Oil News
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Data-driven platform aims to clear up fog of palm oil traceabilityA new web-based monitoring platform, Palmoil.io, has been launched to help the palm oil industry fully trace its product back to its origin to make sure that it’s legally sourced and sustainably produced. -
Indonesia’s ‘green’ electricity plan undermines its climate vows, activists sayClean energy activists say the plan threatens to derail Indonesia’s emissions reduction efforts, including its goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
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Exxon wants to build an ASEAN carbon capture network — so the region can keep using fossil fuels while fighting climate changeEnergy
Exxon wants to build an ASEAN carbon capture network — so the region can keep using fossil fuels while fighting climate change
The network would enable Southeast Asia to keep growing and keep using the 'products of modern life' while reducing emissions, said the Houston-headquartered energy major's low carbon division president. -
US$11 million per minute in fossil subsidies ‘add fuel to the fire’, IMF study showsCarbon & Climate
US$11 million per minute in fossil subsidies ‘add fuel to the fire’, IMF study shows
Pricing fossil fuel prices to reflect their fully-loaded cost would be enough on its own to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions by more than one-third, the analysts concluded.
Oil Opinion
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Eye of fire: What Mexico's latest gas leak tells us about sustainability scores– Should an affiliation with the state really allow a company to escape accountability and stakeholder scrutiny? -
How colonialism’s legacy makes it harder for countries to escape poverty and fossil fuels todayCarbon & Climate
How colonialism’s legacy makes it harder for countries to escape poverty and fossil fuels today
– While fossil fuels were powering wealthy nations’ economic growth in the 19th and 20th centuries, many countries across the Global South remained largely impoverished. -
Keeping trees in the ground where they are already growing is an effective low-tech way to slow climate changeCarbon & Climate
Keeping trees in the ground where they are already growing is an effective low-tech way to slow climate change
– Permanently protecting large, mature forests is a faster and cheaper way to stabilise Earth's climate than complex carbon capture and storage schemes, and more effective than planting new trees.
Videos
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Lawyers file complaint against BP for misleading 'greenwash' in new ad campaign– In the video, environmental law group ClientEarth compares the oil and gas giant's advertisements on its low-carbon investments to a burger chain claiming that they’re vegan because they’ve got salad on the menu.
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Denmark’s biggest energy company turns its back on fossil fuels– DONG Energy’s shift to 100 per cent renewable energy marks another important step in the global transition away from fossil fuels.
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2016 was the deadliest year ever for environmental defenders– A Global Witness report has found that more than 200 people were killed for engaging in peaceful protest against corporate mining, logging, agribusiness and poaching activities last year. The trend is growing.
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Watch now: Sustainability reporting made simple– Want to know more about sustainability reporting, but don't know where to begin? Eco-Business and simpleshow have produced an easy-to-understand clip that explains it all in less than three minutes.
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