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The Exxon shakedown over climate change
2016-07-11 01:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Times: Liberal attorneys general from 17 states have put a big red bullseye on the chest of big oil. Their bizarre claim is that for years energy companies fraudulently covered up their knowledge that greenhouse gases from fossil fuels cause catastrophic climate change. The most recent chapter of this witch hunt is a remarkable subpoena filed by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, which would require ExxonMobil to turn over 40 years of internal company documents. It also demands that ExxonMobil...
As Exxon ramps up support of carbon tax, imagine the possibilities
2016-07-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dallas News: Mention Exxon Mobil, and environmentalists will immediately remind you of the firm's embarrassing reputation as an opponent of clean energy and denier of climate change. The company's scientists warned as far back as the 1970s that carbon dioxide from fossil fuels posed a danger to the planet. Yet the company ignored the warning and for decades publicly denied that a problem existed. Now a Wall Street Journal story last week offers a hopeful new role for the Irving-based energy conglomerate....
Environmentalist accuses former Alaska AG of protecting Exxon from climate change lawsuits
2016-07-07 07:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KTUU: An Alaska environmentalist is accusing the Walker administration and a former Attorney General of trying to protect Exxon from lawsuits over climate change. Rick Steiner with the group Oasis Earth said he obtained a letter signed last month by the Attorneys General of 13 states, including previous Alaska Attorney General Craig Richards. The letter urges an end to lawsuits that claim Exxon committed fraud by concealing its scientific knowledge about the impacts of climate changes. "It is outrageous...
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Exxon Mobil makes oil discovery from Liza-2 well in offshore Guyana
2016-07-04 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Exxon Mobil has made an oil discovery from Liza-2, the second exploration well in the Stabroek block in offshore Guyana.
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Why Exxon Mobil is now lobbying for a carbon tax
2016-06-30 12:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: In an attempt to combat climate change, the worlds largest publicly traded oil company is asking to be taxed. Exxon Mobil is lobbying the rest of the American industry, as well as Capitol Hill, for a revenue-neutral carbon tax, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Exxon has welcomed a tax on carbon emissions since 2009. But December's Paris Agreement, aimed specifically at keeping most fossil fuel reserves in the ground, has prompted the company to increase its efforts over the past six...
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