ExxonMobil Shows Its Lobbying Hand, But Hides Some Cards

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 03:20:34 +0000

A funny thing happened just as people started turning off their laptops and gearing up for the long President’s Day weekend last month. At 2 p.m. on Friday, with no news alert, press statement or announcement, ExxonMobil for the first time revealed who received its lobbying money and how much. The world’s largest publicly traded […]

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Texas Law Makes Oil Divestment Illegal – And That’s Causing Legal Trouble

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:55:15 +0000

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar sent numerous letters to financial firms this week. It’s part of a bigger attempt to uphold a state law that prohibits divesting from fossil fuel companies.

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Court Case In Hawaii Against Fossil Fuel Companies Passes Major Milestone

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 07:36:13 +0000

History was made in Hawaii recently when a state judge ruled that a lawsuit seeking damages from major oil and gas companies for their climate disinformation campaigns can move forward in state court. The ruling sets an important precedent that the fossil fuel industry has been fighting to prevent in similar cases across the country. The case against ExxonMobil, […]

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War Is Here, So Let’s Talk About EV Batteries, Silicon, & Graphene

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 16:12:33 +0000

ev batteries graphene nanotubes siliconTiny Luxembourg aims to dominate the graphene nanotube market for next-generation EV batteries and other sustainable tech.

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Boulder Sued Big Oil For Climate Damages, Then The Marshall Fire Happened

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:27:07 +0000

Urgent Climat,By Elliott Negin Four years ago, Boulder, Colorado, sued ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy — owner of the only oil refinery in the state — for climate change-related damages and adaptation expenses. Boulder and its co-plaintiffs, Boulder County and San Miguel County, home to Telluride, estimated the damage caused by extreme weather events would cost them more than […]

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The Exxon Plant Near My House Caught Fire

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 06:16:51 +0000

Exxon PlantThe Exxon plant here in Baton Rouge has caught fire this — and even though officials say there wasn’t an explosion, several witnesses reported hearing one. I also heard one and I live just 5 miles away

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6 Takeaways from POWERGEN International 2019

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:51:54 +0000

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The POWERGEN International exhibition and summit—one of the world’s largest power-industry events with more than 750 exhibitors—was held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, Nov. 19–21, 2019. POWER was there (Figure 1) to connect with leaders from the industry and report on the latest news from the show. Hot topics […]

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