New Jersey sues fossil fuel companies over climate change, citing 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy – The Philadelphia Inquirer
New Jersey officials announced Tuesday that the state has filed suit against five fossil fuel companies, accusing the multinationals of a pattern of “obfuscation and delay” that “lasted decades” in deceiving residents and ultimately resulting in catastrophic storm and flood…
Book review of “The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far-Right conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change” by Geoff Dembicki – The Washington Post
Listen 7 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article In November 1959 Edward Teller, “the father of the hydrogen bomb,” told a group of oil company executives and scientists gathered at Columbia University that continued burning of fossil fuels…
Oil Executives Privately Contradicted Public Statements on Climate, Files Show – The New York Times
Documents obtained by congressional investigators show that oil industry executives privately downplayed their companies’ own public messages about efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and weakened industry-wide commitments to push for climate policies. Internal Exxon documents show that the oil…
Big Oil’s new strategy in climate cases: Cite Captain Planet – E&E News
The oil and gas industry is citing “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” in an effort to dismiss one of nearly two dozen lawsuits that accuse the industry of deceiving the public about the dangers…
How Republicans Are ‘Weaponizing’ Public Office Against Climate Action – The New York Times
Like Ms. Omarova, Ms. Raskin withdrew her nomination. “Sarah was subject to baseless attacks from industry and conservative interest groups,” Mr. Biden said in a statement. The treasurers have also set their sights on new federal rules and regulations intended…
How Joe Manchin Doomed the Democrats’ Climate Plan – The New York Times
WASHINGTON — First, he killed a plan that would have forced power plants to clean up their climate-warming pollution. Then, he shattered an effort to help consumers pay for electric vehicles. And, finally, he said he could not support government…
Manchin, Playing to the Home Crowd, Is Fighting Electric Cars to the End
WASHINGTON — Senator Joe Manchin III’s opposition to government incentives for electric vehicles is a sticking point in negotiations over President Biden’s tax and spending package — talks that appear to be coming to a head this week after months…
Time running out on global warming [letter] | Letters To The Editor | lancasteronline.com – LNP | LancasterOnline
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 to restrict the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate carbon emissions. This is obviously what the Koch brothers have been fighting for over 50 years to accomplish with their fossil…
Biden DOE Report Shows Massive Oil-And-Gas Job Losses
The Biden administration published its annual U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) Tuesday, showing large fossil fuel industry job losses. The Department of Energy (DOE) report found that the fuels technology sector experienced job losses totaling 29,271 jobs in 2021,…
Amid Record Gas Prices, Biden Blows Off Oil Execs For Big Wind CEOs
The White House on Thursday faced a barrage of questions about whether President Biden is doing enough to address record gas prices after he skipped a summit with oil executives and instead met with wind-industry leaders. “When I think environment,…
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