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Climate change lawsuits are gaining ground
Climate

Big Oil faces ‘massive monetary liability’ as U.S. climate lawsuits move forward

by Emily Sanders

Fossil fuel allies are scrambling to avoid a "day of reckoning" as several climate deception lawsuits advance toward trial

Oil and gas misinformation is being promoted in Canadian classrooms
Climate

How Big Oil promotes climate change misinformation in Canadian schools

by Gaye Taylor

A new report shows how fossil fuel companies are influencing education in Canada

Climate

World’s largest ad firm accused of enabling pollution in first-of-its-kind complaint at OECD

by Ellen Ormesher

Climate campaigners charge that UK-based WPP has become the "chief propagandist" for major polluters like BP and Shell, along with carmakers, airlines,

Climate/Fall 2024

How Big Oil has infiltrated universities and shaped climate research

by Rick Spence

In the first study of its kind, researchers expose the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign to bury the truth by cozying up

Climate

Vermont is on the cusp of making Big Oil pay for climate disasters

by Sachi Kitajima Mulkey and Syris Valentine

If a new bill survives inevitable legal challenges, the state would become the first in the nation to make fossil fuel companies

Climate/Winter 2024

How Big Oil's spin doctors are influencing influencers

by Naomi Buck

Pro-oil marketing is being baked into our social media feeds and infiltrating climate conferences. But efforts are ramping up to shut it

Climate/Fall 2023

Turning point: Oil-heavy California sues Big Oil and adopts sweeping climate disclosure rules

by Rick Spence

In a watershed moment, California signs Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and two landmark corporate climate-disclosure bills while launching lawsuits against oil companies

Big Oil continues to bet against 1.5°C climate increase -- rising thermostat
Climate Crisis/Summer 2022

With 1.5°C looming, UN launches plan to jump-start renewables

by Alex Robinson

As report finds 12 of the largest oil companies continue to bet against a climate-safe future, UN launches roadmap to jump-start the

Gas flaring. Torch against the sky.
Climate Crisis

Methane burning through global carbon budget

by Shawn McCarthy

While industry hails the staying power of natural gas, a new IPCC report calls for rapid GHG reductions to limit warming

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