The Early Warnings Programme
Over the years, our researchers have noticed that communities with early warnings of fossil fuel projects are often the most successful in opposing them. Unfortunately, they are often only informed of fossil fuel projects late in the “development” process, when it’s too late to effectively oppose them.
That’s why we created the “Early Warnings” programme and this site- to proactively inform local groups and communities as early as possible so that they can fight back. By signing up for notices, you’ll be the first to know about any new fossil fuel warnings for your area.
Where does our data come from?
Close to 200 websites are scanned every weekday looking for new announcements of oil, gas, and coal concessions, auctions, or sales. We use AI agents with a custom “harness”(set of tools and instructions) to build a list of possible announcements, which are then reviewed and checked by a human researcher before being published here with direct source links.
We scan government websites, fossil fuel industry news sites, corporate postings, and national newswires across languages and notice methods. By combining agent-driven collection with human review, the goal is to maintain a comprehensive and up-to-date resource for the public.
LINGO
This site is run by LINGO (the Leave it in the Ground Initiative), a non-profit organisation dedicated to ending the fossil fuel age. We work to bridge frontline struggles to international climate negotiations and science to policy.
Got questions?
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