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Chevron PR Firm Launches ‘News’ Sites in Journalism-Starved Regions

Chevron PR Firm Launches ‘News’ Sites in Journalism-Starved Regions

A PR firm working for Chevron is operating websites made to appear like local news outlets in regions, particularly in Texas’ Permian Basin, experiencing a rapid decline in legitimate local news outlets, Gizmodo reports. San Francisco-based Singer Associates, which also operates a similar outlet in Richmond, California, where Chevron operates a refinery that dumps oil into San Francisco […]

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    Equinor Drops Plans to Drill in the Great Australian Bight

    Equinor Drops Plans to Drill in the Great Australian Bight

    By Andy Rowel For those fighting the oil industry, the good news keeps on coming this week. The Norwegian company, Equinor, has announced it is abandoning plans to drill for oil in the highly ecologically sensitive, Great Australian Bight, which has been a battleground between conservationists and the industry for years. Off the country’s southern […]

    Yes, ExxonMobil and Chevron Are Still Distorting Climate Science

    Yes, ExxonMobil and Chevron Are Still Distorting Climate Science

    By Brenda Ekwurzel If you look at headlines from the last year, ExxonMobil, Chevron and other major fossil fuel companies have seemingly turned a new page on climate change. Recently, ExxonMobil received major kudos for giving $1 million to Americans for Carbon Dividends, a lobbying offshoot of the industry-backed Climate Leadership Council. Shortly before that, […]

    Climate Litigation Against Big Oil Heats Up

    Climate Litigation Against Big Oil Heats Up

    By Jason Mark Can any one group of actors be held responsible for the damages caused by global climate change? That was the central question argued in federal court on Thursday as attorneys representing San Francisco and Oakland tried to beat back efforts by ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Royal Dutch Shell to have a […]

    Seattle County Files 11th U.S. Climate Liability Lawsuit Against Big Oil

    Seattle County Files 11th U.S. Climate Liability Lawsuit Against Big Oil

    King County, which covers the Seattle metropolitan area, followed the lead of 10 other cities and counties in the U.S. when it filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the world’s five largest oil companies for damages incurred by climate change, a county press release announced. “The science is undisputable: climate change is impacting our region today, […]