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Tag: Oil Industry

McKibben: Amy Coney Barrett Should Recuse Herself from Big Oil’s Supreme Court Case

01/14/2021 Don Wallace

January 19th will be one of those moments when past, present, and future will collide, this time in the halls…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Litigation, Oil Industry

World Is ‘Doubling Down’ On Fossil Fuels Despite Climate Crisis – UN Report

12/07/2020 Don Wallace

Production must fall by 6% a year to avoid ‘severe climate disruption’ but Covid-19 funding is supporting increases. The researchers…

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Posted in: Climate Filed under: fossil fuels, National Policy, Oil Industry

Climate Case Against Shell Begins In The Netherlands

12/03/2020 Don Wallace

In civil court in The Netherlands, hearings began Tuesday in a case against energy company Shell that could have implications…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: International Policy, Litigation, Oil Industry

Opinion: ExxonMobil Misled The Public About The Climate Crisis. Now They’re Trying To Silence Critics

10/19/2020 Don Wallace

By Geoffrey Supran and Naomi Oreskes. Newly leaked documents reported by Bloomberg News show that ExxonMobil’s climate dishonesty is even worse than…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Litigation, Oil Industry

Is This The End Of New Pipelines?

07/09/2020 Don Wallace

More than 9,000 miles of oil and gas pipelines in the United States are currently being built or expanded, and…

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Posted in: Climate, Energy Filed under: Natural Gas, Oil Industry

The Federal Reserve Is Accelerating the Climate Crisis

05/01/2020 Don Wallace

“Climate change,” Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told the Joint Economic Committee last November, “is an important issue but not principally for…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Disease, Economic Policy, Oil Industry

Demand For Oil Has Plummeted, But Industry Keeps Building New Infrastructure Anyway

04/22/2020 Don Wallace

Instead of retreating, the American oil and gas sector has plowed ahead at full speed during one of the worst…

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Posted in: Climate, Energy Filed under: fossil fuels, Oil Industry

Oil Companies Are Collapsing, But Wind And Solar Energy Keep Growing

04/08/2020 Don Wallace

The renewable-energy business is expected to keep growing, though more slowly, in contrast to fossil fuel companies, which have been…

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Posted in: Climate, Energy Filed under: Energy Alternatives, fossil fuels, Oil Industry, Solar

White House Aims To Roll Back Bedrock Environmental Law To Speed Development

01/09/2020 Don Wallace

The White House on Thursday issued sweeping changes to one of the nation’s bedrock environmental laws, allowing greater industry involvement…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Environmental IMpact, National Policy, Oil Industry

How The Oil Industry Has Spent Billions To Control The Climate Change Conversation

Don Wallace

America’s oil companies are trying to rebrand themselves as part of the solution to the climate crisis, launching a campaign…

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Posted in: Climate Filed under: Coal, Natural Gas, Oil Industry

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