New York Officials Consider Criminal Charges Against Big Oil

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:33:46 +0000

A memo circulated by Pubic Citizen is a road map for how the state and city of New York could prosecute Big Oil for their climate crimes.

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Environmentalists Think Kamala Harris May Go After Big Oil For Climate Crimes

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 00:41:12 +0000

Big Oil could be in big trouble if Kamala Harris gets elected. She pursued them vigorously as the attorney general of California.

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Big Oil & Big Corn Sue EPA Over Exhaust Emissions Rule

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:25:40 +0000

The EPA rule reducing tailpipe emissions in 2032 is under attack from the oil and corn industry, as well as car dealers.

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How Fossil Fuel Companies Overpromise But Under-Deliver On Climate Goals

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 17:00:26 +0000

InfluenceMap fossil fuel reportInfluenceMap is an independent research group producing data driven analysis on how business and finance are impacting the climate crisis. In 2019, it produced a report entitled “Big Oil’s Real Agenda on Climate Change,” which revealed the world’s major fossil fuel companies have spent $1 billion since the Paris climate accords were signed on lobbying […]

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“Green” Universities Keep Taking Sweet, Sweet Oil Money

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:34:38 +0000

Despite their supposed focus on sustainability, there seems to be an awful lot of fossil fuel and ‘big oil’ money creeping into university’s “green” programs. The main example they give is Stanford’s new Doerr School of Sustainability, but it’s far from the only place where these problematic conflicts of interest pop up in academia. Their […]

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How Does Tesla Get A Worse ESG Score Than 2 Oil Companies?

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 10:00:41 +0000

Isn’t it odd that Tesla has a bad Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) score yet oil companies have good ones? When you look at what Tesla is doing for the environment and compare those actions with how oil companies are profiting off of poisoning our environment, it just doesn’t make sense. Tesla CEO Elon Musk […]

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The Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Legislation Targets Price Gouging

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:25:02 +0000

windfall profits“While Putin’s war is causing gas prices to go up, Big Oil companies are raking in record profits,” Senator Elizabeth Warren said. “We need to curb profiteering by Big Oil.. that starts with ensuring these corporations pay a price when they price gouge and using the revenue to help American families.”

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Fossil Fuel Drilling Is Making Texans Sick (Video)

Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 04:03:29 +0000

In Texas, methane leaking from fracking sites is not only heating the planet. It’s also making people ill. Locals have reported headaches, nosebleeds, and respiratory problems, and they are calling on fossil fuel companies to clean up their act

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