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Big Oil faces a flood of climate lawsuits — and they’re moving closer to trial

Grist

It’s been six years since cities in California started the trend of taking Big Oil to court for deceiving the public about the consequences of burning fossil fuels. Oil companies were trying to move them from the state courts in which they were filed to federal courts, a more business-friendly setting. Last year, the U.S.

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

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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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This coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic

GreenBiz

Foret tapped into some skills she learned seven decades ago. During trapping season, the family lived in a wood-frame house, insulated with newspaper and illuminated with coal-oil lamps. They ate what they grew and hunted: garden vegetables; ducks; and the coots French-speaking Louisianans call pouldeau.

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Where Does All The Radioactive Fracking Waste Go?

DeSmogBlog

On May 8, 2017, a drum of radioactive oilfield waste from Australia arrived at a remote West Texas disposal site operated by local oil and gas environmental services company, Lotus LLC. The oil and gas industry produces an extraordinary amount of waste. Much of it is toxic, and it can be highly radioactive too. Who Is Lotus LLC?

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Internal Documents Show Big Oil PR Messages Still ‘Mislead’ Public on Climate

DeSmogBlog

The oil majors routinely spend heavily on advertising climate solutions that many scientists, environmental groups, and other experts have long questioned. But the congressional documents also point to skepticism from within the oil companies themselves, highlighting the gap between their public and private statements.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Some have helped with disaster relief. Others have lost their own homes to natural disasters. Please share our delight as we introduce this promising group of young leaders below, in alphabetical order. Just keep doing what you’re doing, and others can recognize that passion. Zack Angelini, 29. Deonna Anderson.

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This coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic

AGreenLiving

Foret tapped into some skills she learned seven decades ago. During trapping season, the family lived in a wood-frame house, insulated with newspaper and illuminated with coal-oil lamps. They ate what they grew and hunted: garden vegetables; ducks; and the coots French-speaking Louisianans call pouldeau.