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American fishers want to sue big oil for killing their trade. But there’s a catch
Nov 22, 2021 15:58The environmental harm brought by rising ocean temperatures has severely undercut fishing seasons and supplies, at a steep cost to the industry. And so in response to years of setbacks, American union leaders pursued a novel strategy to reclaim lost earnings: by going after one of the culprits responsible for driving global temperatures.
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One in four US senators still hold fossil fuel investments even as world burns
Nov 08, 2021 16:08Reporting reveals the households of at least 28 US senators own a combined minimum of $3.7 million and as much as $12.6 million in fossil fuel assets.
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Shell and BP paid zero tax on North Sea gas and oil for three years
Nov 01, 2021 16:01Shell and BP, which together produce more than 1.7bn tonnes of greenhouse gases a year, have not paid any corporation tax on oil and gas production in the North Sea for the last three years.
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US fossil fuel companies paying top law firms millions to ‘dodge responsibility’
Oct 11, 2021 15:41According to a “climate scorecard” published in August, over the last five years, the 100 top ranked law firms in the US facilitated $1.36tn of fossil fuel transactions, represented fossil fuel clients in 358 legal cases and received $35m in compensation for their work to assist fossil fuel industry lobbying.
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US officials knew of California oil spill 12 hours before cleanup began
Oct 07, 2021 10:35Records show more than 12 hours passed after American officials were notified of a sheen on the water off the coast of southern California before a response to the Huntington Beach oil spill began
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‘A perfect storm’: Supply chain crisis could blow world economy off course
Oct 03, 2021 10:17From Liverpool to Los Angles, shortages of energy, labour and transport are threatening recovery from COVID 19.
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Boris Johnson puts Army on standby amid fuel supply crisis
Sep 29, 2021 13:46Britain's Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has ordered the Army to remain on standby to help fuel reach petrol stations hit by panic buying, as Labour Party Leader, Keir Starmer and businesses called on him to get a grip on the shortages rippling across the economy.
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F.B.I. identifies group behind pipeline hack
May 12, 2021 16:28US President Joe Biden said on Monday (May 10) that the United States would “disrupt and prosecute” a criminal gang of hackers called DarkSide, which the F.B.I. formally blamed for a huge ransomware attack that has disrupted the flow of nearly half of the gasoline and jet fuel supplies to the East Coast.
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Majority of voters want government to rein in Wall Street’s climate destruction: Poll
Apr 16, 2021 08:35Recent studies have shown that Wall Street is a primary driver of the climate emergency. The world's 60 largest banks have poured more than $3.8 trillion into the fossil fuel industry since the Paris agreement was signed in 2015.
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Several ways Chevron imperils climate, human rights, and racial justice
Apr 08, 2021 08:38According to an analysis by Richard Heede published by The Guardian in 2019, Chevron is responsible for more carbon emissions since 1965 than any other investor-owned fossil fuel company.