Extinction Rebellion


BP and Shell signal commitment to UK investment - weakening government case against windfall tax | The Independent

  2022-05-07 (or before) in The Independent

Ed Miliband tells Saphora Smith that arguments against such a move are being exposed as ‘total nonsense’

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | TotalEnergies


The clean energy claims of BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell: A mismatch between discourse, actions and investments

  2022-05-02 (or before) in PLOS - Open Science

The energy products of oil and gas majors have contributed significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and planetary warming over the past century. Decarbonizing the global economy by mid-century to avoid dangerous climate change thus cannot occur without a profound transformation of their fossil fuel-based business models. Recently, several majors are increasingly discussing clean energy and climate change, pledging decarbonization strategies, and investing in alternative energies. Some even claim to be transforming into clean energy companies. Given a history of obstructive climate actions and “greenwashing&rd...

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | Exxon | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Chevron | Fossil Fuels | Finance


Orsted Says BP Trying to Block Part of U.K. Wind Farm at Sea

  2022-03-11 (or before) in Bloomberg

BP Plc is trying to block development of part of a giant wind farm in waters off England’s east coast, according to Denmark’s Orsted A/S.

  Tagged under: BP | Wind Power


BP to Exit Rosneft Stake and May Take a $25 Billion Hit

  2022-02-28 (or before) in Bloomberg

BP Plc moved to dump its shares in oil giant Rosneft PJSC, taking a financial hit of as much as $25 billion by joining the campaign to isolate Russia’s economy.

  Tagged under: Vladimir Putin | Russia | BP


How Exxon, BP and Shell help Russia pump oil and gas - CNN

  2022-02-27 (or before) by in CNN

The West is promising "massive" sanctions on Moscow in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Any action on energy could

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | Exxon | Russia


Former COP26 President Brings Shell, BP, Equinor Reps Into Climate Conference

  2021-11-05 by in DeSmog

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — The former president of the COP26 climate talks has brought a delegation including four oil companies and tobacco giant Philip Morris to the summit currently taking place in Glasgow, Scotland. Former UK energy and climate minister Claire O’Neill’s World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is running a series of events at […]

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | COP26


BP paid ex-MI6 spy firm to snoop on green campaigners

  2021-10-24 (or before) in openDemocracy

Exclusive: Oil giant also shared intelligence on environmentalists with British Museum and Warwick University in ‘shocking’ web of surveillance

  Tagged under: BP


BP is planning to drill for fossil gas on edge of world’s largest cold-water coral reef | The Independent

  2021-06-21 (or before) in The Independent

Exclusive: Oil giant’s plan to drill off west coast of Africa could raise the risk of biodiversity loss, further global heating and toxic fuel spills, an investigation reveals

  Tagged under: BP | Climate Change | Africa | Coral Reefs | Biodiversity Loss


Supreme Court Delivers a Victory to Big Oil

  2021-05-19 in Sierra Club

Narrow ruling allows the carbon barons to keep running down the clock

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | Exxon | Chevron


10 big problems with BP’s ‘Net Zero’ claims

  2021-05-06 in Behindthelogos.org - Culture Unstained

BP wants you to think it’s doing its bit for the climate, by saying that it will go ‘net zero’ by 2050. But its plans are nowhere near enough to curb climate breakdown.

  Tagged under: BP | Net Zero


Queen's property manager and Treasury to get windfarm windfall of nearly £9bn

  2021-02-08 in The Guardian

BP among the winners in auction of offshore seabed rights for next decade

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | BP | Wind Power


Shell, BP, and Easyjet: The Big Polluters Designing the Rules for Voluntary Carbon Offsets

  2021-01-22 by in DeSmog

Many of the world’s most polluting companies are being handed a “get out of jail free” card by being invited to shape a scaled-up offsetting market, campaigners claim. The Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets is due to publish its “roadmap for implementation” on Wednesday, four months after it was launched by former Bank of England […]

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | Carbon Offsetting


Fossil Fuel Companies Are No Friend to Democracy | The New Republic

  2021-01-14 (or before) in The New Republic

BP and other companies have expressed outrage over the Capitol riot, but they have a history of supporting authoritarians in other countries.

