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California Sues ExxonMobil Over Its Global Plastic Waste Pollution and Deceptive Recycling Campaign

California Sues ExxonMobil Over Its Global Plastic Waste Pollution and Deceptive Recycling Campaign

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced that the state has filed a lawsuit against oil major ExxonMobil for its alleged engagement in “a decades-long campaign of deception,” which led to and exacerbated the worldwide plastics pollution crisis, a press release from the California Department of Justice said. The complaint, filed in San Francisco County […]

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    Exxon Sues Over EU Windfall Tax

    Exxon Sues Over EU Windfall Tax

    In September, 2022 the European Union (EU) decided that it would tax excess profits from fossil fuel companies in response to the energy crisis. One of those companies, however, is not taking kindly to the so-called “solidarity levy.” Exxonmobil announced on December 28 that it was suing the bloc over the windfall tax. 

    Biden Threatens Windfall Tax for Fossil Fuel ‘War Profiteers’

    Biden Threatens Windfall Tax for Fossil Fuel ‘War Profiteers’

    President Joe Biden threatened major oil companies with a windfall tax after they announced massive profits following a surge in energy prices prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  ExxonMobil, for example, announced October 28 that it had earned $19.7 billion in profits during the third quarter of 2022. That’s more than the fossil fuel company […]

    Federal Court Rejects Exxon’s Attempt to Halt Climate Change Investigations

    Federal Court Rejects Exxon’s Attempt to Halt Climate Change Investigations

    On Tuesday, a federal appeals court denied ExxonMobil’s attempt to stop the attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts from investigating whether the company lied about its knowledge of climate change. The decision was handed down by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, which said Exxon couldn’t sue Massachusetts’ Attorney General Maura […]

    ‘This Looks Like the Exxon Infrastructure Bill’: Bipartisan Deal Omits Key Climate Protections

    ‘This Looks Like the Exxon Infrastructure Bill’: Bipartisan Deal Omits Key Climate Protections

    The bipartisan legislation currently under Senate consideration falls far short of President Biden’s commitment to transforming the fossil-fueled underpinnings of the U.S. economy, the AP reports. The deal includes hundreds of billions in total to support climate resilience, electric grid updates, and harden infrastructure against cyberattacks and climate change — as well as more than […]

    EPA Approved Exxon’s ‘Forever Chemicals’ for Fracking in 2011

    EPA Approved Exxon’s ‘Forever Chemicals’ for Fracking in 2011

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved dangerous chemicals that break down into PFAS for use in fracking in 2011, according to records obtained by Physicians for Social Responsibility and reported by The New York Times. Despite EPA scientists having identified preliminary evidence the carcinogenic, and birth-defect-linked substances could degrade into those “forever chemicals” and […]

    ‘Bombshell’ Secret Footage of ExxonMobil Lobbyists Sparks Calls for Climate Accountability​

    ‘Bombshell’ Secret Footage of ExxonMobil Lobbyists Sparks Calls for Climate Accountability​

    By Jessica Corbett While ExxonMobil’s decades of sowing public doubt about climate science and the impact of fossil fuels have provoked various lawsuits, secretly recorded videos released Wednesday expose how the company continues to fight against U.S. efforts to tackle the climate emergency. Published by Unearthed, Greenpeace UK’s investigative journalism arm, and the British Channel […]

    New Study Decodes ExxonMobil’s ‘Modern’ Climate Misinformation

    New Study Decodes ExxonMobil’s ‘Modern’ Climate Misinformation

    By Sharon Kelly What’s the single word that fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil’s flagship environmental reports to investors and the public tie most closely to climate change and global warming? According to newly published research from Harvard science historian Naomi Oreskes and Harvard research associate Geoffrey Supran, it’s a simple four-letter word, one that carries overtones […]