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Inside the viral takedown of Exxon’s Darren Woods
ExxonMobil’s CEO was about to get awarded for “STEM leadership” at a fancy New York luncheon. Then Climate Defiance showed up.
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Maui is suing Big Oil
The county is seeking to recover the costs of climate-fueled disasters Big Oil knowingly caused — including increasingly destructive wildfires.
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Why climate disinformation matters
New reports show just how much influence fossil fuel companies have over how public funds for climate action are spent.
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Why the oil and chemical lobby is taking aim at New York’s plastic waste bill
The bill’s passage could be pivotal in the fight to rein in plastics, and the industry knows it.
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Hoboken brings RICO charges against Big Oil
In a first for climate accountability lawsuits, Hoboken, New Jersey, is charging fossil fuel companies with violating state racketeering laws.
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The law firm helping Big Oil weaponize the First Amendment
Gibson Dunn is “playing both sides” of free speech, using it to defend fossil fuel companies and silence the industry’s critics.
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California opens the floodgates on Big Oil
Attorney General Rob Bonta’s lawsuit against ExxonMobil and other oil giants signals a new era for climate accountability.
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Big Oil’s grip on academia
Fossil fuel disinformation researcher Geoffrey Supran discusses the findings of a new report on the industry’s influence over universities’ climate…
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Before the floods, Vermont sued Big Oil
The climate crisis has taken on new meaning in the Green Mountain State, which is fighting to hold oil giants accountable in court.
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Pacific coast tribes, forced to relocate, are suing Big Oil for climate deception
The Makah and Shoalwater Bay Tribes’ lawsuits could signal a new avenue for tribal governments to recover climate costs from polluters.
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Supreme Court turns down Big Oil, again
An order rejecting oil companies’ request to stop a case filed by Honolulu means climate deception lawsuits "can move more quickly to trial," according…
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Big Oil wants to increase federal criminal penalties for pipeline protests
Fossil fuel companies and trade groups are using essential pipeline safety legislation to further criminalize pipeline protests.
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