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The Climate Docket retweeted
The oil companies argue that b/c they operated w/leases issued by the fed. gov. they were acting as “federal officers” & therefore the case belongs in federal court.
As it turns out, Barrett’s father may have worked on some of those lease agreements.
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The Climate Docket retweeted
Climate Suits Grew in 2020, Could Clear Huge Hurdle in 2021 climatedocket.com/2020/12/30… via @ClimateDocket
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Check out @WeAreDrilled in @Stitcher's Roadtrip Ready collection! Season 5 is the perfect binge listen for your holiday break: The story of Chevron's oil spills in Ecuador, the resulting trial, and what the case says about the power of oil companies.
Stitcher.com/show/drilled
The Climate Docket retweeted
Baltimore: Supreme Court Should Not Broaden Appeals to Favor Oil Companies climatedocket.com/2020/12/16… via @ClimateDocket
The Climate Docket retweeted
NEW piece from @ClimateDocket explores ALEC’s Public Nuisance Reform Act draft that will "to make climate liability and other lawsuits based on public nuisance laws nearly impossible.”
#ALECExposed #ClimateEmergency
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The Climate Docket retweeted
NEW piece from @ClimateDocket explores ALEC’s Public Nuisance Reform Act draft that will "to make climate liability and other lawsuits based on public nuisance laws nearly impossible.”
#ALECExposed #ClimateEmergency
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The Climate Docket retweeted
Great reporting by @HirokoTabuchi on FTI Consulting, which staffs & runs the pro-industry site Energy In Depth.
"Former employees familiar with Energy In Depth said the site’s content had direction from Exxon Mobil."
nytimes.com/2020/11/11/clima…
The Climate Docket retweeted
NEW: A female scientist at General Motors researched climate change in the 1960s. Male executives dismissed her findings. Did sexism play a role? eenews.net/stories/106371723…
The Climate Docket retweeted
Instead of warning the public, they chose to join the Global Climate Coalition, which worked to deny/delay action on climate change.
INVESTIGATION: Exclusive: GM, Ford knew about climate change 50 years ago eenews.net/stories/106371703… by @maxinejoselow via @EENewsUpdates
The Climate Docket retweeted
Paul, Weiss (which represents Exxon) and Gibson, Dunn (which represents Chevron) are among the firms worsening the climate crisis, according to new research by @Ls4Ca
climatedocket.com/2020/10/01… via @ClimateDocket
The Climate Docket retweeted
Why a Tidal Wave of Climate Lawsuits Looms Over the Fossil Fuel Industry scl.io/MZQOijF via @DeSmogBlog
The Climate Docket retweeted
Delaware's "is the third recent climate change-related lawsuit to name the API, the most powerful oil and gas trade association in the country, as a defendant." @mathsavage @ClimateDocket climatedocket.com/2020/09/10…
Great new blog by @kathy_mulvey from @UCSUSA on why trade groups must be challenged for the harmful role they play in the US' efforts to tackle #ClimateChange
blog.ucsusa.org/kathy-mulvey…
The Climate Docket retweeted
"Funding for backfilling projects like this could depend on how the state rules on a number of environmental lawsuits looking to hold the oil and gas industry financially accountable for damage done to the coast."
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The Climate Docket retweeted
The economic costs associated with the 2020 fires are still unknown, but by all estimates, the amount spent by municipalities to contain the fires is staggering. #Wildfires @ClimateDocket buff.ly/3jBPkVF
The Climate Docket retweeted
The city alleges ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, BP, Shell, Chevron, Phillips 66 and the American Petroleum Institute have known for decades that their products drive climate change but deliberately deceived the public about those risks.
climatedocket.com/2020/09/02… via @ClimateDocket
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As Climate-Fueled Wildfires Worsen, Communities Wrestle With Paying the Costs climatedocket.com/2020/08/31… via @climatelawnews
The Climate Docket retweeted
Tens of thousands of Californians fled their homes last week to escape wildfires, an ongoing disaster exacerbated by climate change.
Municipalities that filed climate liability suits say they've been stalled for 3 yrs by meritless appeals, say it's time for them to proceed.
As California Burns, Cities Push for Climate Suits to Proceed climatedocket.com/2020/08/24… via @ClimateDocket
The Climate Docket retweeted
The companies, including Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP and Shell, are trying (again) to stop a group of California climate liability lawsuits from proceed in state court.
Big Oil Again Asks Ninth Circuit to Halt California Climate Cases climatedocket.com/2020/08/11… via @ClimateDocket
The Climate Docket retweeted
Read all about Biden's climate strategy on WaPo's "Energy202", brought to you by ... the American Fuel Petrochemical Manufacturers.
Worth noting that even oil giants Total & Shell have quit the AFPM over the trade groups' view on climate change.
The Climate Docket retweeted
NEW via @ClimateDocket "A model bill written by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), ostensibly in response to the COVID-19 crisis, could have big implications for climate liability litigation."
#ALECExposed #ClimateEmergency
climatedocket.com/2020/07/31…