Trust & Transparency in Fossil Fuels
Approved plans. Certified consortiums. Monthly self-reported compliance filings. An elaborate architecture of documentation built on the assumption that every signature corresponds to a functioning component.
Equipment that cannot be deployed. Maintenance that was never performed. Certifications that expired years ago. A readiness posture that exists only on the page.
TTIFF operates across four interconnected functions. Each pillar has its own discipline, its own methodology, and its own accountability. Together, they form the institutional backstop that individual workers, consumers, and responsible operators have never had — an independent body that can verify whether the safety systems we all depend on are actually ready.
Direct technical review of safety-critical equipment, maintenance records, inspection reports, and regulatory certifications. We read the drawings, run the calculations, and compare as-built conditions against approved engineering plans.
When private remediation fails and the public interest demands disclosure, we publish clinical, factually grounded reports. Every finding is verified, every source is protected, and every word is weighed against the engineering record.
Legal, technical, and strategic support for workers who come forward with credible safety disclosures. TTIFF vets every claim rigorously, then stands behind the people whose testimony individual institutions cannot afford to back.
Evidence-based policy recommendations for stronger regulatory frameworks, mandatory independent verification, and enhanced protections for the workers closest to the equipment. Findings translated into law.
TTIFF does not take positions on whether fossil fuel extraction should expand or contract. We do not advocate for energy transition policy. We do not issue statements on climate science or carbon markets.
What we do say, clearly and repeatedly, is this: as long as extraction happens, the equipment must actually work. The people operating it must actually be trained. The certifications claiming compliance must actually be accurate. The emergency systems protecting coastal communities must actually be ready to respond.
These are not controversial positions. They are the minimum acceptable standard for any regulated industry operating in the public interest.
There's no TTIFF about it — we're here to help. An organization like this has not existed before. Now it does.
If you are a worker, engineer, inspector, contractor, secondee, or anyone else with firsthand knowledge of safety or regulatory concerns in the fossil fuel industry — and you have documentary or engineering evidence to support what you've seen — we would like to hear from you.
Every intake is handled with discretion. Every claim is independently vetted. We do not publish, refer, or act on information until we have verified it. We exist precisely because the cost of speaking up has historically fallen on the individual, not the institution. That should never have been the case.
A formal anonymous intake system (SecureDrop / Hush Line) is being deployed and will be available shortly. If your concern is time-sensitive, reach out by email and we will coordinate secure communication from there.
We independently verify every technical claim before acting. This protects both the institution and the people who come forward.
Identity security is non-negotiable. We use tiered intake systems, legal privilege structures, and operational security protocols from day one.
Initial intake, assessment, and strategic guidance are provided at no charge. Our funding comes from grants and donations — never from the people we support.
Not out of mystique. Out of necessity.
The founding of TTIFF is tied to a live case. The protections afforded to the people telling that story are the same protections this organization exists to provide. Premature disclosure would compromise both.
When the time is right, the story will be told in full. Until then, our leadership is actively being assembled from a small group of engineers, regulators, attorneys, and safety professionals whose credentials will be introduced formally as each joins.
If you are an engineer with offshore or pressure-systems experience, a former regulator with BSEE or NTSB background, a whistleblower attorney, a nonprofit governance professional, or a journalist working the energy-safety beat — and you believe in what this organization is trying to do — we want to talk.