Today on the National Journal Experts blog, Oil Sands Fact Check’s Matt Dempsey provides the facts about Bill McKibben’s anti-fossil fuel divestment campaign, showing that it is more about symbolism than substance. OSFC previously exposed the truth behind the Rockefeller Brother Fund (RBF) divestment announcement last month, pointing out what many reporters ignored: that RFB, […]
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VIDEO: The Truth About the Anti-Keystone XL Rockefeller Brothers Fund
September 25, 2014 Blog
The foundation responsible for providing the financial support to launch and sustain Bill McKibbens group 350.org, known best for organizing the People’s Climate March in New York City this past weekend, as well as their anti-Keystone XL pipeline effort and anti-fossil fuel divestment campaign, acknowledged this week that they have millions of dollars invested in […]
Keystone XL shovel ready six years and counting
September 18, 2014 Blog, Infographics
Friday, September 19, 2014 marks the six year anniversary of TransCanada’s submission of its application to build the Keystone XL pipeline. Ahead of that anniversary, Oil Sands Fact Check is releasing an infographic detailing the long history of President Obama’s delay on the pipeline. Keystone XL is as important today as it was six years […]
Keystone XL opponents grasp at straws in latest stunt
August 18, 2014 Blog
Keystone XL opponents’ climate claims have been repeatedly debunked by the Obama administration, research institutions, and energy and climate experts, yet they haven’t given up. Today, the anti-Keystone XL group, Friends of the Earth, submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the State Department asking it to hand over all the documents related […]
As Americans Say Yes to Keystone XL Opponents Recycle Old Stunts
August 12, 2014 Blog
Support across the country for the Keystone XL pipeline is overwhelming. In fact, as a Pew Poll revealed last month, it’s “almost universal.” But that’s no wonder considering that the benefits of Keystone XL are obvious. As our pamphlet “Why Americans Say Yes to Keystone XL” explains, Keystone XL will create tens of thousands of […]
Nothing New about “New” Keystone XL GHG study
August 11, 2014 Blog
There’s nothing new in this “new report” on Keystone XL and greenhouse gas emissions – the same researchers released a draft of this study in December 2013. The State Department took that draft report into account (citing it in its Final Environmental Impact Statement) and still concluded that Keystone XL would have a negligible impact […]
