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Tag: Oil Industry

What Exxon Knew, But Concealed, About Climate Change

01/21/2023 Don Wallace

The Union of Concerned Scientists published “The Climate Deception Dossiers” in 2015. This document is a compilation of evidence that the oil…

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Posted in: Climate Filed under: Denialism, Oil Industry

Exxon Scientists Predicted Global Warming, Even As Company Cast Doubts, Study Finds

01/13/2023 Don Wallace

Starting in the 1970s, scientists working at Exxon made remarkably accurate projections of just how much burning fossil fuels would…

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Posted in: Climate Filed under: Climate Science, Denialism, Oil Industry

Biden Hosts Climate Meeting As Goals Vie With High Gas Costs

06/18/2022 Don Wallace

With both soaring energy prices and a warming planet weighing on the world at the Major Economies Forum on Energy…

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Posted in: Climate, Energy, Policy Filed under: Drilling Rights, International Policy, Oil Industry, Ukraine

Could Google’s Carbon Emissions Have Effectively Doubled Overnight?

05/20/2022 Don Wallace

A new report suggests that the money Big Tech companies keep in the banking system can do more climate damage…

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Posted in: Climate, Energy Filed under: Banks, divestment, Finance, Oil Industry

Suddenly, Oil Companies Are Upbeat Again

03/09/2022 Don Wallace

Exactly a week after a major scientific report warned of accelerating climate impacts driven mainly by the combustion of fossil fuels, and…

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Posted in: Climate, Energy Filed under: Oil Industry, Ukraine

Biden Outpaces Trump In Issuing Drilling Permits On Public Lands

01/28/2022 Don Wallace

One year after announcing a halt to any new federal oil and gas leasing, Biden has outpaced Donald Trump in…

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Posted in: Climate, Energy, Policy Filed under: Drilling Rights, National Policy, Oil Industry

How Exxon Is Leveraging Texas Courts To Silence Its Climate Critics

01/19/2022 Don Wallace

ExxonMobil is attempting to use an unusual Texas law to target and intimidate its critics, claiming that lawsuits against the company…

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

When Will We Have The Last Oil Spill?

10/12/2021 Don Wallace

Oil has again coated the beaches of Southern California, this time from a ruptured pipeline near Newport Beach. The response…

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

Worrying About Your Carbon Footprint Is Exactly What Big Oil Wants You To Do

08/31/2021 Don Wallace

Carbon neutrality doesn’t achieve any sort of systemic change. A coal-powered business could be entirely carbon neutral as long it…

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Posted in: Climate, Energy, Policy Filed under: Carbon Footprint, Carbon Neutral, Oil Industry

McKibben: The U.N. Climate Panel Tries to Cut Through the Smog

08/12/2021 Don Wallace

We all live in two worlds: a physical one and a social one. The new report of the Intergovernmental Panel…

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

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