Plaintiffs dodge a bullet in SCOTUS ruling for Big Oil
The Supreme Court ruled narrowly in favor of oil companies seeking to avoid liability for the costs of climate change…
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Big Oil CEO refuses to testify at Senate hearing — Sanders slams him for avoiding ‘tough questions’
By Brett Wilkins In the latest example of Big Oil’s failure to face public scrutiny for a global crisis driven…
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Despite community outcry, Feds move forward with New Mexico drilling plan
By Jerry Redfern For nine years, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has wrangled through an update to oil and gas…
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Bill McKibben discusses Rutgers fossil fuel divestment and why it’s a ‘big deal’
Rutgers University has voted to begin divesting from fossil fuels, following a campaign by the student-organized Endowment Justice Collective that…
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‘You do benefit from special rules’: Katie Porter warns oil exec not to ‘patronize’ her
By Jake Johnson Congresswoman Katie Porter took a fossil fuel industry executive to task for falsely suggesting during a House…
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The oil industry says it might support a carbon tax – it could be good for producers and the public alike
By Richard Schmalensee and David Schoenbrod The oil industry’s lobbying arm, the American Petroleum Institute, suggested in a new draft statement…
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‘The party is over’: Coal’s cautionary tale for New Mexico’s economy
By Nick Bowlin Satellite images of the land outside Artesia, New Mexico, show an arid brown landscape pockmarked with dots.…
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Biden’s climate plan eliminates $40B in taxpayer funded subsidies to Big Oil
In a speech Wednesday outlining his new executive actions aimed at confronting the “existential threat” of the climate crisis, President…
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