  Tagged under: BP | Chevron


Climate crisis: FTSE giants fail to disclose their carbon footprint

  2020-12-13 in The Guardian

BP, Glencore, Rolls-Royce, Just Eat and B&M among last eight firms yet to provide investors with information

  Tagged under: BP | Greenhouse Gases | Finance


Opinion | You Should Have Listened, New York Tells Big Oil (Published 2020)

  2020-12-09 in The New York Times

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | BP | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change


How the ‘carbon footprint’ originated as a PR campaign for big oil - Thred Website

  2020-09-23 in Thred | Youth Culture + Social Change

One of the most successful marketing ploys of the 20th century was when BP framed you for climate change.

  Tagged under: BP | Climate Change


Goodbye, Big Oil: "Half the world's proven reserves (1.7 trillion barrels) will never be needed" | Boing Boing

  2020-09-17 in boingboing.net

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of The Telegraph writes that BP’s move to green energy marks the end of Big Oil: With a single stroke of the pen, BP has written the obituary of the global petroleum i…

  Tagged under: BP


Have BP got it right about the future of oil? – LBC

  2020-09-16 in Tom Burke - Environmentalist

I think that BP are right about the future of oil. Amongst the international oil companies, they have put themselves out in front of realising that change is coming. Big change is coming, and they …

  Tagged under: BP


BP will slash oil output by 40% and pour billions into green energy - CNN

  2020-08-05 (or before) by in CNN

BP is planning to slash oil and gas production and pour billions of dollars into clean energy as part of a major strategic overhaul unveiled on Tuesday, alongside a huge second quarter loss and dividend cut.

  Tagged under: BP


Oil Change International response to BP’s new commitment to major cuts in extraction by 2030 - Oil Change International

  2020-08-04 in Oil Change International

The commitment is the first from a Big Oil and Gas company to recognize that significant reductions in oil and gas production must occur within this decade.

  Tagged under: BP


BP confirms job cuts, reasserts clean energy pledge

  2020-06-09 in Business Green

Oil major announces it is to cut around 10,000 jobs globally, as CEO predicts coronavirus crisis will accelerate company's transition towards cleaner energy sources

  Tagged under: BP | Predictions


BP's statement on reaching net zero by 2050 – what it says and what it means

  2020-02-12 (or before) in The Guardian

Jonathan Watts breaks down the oil company’s statements on its plans to cut carbon emissions in the coming decades

  Tagged under: BP | Net Zero


BP CEO hits Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders on Green New Deal

  2020-01-23 (or before) in CNBC

"The world needs all forms of energy," BP's Bob Dudley said in a CNBC interview from Davos, Switzerland. "Less emissions, but all forms of energy."

  Tagged under: BP | Climate Change


BP lobbied Trump to weaken climate safeguards on oil and gas projects

  2020-01-23 in Greenpeace UK - Unearthed

Together with the American Petroleum Institute, BP asked Trump to largely exclude the climate impacts of oil projects from environmental assessments

  Tagged under: BP | Donald Trump | Climate Change | Greenpeace | Climate Change Impacts


Trump weakened environmental laws after BP lobbying

  2020-01-23 in The Guardian

Letter suggests oil firm pushed for changes whereby fewer projects would need impact assessments

  Tagged under: BP | Donald Trump | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | US Politics


Don't 'demonise and ostracise' us in climate change debate, says BP

  2019-11-23 (or before) in Sky News

Activists, who posed as living statues and doused themselves in oil, say the British Museum should be ashamed of its links to BP.

  Tagged under: BP | Activism | Climate Change


Oliver Shah: Flighty investors won’t solve climate change | Business | The Sunday Times

  2019-11-18 (or before) by in The Times & The Sunday Times

Last month, the Royal Shakespeare Company announced it would sever ties with BP, its sponsor of eight years, due to discomfort over the oil major’s role in climate change. National Galleries Scotland followed suit, citing its “responsibility to do all we can to address the climate emergency”.These i

  Tagged under: BP | Climate Change


Investors to Big Oil: Make It Rain

  2019-11-05 (or before) by in The Wall Street Journal - Breaking News, Business, Financial & Economic News, World News and Video

Investors want just one thing from the world’s biggest oil companies—cash—but it is becoming harder for the oil giants to deliver.

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | Exxon | Chevron | TotalEnergies


Royal Shakespeare Company ends BP partnership after student protest - BBC News

  2019-10-31 (or before) in The BBC

The theatre company says it "cannot ignore" the "strength of feeling" against its sponsorship deal.

