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

DeSmogBlog

As the science connecting climate change to more frequent and severe weather events becomes clearer, there is mounting evidence that members of the fossil fuel industry coordinated to downplay that link — evidence that could be valuable to lawsuits seeking accountability.

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Hoboken Lodges First State-Level Racketeering Charge in Big Oil Climate Lawsuit

DeSmogBlog

Hoboken is making this claim against fossil fuel companies under the state-level equivalent of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, a federal law used successfully to prosecute organized crime groups such as the Mafia starting in the 1970s and later the tobacco industry. Joseph Davis, via DVIDSHUB , CC BY 2.0

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House Committee Poised for Potential Subpoena of PR Firm for Climate Disinformation

DeSmogBlog

consulting and PR firm, with a long history of waging influence campaigns for fossil fuel corporations, is under scrutiny by a congressional committee as part of a broader investigation into the decades-long efforts by the oil industry and its allies to block action on the climate crisis. A powerful Washington, D.C.,

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CISL launches handbook to help businesses translate nature loss into financial risk

Business Green

However, integrating an understanding of the links between biodiversity loss and financial risk into business practices and policymaking remains a substantial challenge. And liability risk stems from the threat of litigation.

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Phantom Gas and Missing Documents Reveal Gaps in Utility Oversight

DeSmogBlog

In a separate complaint, Dye also urged OPUC staff to follow up on alleged deficiencies in NW Natural’s gas meter testing practices the agency previously overlooked when it investigated the company’s meter testing program in 2005. Regulators and Utilities Increasingly in the Spotlight.

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EPA Will Not Require Financial Assurances From Electric Power Sector

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

EPA’s electric power sector proposal follows nearly ten years of litigation filed by environmental non-governmental organizations (eNGOs) and resulting court-ordered EPA rulemaking. Moreover, pending litigation challenging EPA’s 2018 findings creates uncertainty regarding how a court will view EPA’s authority under this provision.

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EPA Will Not Require Financial Assurances From Electric Power Sector

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

EPA’s electric power sector proposal follows nearly ten years of litigation filed by environmental non-governmental organizations (eNGOs) and resulting court-ordered EPA rulemaking. Moreover, pending litigation challenging EPA’s 2018 findings creates uncertainty regarding how a court will view EPA’s authority under this provision.