Showing posts with label ExxonMobil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ExxonMobil. Show all posts

Sunday, September 29, 2024

ExxonMobil Accused of “Deceptively” Promoting Chemical Recycling as a Solution for the Plastics Crisis (ProPublica)

The California attorney general’s lawsuit, which cites ProPublica reporting, alleges that products made with Exxon’s process contain only a small fraction of the recycled plastic that they claim to have.


Saturday, September 16, 2023

New files shed light on ExxonMobil’s efforts to undermine climate science

Many of the newly released documents date back to the 2006-16 tenure of former chief executive Rex Tillerson, who oversaw a major shift in the company's climate messaging. In 2006, Exxon publicly accepted that the climate crisis posed risks, and it went on to support the Paris agreement. Yet behind closed doors, the company behaved differently, the documents show...

Sunday, March 26, 2023

In Blow to Koch and Exxon, Federal Judges Say Minnesota Climate Suit Belongs in State Court

"Big Oil companies have fought relentlessly to avoid facing the evidence of their climate fraud in state court, but once again judges have unanimously rejected their arguments," said Wiles. "After years of Big Oil's delay tactics, it's time for the people of Minnesota to have their day in court."…


Friday, March 24, 2023

Minnesota Wins Key Ruling Against Big Oil in Climate Lawsuit

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today handed Minnesota a major victory in its climate fraud lawsuit against ExxonMobil, Koch Industries, and the American Petroleum Institute. In a unanimous ruling, the federal appeals court agreed with a lower court that the state's lawsuit — which seeks to hold the companies accountable for lying to consumers about their role in the climate crisis — can proceed in state court, where it was filed…

Friday, November 11, 2022

Oil and gas greenhouse emissions ‘three times higher’ than producers claim

Oil and gas companies were the worst of all sectors for under-reporting emissions, said Gore. "For the oil and gas sector it is consistent with their public relations strategy and their lobbying strategy. All of their efforts are designed to buy themselves more time before they stop destroying the future of humanity." 
He pointed to ExxonMobil, which was discovered to have disguised what it knew about global heating. "They engaged in industrial scale lying to publics around the world, even though they had information of their own notifying them that they were being dishonest. I do think that they have committed the moral equivalent of war crimes," he said...


Friday, July 2, 2021

ExxonMobil lobbyists filmed saying oil giant’s support for carbon tax a PR ploy | US news | The Guardian

…Two senior lobbyists based in Washington told an undercover reporter for Unearthed, the investigative journalism branch of Greenpeace, that they worked to undermine Joe Biden's plans to limit greenhouse emissions and other environmental measures in his infrastructure bill…









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