Federal Court Order: Explosive DOT-111 ‘Bomb Train’ Oil Tank Cars Can Continue to Roll
While the industry promised to phase-out DOT-111s, these “bomb trains” continue to roll through towns and cities across the U.S. It seems their promise has rung hollow.
As New York takes Exxon to court, Big Oil’s strategy against climate lawsuits is...
“Through the 2000s and 2010s, ExxonMobil used proxies, employed other indirect means, and itself continued to make statements that cast doubt on the role of fossil fuels in causing climate change.”
How climate change will affect real lives — now and in the future
To better understand future climate projections, let’s look at how they may play out in the life of someone born in 2000.
Running on Green New Deal and economic justice, socialists prevail in Spain’s snap election
"Sánchez came out in support of the U.S. Green New Deal – sometimes translated as 'El New Deal Verde' or 'El Green New Deal de España' – in January and has campaigned on it throughout the election."
Flush with record profits, Exxon sues to block EU windfall tax
Exxon has also been rewarding its top executives, boosting the annual salary of CEO Darren Woods from $1.70 million to $1.88 million for the coming year.
It’s not just Brazil’s Amazon rainforest that’s ablaze – Bolivian fires are threatening people...
Up to 800,000 hectares of the unique Chiquitano forest were burned to the ground in Bolivia between August 18 and August 23. That’s more...
Interior Sec. Zinke blames ‘radical environmentalists,’ not climate change, as 100+ wildfires rage
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wrote an op-ed last week in USA Today about forest management on public lands that blamed “radical environmentalists” for the fires.
New bill seeks to ban fracking in California
“Communities that are already struggling with health outcomes — we’re allowing them to be poisoned, and that's just not OK.”
Top cancerous air pollution sites in US revealed
The worst three are in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley," five of the top 20 are in Texas, and predominantly Black areas experience double the cancer risk of white areas.
How the PR industry has helped Big Oil transform the way we think about...
The role of PR agents has been to create and execute strategies for their clients while remaining completely invisible.