'Planet Wreckers': 4 Rich Nations Plotting Nearly 70% of New Oil and Gas Over Next Decade | Common Dreams
This is not just hypocrisy," said one climate campaigner. "It is a death sentence for communities on the frontlines of the #ClimateCrisis."
Brett Wilkins
Jun 16, 2025
"Four wealthy nations—the #UnitedStates, #Canada, #Norway, and #Australia—account for the majority of planned oil and gas expansion over the next decade, according to new data published by #OilChangeInternational on Monday, the first day of the #BonnClimateChangeConference in Germany.
"Oil Change's analysis, titled #PlanetWreckers, notes that if those four #GlobalNorth nations stopped their planned new oil and gas extraction, 32 billion tons of carbon pollution would stay in the ground instead of being burned and released into the atmosphere, where they fuel planetary heating. That's the equivalent of three times the annual global emissions created by burning coal.
" 'A handful of the world's richest nations remain intent on leading us into disaster. This is not just hypocrisy. It is a death sentence for communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis,' Oil Change International global policy lead Romain Ioualalen said in a statement Monday.
"It is sickening that countries with the highest incomes and outsized historical responsibility for causing the climate crisis are planning massive oil and gas expansion with no regard for the lives and livelihoods at stake," Ioualalen added."
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/oil-change-report-planet-wreckers
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"Five global north governments stand out as the biggest #ClimateHypocrites and most egregious #PlanetWreckers: the #UnitedStates, #Canada, #Australia, #Norway, and the #UnitedKingdom. Despite having the greatest economic means to rapidly phase out production, they are responsible for a majority (51%) of planned expansion from new #oil and #gas fields through 2050. New drilling in countries with high incomes, diversified economies and outsized historical responsibility for causing the #ClimateCrisis, while claiming to be #ClimateLeaders, is inexcusable. These countries must not only stop expansion immediately but also move first and fastest to phase out their production and pay their fair share to fund a just global #EnergyTransition.”
#NoNewCoal #NoNewGas #NoNewOil #LeaveItInTheGround #DirtyEnergy #DirtyEnergyDirtyPolitics #Auspol #UKpol #USpol
Secretary-General António Guterres says fossil fuels ‘incompatible with human survival,’ calls for credible exit strategy:
Speech excepts:
"I am very worried about where the world stands on climate.
Countries are far off-track in meeting climate promises and commitments.
I see a lack of ambition. A lack of trust. A lack of support. A lack of cooperation. And an abundance of problems around clarity and credibility.
The problem is not simply fossil fuel emissions.
It’s fossil fuels – period.
The world is watching – and the planet can’t wait..."
https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/press-encounter/2023-06-15/secretary-generals-press-conference-climate
#PlanetWreckers #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #Survival
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