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Bill McKibben Arrested Exposing Exxons Unparalleled Evil
2015-10-17 17:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Environmental activist and 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben was arrested on Thursday after staging a protest at a gas station in Burlington, Vermont to bring attention to Exxon Mobil`s decades-long efforts to undermine climate action for the corporation`s own gain--a strategy he called "unparalleled evil" in an op-ed for the Guardian on Wednesday. McKibben blocked a gas pump at Simon`s Quick Stop and Deli Mobile station, armed with a sign that read, "This pump temporarily closed because Exxon...
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With Solo Arrest, Bill McKibben Spotlights Exxon's 'Unparalleled Evil'
2015-10-16 19:49:11| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Environmental activist and 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben was arrested on Thursday after staging a protest at a gas station in Burlington, Vermont to bring attention to Exxon Mobil's decades-long efforts to undermine climate action for the corporation's own gain-a strategy he called "unparalleled evil" in an op-ed for the Guardian on Wednesday. McKibben blocked a gas pump at Simon's Quick Stop and Deli Mobile station, armed with a sign that read, "This pump temporarily closed because Exxon Mobil lied about climate " with a link to a Tumblr page explaining his actions.
Exxons climate concealment
2015-10-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: MILLIONS of Americans once wanted to smoke. Then they came to understand how deadly tobacco products were. Tragically, that understanding was long delayed because the tobacco industry worked for decades to hide the truth, promoting a message of scientific uncertainty instead. The same thing has happened with climate change, as Inside Climate News, a nonprofit news organization, has been reporting in a series of articles based on internal documents from Exxon Mobil dating from the 1970s and interviews...
Exxon's own research confirmed fossil fuels' role in global warming decades ago
2015-09-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: At a meeting in Exxon Corporation's headquarters, a senior company scientist named James F. Black addressed an audience of powerful oilmen. Speaking without a text as he flipped through detailed slides, Black delivered a sobering message: carbon dioxide from the world's use of fossil fuels would warm the planet and could eventually endanger humanity. "In the first place, there is general scientific agreement that the most likely manner in which mankind is influencing the global climate is through...
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Cost, length of Exxon's cleanup still unclear after deal
2015-08-30 18:04:46| Energy - Topix.net
The $225 million settlement between ExxonMobil and New Jersey reached this week confirms the oil giant must clean up more than 1,500 contaminated properties from gas stations to refineries - but exactly how much they'll spend or how long it'll take remains murky. Tuesday's settlement between New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection and ExxonMobil is a payment for the public's loss of the use of land but the oil company is also required to clean up the sites, which include oil refineries in Bayonne and Linden, 16 other facilities and roughly 1,700 retail gas stations across New Jersey.
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