  Tagged under: BP | Activism


BP launches biggest global campaign in a decade

  2019-10-31 (or before) in campaignlive.co.uk

Energy brand wants to talk up multifaceted approach to energy challenges.

  Tagged under: BP


Fossil fuel big five 'spent €251m lobbying EU' since 2010

  2019-10-24 by Sandra Laville in The Guardian

Report comes amid calls for set up of firewall to protect politics from industry influence

  Tagged under: BP | Lobbying | European Union | Oil Industry | Shell | Exxon | Chevron | Fossil Fuels


UK to use finance meant for green energy to support fracking in Argentina

  2019-10-22 in The Guardian

Documents show government’s £1bn commitment in 2017 later prioritised support of major oil companies

  Tagged under: Argentina | Renewable Energy | BP | Shell | Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Finance


Oil firms to pour extra 7m barrels per day into markets, data shows

  2019-10-10 in The Guardian

Projected production surge in next 12 years to be led by Shell despite climate crisis

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | Chevron | Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Saudi Arabia | Aramco


Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions

  2019-10-09 in The Guardian

New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | Exxon | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Africa | Chevron | Fossil Fuels | Middle East | Saudi Arabia | Aramco


UK's big energy firms accused of failing to tackle climate crisis

  2019-06-20 in The Guardian

Shell, BP and Centrica have talked of backing EU emissions target but withheld support

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | Greenhouse Gases


Carbon emissions from energy industry rise at fastest rate since 2011

  2019-06-11 in The Guardian

BP report reveals swings in global temperatures are increasing the use of fossil fuels

  Tagged under: BP | Fossil Fuels


Ex-BP boss John Browne: ‘It’s going to take a long time to take oil and coal out of the energy system’

  2019-06-08 in The Guardian

The energy executive talks about fracking, Huawei and Greta Thunberg

  Tagged under: BP | Greta Thunberg | Coal | Fracking | Fossil Fuels


BP pushed for Arctic drilling rights after Trump's election

  2019-05-19 in The Guardian

Despite PR damage over earlier spills, documents show oil firm pressed for reduced regulation

  Tagged under: BP | Donald Trump | Arctic


Top oil firms spending millions lobbying to block climate change policies, says report

  2019-03-22 in The Guardian

Ad campaigns hide investment in a huge expansion of oil and gas extraction, says InfluenceMap

  Tagged under: BP | Exxon | Climate Change | Chevron | Fossil Fuels


Revealed: FBI kept files on peaceful climate change protesters

  2018-12-13 in The Guardian

A protest at a BP plant in Indiana landed three sixtysomething campaigners in a federal surveillance report, documents released to the Guardian under the Freedom on Information Act show

  Tagged under: BP | Climate Change | Activism | India


BP faces shareholder challenge over carbon targets

  2018-12-10 in The Guardian

Company is among energy firms being urged to set goals in line with Paris agreement

  Tagged under: BP | Exxon | Greenhouse Gases | Chevron | The Paris Agreement


'Lightweight PR and greenwash' – BP's low-carbon plan dismissed

  2018-04-16 in The Guardian

Environmentalists call strategy ‘20th century response to a 21st century problem’

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | BP


The fossil fuel industry's invisible colonization of academia | Benjamin Franta and Geoffrey Supran

  2017-03-13 in The Guardian

Benjamin Franta and Geoffrey Supran: Corporate capture of academic research by the fossil fuel industry is an elephant in the room and a threat to tackling climate change.

  Tagged under: BP | Shell | Exxon | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Chevron


It's the economy that needs to be integrated into the environment - not the other way around | Andrew Simms

  2016-06-14 in The Guardian

Andrew Simms: BP’s call for a ‘meaningful carbon price’ is the latest example of wrongly trying to apply economic theories and tools to the environment

  Tagged under: Carbon Pricing | Economics | BP


Engaging with oil companies on climate change is futile, admits leading UK environmentalist

  2015-01-15 in The Guardian

After years working on sustainability projects with BP and Shell, Jonathon Porritt says he came to the conclusion it was ‘impossible’ for today’s oil and gas companies to adapt to the need to exit fossil fuels

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | BP | Shell | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Sustainability


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