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OIL! Addicts Attend G-8 Summit - The G8’s Energy Insecurity
by Open-Publishing - Tuesday 18 July 2006The struggle to separate oil and state needs to be fought at home and at key international events like the G-8 Summit that took place this past weekend in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. When the G-8 met in Scotland last year, global poverty and climate change headlined the agenda. This past weekend in Russia, “Energy Security” was a key issue, but last year’s priorities seemed to be pushed aside.
Instead, the G-8 has absurdly defined energy security as the promotion and expansion of oil and fossil fuel production worldwide. This strategy will only increase our oil dependence, exacerbate global warming, and drive countries deeper into debt - in other words, make us less secure.
Oil Change International is working with the Jubilee USA Network, American Friends Service Committee and many others to draw attention to the role that skyrocketing oil prices are playing in deepening the international debt crisis - and to call for an end to subsidies to the oil industry. Last week they released a Policy Briefing calling on the G-8 and other governments to help impoverished countries transition away from oil dependence by focusing limited public resources on promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy instead of lavish subsidies to the international operations of Big Oil.
This week they are calling on their supporters to take action by writing a letter to your local newspaper urging the G-8 to break the chains of debt and oil addiction.
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