DoomsdaysCW<p>'Planet Wreckers': 4 Rich Nations Plotting Nearly 70% of New Oil and Gas Over Next Decade | Common Dreams</p><p>This is not just hypocrisy," said one climate campaigner. "It is a death sentence for communities on the frontlines of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a>."</p><p>Brett Wilkins<br>Jun 16, 2025</p><p>"Four wealthy nations—the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>—account for the majority of planned oil and gas expansion over the next decade, according to new data published by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilChangeInternational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OilChangeInternational</span></a> on Monday, the first day of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BonnClimateChangeConference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BonnClimateChangeConference</span></a> in Germany.</p><p>"Oil Change's analysis, titled <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlanetWreckers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetWreckers</span></a>, notes that if those four <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalNorth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalNorth</span></a> 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.</p><p>" '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.</p><p>"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."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/oil-change-report-planet-wreckers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/oil-chan</span><span class="invisible">ge-report-planet-wreckers</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DrillBabyDrill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrillBabyDrill</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeaveItInTheGround" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeaveItInTheGround</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fracking</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Drilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drilling</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CanadaPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanadaPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PetroState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PetroState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThanksBigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThanksBigOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BPKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilUpTheSwamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OilUpTheSwamp</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtractiveIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtractiveIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoPipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoPipelines</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossillFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossillFuel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoJobsOnADeadPlanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoJobsOnADeadPlanet</span></a></p>