Tag: Exxon

With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.

New documents show close coordination between the oil major and a coalition of free-market think tanks at a crucial moment in climate diplomacy.

Superior Court Judge John Farley said that by registering to do business in Connecticut, Exxon Mobil "has consented to jurisdiction" in the state. His decision puts the case one step closer to trial in state court.

A Colorado judge rejects ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy’s attempts to dismiss a lawsuit holding them accountable for climate change-related damages.

"Airtight evidence that Exxon Mobil accurately predicted global warming years before, then turned around and attacked the science underlying it."

Instead the company’s Canadian arm developed a communications plan to make climate solutions like carbon taxes look economically reckless.

The petroleum company is under investigation for misleading the public while exacerbating the global plastic pollution crisis.

Exxon has "a track record of promoting half truths, misrepresentations and in some cases outright lies."

Analysis found links to Exxon, Koch Industries, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, raising concerns about a potential “revolving door,” one campaigner said, between the insurance and fossil fuel industries.

“We are talking about a lack of political will to steer or transition the agricultural sector into a climate-friendly and biodiversity-friendly direction.”