The Electrification Movement Will Keep Trainspotters Jumping
The leading global railway supplier Progress Rail is doubling down on the electrification trend with battery-powered electric locomotives and fuel cells, too.
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Exxon, Chevron, & Toyota Are The Largest Anti-Climate Lobbyists, Says InfluenceMap
A new report finds Exxon, Chevron, and Toyota are the leading corporations opposing climate policies.
89% Of Democrats, 42% Of Republicans Believe Big Oil To Blame For Climate Crisis
Oil companies last week stonewalled a House committee hearing investigating their responsibility for climate change.
Big-Shot Lawyers Don’t Understand Steven Donziger’s “Eat Me” Strategy
A couple weeks ago, Steven Donziger was convicted of contempt of court. The maximum sentence for that crime is six months in jail, but people are only rarely ever given jail time for that misdemeanor offense. Despite that, Donziger has been on house arrest for over two years while awaiting … [continued]
Another Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) Project Doesn’t Live Up To Its Targets
Everybody concerned about the climate crisis we are entering would love for some form of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to work wonders. It would be so much easier to avert crisis if we could just capture carbon and re-bury or store it in some energy-efficient, cost-efficient way. But to … [continued]
Big Oil Shows They’re Willing To Bring The Whole House Down To Make A Buck
In a previous article, I covered the unjust court case against environmental justice lawyer Steven Donziger. After beating Texaco (later bought by Chevron) in a foreign court, Chevron took the fight to American courts to seek revenge, employing many questionable tactics that I covered in the article. When accused of … [continued]
Lawyer Steven Donziger Found Guilty By System Set Against Him
Environmental lawyer Steven Donziger was found guilty of criminal contempt by U.S. District Court Judge Loretta Preska Monday for refusing a judge’s order to hand over evidence. In 2011, Donziger won a $9.5 billion lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador on behalf of Indigenous residents and farmers for pollution damage Texaco, … [continued]
Your State Treasurer Has A Lot Of Influence On Climate Action
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By Ortal Ullman, the senior outreach coordinator for the Climate & Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. State treasurers can be the forgotten children of public office. They don’t tend to have the name recognition of a governor or congressperson, and many of … [continued]
A Day Of Superlatives For Climate Advocates & Big Oil
Outlets and analysts used a variety of words and phrases to describe developments in the oil and gas sector yesterday, but the consensus was clear: rebel shareholders won breakthrough victories over Exxon and Chevron while a Dutch court wrecked Shell. (Some outlets were even more succinct.) All told, it was a breakthrough, no good, very bad, watershed day of reckoning … [continued]
A Bad Day At Black Rock For Big Oil!
The oil industry took three punches to the jaw on Wednesday, as courts and investors opposed their “go slow on climate change” approach.
