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Big Oil Clouded the Science on Extreme Weather. Now It Faces a Reckoning.

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Scientists said the deluge and its aftermath — not the county’s first “100-year flood” in recent years — are a harbinger of the intense and dangerous rainstorms that a warming climate is making more likely. Nicky Sundt, a climate expert and former communications director for the U.S.

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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

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There’s a lot of beautiful things that happen out of [Richmond]," says Khamphanthong, a community organizer with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network whose family emigrated from Laos in the 1980s. In their eyes, it doesn’t do enough to address climate change and allows emitters to continue polluting the air in the meantime.

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Campaigners Sued an Oil Major For Climate Deception. Now the Company Is Preparing to Sue Them Back.

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Greenpeace Italy and Re:Common have alleged in their climate lawsuit — Italy’s first — that despite knowing at least as early as 1970 that burning fossil fuels posed a serious climate risk, Eni went on to promote “natural” –- or methane – gas as a safe energy source for decades.

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The Business Roundtable’s statement of purpose, one year on

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While many companies have stepped up in some fashion to address the urgency of the moment, few have done so in ways that could help advance the kinds of long-term structural changes needed to ensure that the organization's lofty statement has enduring impact. First, a refresher.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

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The implications and ingenuity of the suit gave the people of Kivalina an international media platform to raise awareness of their ongoing fight to survive the perils of climate change. That impact carries over directly into the climate change context,” he concluded. Fighting for Justice.

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Shareholder Activism Faces Big Oil Obstruction Playbook When Pushing for Climate Action

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In the context of oil and gas companies, shareholder activism takes on “added significance” and has a “unique role” in driving real climate action by Big Oil, Benson said. This is “due to the sector’s role in driving global warming, and the seismic risks that climate change and the energy transition present to the industry,” he explained.

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Cook Islands UN Negotiator Paid $700k by Shipping Industry Lobby Group

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Campaigners said the revelation was a “slap in the face” for those suffering the effects of climate change in the South Pacific, where the archipelago is located. ‘Full Confidence’ of Cook Islands.