Andy Rowell
Andy Rowell is a staff blogger for Oil Change International in addition to working as a freelance writer and investigative journalist who specializes in environmental, health and lobbying issues. Follow him on Twitter: @andy_rowell
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Views Friday, July 10, 2020 As Arctic Temperatures Soar, Trump Lavishes Fossil Fuel Industry With Billions in Bailouts The Arctic is once again on fire. And the extremely warm temperatures in the region—and concurrent wildfires—are another urgent reminder that we need to divest from fossil fuels as soon as possible. They are a pressing reminder that any post COVID-19 bailout should be focused on an immediate just... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, June 16, 2020 COVID-19 Crisis Accelerating "Long-term Decline of Coal" We know that the ongoing COVID-19 crisis is hastening the end of the fossil fuel era and making what was deemed unthinkable just a few months ago, thinkable. This is despite what Donald Trump would have you believe with his repeated pro-oil propaganda. Last week, speaking at a roundtable discussion... Read more |
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Views Monday, April 27, 2020 COVID-19 Fallout Threatens "Long-term Survivability" of Big Oil It is nearly one hundred years to the day since the late British Prime Minister, Lloyd George said: "Oil profits seem to find their way by some invisible pipeline into private pockets." In the century that has followed, the oil industry has been a sure safe bet for many investors to fill their... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Is BlackRock Announcement "Beginning of the End for Fossil-fuel System?" It was the big one that many climate campaigners had been waiting for. For years, one of the targets for campaigners leading the fossil fuel divestment campaign has been the asset management company BlackRock. Pressure had been building on BlackRock for some time. And you can see why: the company... Read more |
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Views Monday, December 30, 2019 Decades of Denial Have to End: We Need Radical Climate Leadership in 2020 My heart is bleeding. My heart is angry. As 2019 draws to an end, Australia is on fire. The country is burning. Homes are being destroyed. And brave volunteer fire-fighters are dying. At a time of national crisis, you need leadership. If political leaders cannot lead at a time of crisis, then they... Read more |
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Views Thursday, December 12, 2019 Outrage as UN Climate Talks Kick Out Civil Society, Not the Polluters Two days ago, I blogged calling for the Polluters to be kicked out of the UN climate process. Two days later, and what has the UN done? It has kicked the people out—and not the polluters. This morning, youth activists from over a dozen countries stormed the stage at a COP25 plenary session to... Read more |
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Views Friday, December 06, 2019 Despite Warmest Decade on Record, We Still Act Like "Addicts Blowing Our Carbon Budget" For those following our climate crisis and the near-daily stories of extreme weather being experienced around the world, this will come as no surprise. Provisional figures released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) at the UN COP25 climate conference in Madrid reveal that the previous... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Planned Fossil Fuel Production Dangerously Out of Line With Climate Safety Despite the daily evidence of our climate emergency, from raging wildfires in California and Australia, to floods in the UK and continued record temperatures in the Arctic, we remain in denial. Despite decades of scientific evidence that we have to stop drilling for fossil fuels, if we want a... Read more |
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Views Monday, November 18, 2019 Major Victory as EIB Ends Fossil Fuel Financing by 2021 As climate wins go this has been a long time coming but it is also a big one. It should not be understated. For years climate campaigners and organizations such as Oil Change International (OCI) along with scientists, students and huge sections of civil society, have been targeting the hugely... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, October 01, 2019 Despite Climate Emergency, Shell Boss Still Thinks It's "Legitimate to Invest" in Oil On Monday, the fossil fuel giant Royal Dutch Shell introduced its quarterly outlook for investors, predicting higher output for its Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) operations. In total for the group, oil and gas production for Shell was predicted to be in excess of 2.65 million barrels of oil per day... Read more |