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MARCH 31, 2022

The US House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to testify about their role and subpoenaing their companies for internal documents.

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As we now know, fossil fuel companies lied about it for decades to protect their profits. Now that there is a desperate need to slash global warming emissions worldwide to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, it is critical to rapidly phase out the use of all fossil fuels. What accounts for that?

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That’s a far cry from just six years ago, when EVs were considered a niche technology (and the fossil fuel baron Charles Koch and his minions wanted to keep it that way). Since 2010, the state’s clean vehicle rebate program has issued half a million rebates totaling $1.2 California is also a leader in EV tax incentives.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

of the world’s total carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion, many airlines are considering carbon-capture-and-storage technologies and electric-powered planes. Since 2020, Neste has picked up used cooking oil from 252 of the fast-food restaurants and refines it into fuel. With the sector contributing 2.8%

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Last year, the Environmental Working Group, a Washington-based research organization, counted 476 harmful blooms in 41 states, five times higher than in 2010. . From 2017 to 2019, the agency counted 321 emergency department visits related to harmful algal bloom exposure. million from 1978 to 2017. million from 1978 to 2017.

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JUNE 1, 2022

Japan’s dependency on fossil fuel s had been slightly declining until 2010. But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels. In September 2017, in Sendai Citizens v.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

percent annually of total global fossil fuel emissions. Construction of the plant began in 2010; by 2017, the plant was still not in service and the costs had risen to $7.6 If the intent is to reduce our carbon emissions, using captured carbon to produce more fossil fuels is simply not a reasonable solution.

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MARCH 13, 2024

On March 7, the Independent Fiscal Office issued its latest Pennsylvania Electricity update that reports the electricity grid is dependent on one fuel for 59% of the state’s electricity generation-- natural gas-- followed by nuclear power-- 31.9%, coal-- 5.4% In 2010, the mix was 48% coal, 34% nuclear, 15% gas and 2% renewables.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company. Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005).

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company. Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005).

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JANUARY 25, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company. Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005).

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). In the Niger River Delta, the company was responsible for an average of 2,976 spills a week between 1976 to 1991, on the land of the Ogoni people.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). In the Niger River Delta, the company was responsible for an average of 2,976 spills a week between 1976 to 1991, on the land of the Ogoni people.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company. Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005).

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JANUARY 4, 2024

VW's Slovak workers strike over pay, halt production lines Tatiana Jancarikova | Reuters | June 20, 2017 Volkswagen was hit by its first ever strike in Slovakia on Tuesday as workers began a walkout to demand a higher pay increase which could hurt the central European country's manufacturing output.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

VW's Slovak workers strike over pay, halt production lines Tatiana Jancarikova | Reuters | June 20, 2017 Volkswagen was hit by its first ever strike in Slovakia on Tuesday as workers began a walkout to demand a higher pay increase which could hurt the central European country's manufacturing output.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

VW's Slovak workers strike over pay, halt production lines Tatiana Jancarikova | Reuters | June 20, 2017 Volkswagen was hit by its first ever strike in Slovakia on Tuesday as workers began a walkout to demand a higher pay increase which could hurt the central European country's manufacturing output.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

VW's Slovak workers strike over pay, halt production lines Tatiana Jancarikova | Reuters | June 20, 2017 Volkswagen was hit by its first ever strike in Slovakia on Tuesday as workers began a walkout to demand a higher pay increase which could hurt the central European country's manufacturing output.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

VW's Slovak workers strike over pay, halt production lines Tatiana Jancarikova | Reuters | June 20, 2017 Volkswagen was hit by its first ever strike in Slovakia on Tuesday as workers began a walkout to demand a higher pay increase which could hurt the central European country's manufacturing output. By Jilil Kashgary for RFA Uyghur 2023.12.07

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JANUARY 4, 2024

VW's Slovak workers strike over pay, halt production lines Tatiana Jancarikova | Reuters | June 20, 2017 Volkswagen was hit by its first ever strike in Slovakia on Tuesday as workers began a walkout to demand a higher pay increase which could hurt the central European country's manufacturing output.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

VW's Slovak workers strike over pay, halt production lines Tatiana Jancarikova | Reuters | June 20, 2017 Volkswagen was hit by its first ever strike in Slovakia on Tuesday as workers began a walkout to demand a higher pay increase which could hurt the central European country's manufacturing output.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

VW's Slovak workers strike over pay, halt production lines Tatiana Jancarikova | Reuters | June 20, 2017 Volkswagen was hit by its first ever strike in Slovakia on Tuesday as workers began a walkout to demand a higher pay increase which could hurt the central European country's manufacturing output.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 5, 2023

2017) ; Lunn et al. 2017) ; Laidre et al. This kind of closed loop, circular reasoning is inappropriate when addressing the impacts of a massive fossil fuel project. See, e.g., IPCC AR6 WGI Ch.3 3 ; Laidre et al. 2018) ; Tartu et al. 2018) ; Aars et al. 2016) ; Derocher et al. 2011) ; Regehr et al.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

VW's Slovak workers strike over pay, halt production lines Tatiana Jancarikova | Reuters | June 20, 2017 Volkswagen was hit by its first ever strike in Slovakia on Tuesday as workers began a walkout to demand a higher pay increase which could hurt the central European country's manufacturing output.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

USA: Raytheon workers hold 'informational picket,' demand better benefits from corporation Paul Tennant | Eagle Tribune | September 20, 2017 Raytheon production employees, whose contract is due to expire Saturday morning, are demanding better medical coverage from the prominent missile manufacturer.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

USA: Raytheon workers hold 'informational picket,' demand better benefits from corporation Paul Tennant | Eagle Tribune | September 20, 2017 Raytheon production employees, whose contract is due to expire Saturday morning, are demanding better medical coverage from the prominent missile manufacturer.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Enbridge, like many other fossil fuel companies, has well funded PR teams that expertly craft marketing campaigns to give the appearance that the company is willing to work alongside Indigenous communities and act as partners in good faith. In October 2019, the Tribal Council passed another resolution reiterating their 2017 decision.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Tyler Larson was diagnosed in 2010 with neurofibroma sarcoma, which resulted in tumors on nerve endings. So does fossil fuel combustion. At the maximum, nitrate in Aurora is just below the federal standard, though the town did exceed the 10 parts per million (ppm) threshold in the summer of 2017, registering 11.4

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

government $265 million plus interest for over-billing on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and in 2010 it was ordered to repay the U.S. USA: Lockheed agrees to pay feds $10M for Marietta overcharges to Air Force and Navy Rhonda Cook | The Atlanta-Journal Constitution | December 10, 2010 According to the U.S. million to a Dutch prince.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The Department of Planning denied the Rocky Hill Coal Project application in December 2017, after reviewing the associated environmental impact report. federal courts considering municipal suits against fossil fuel companies for climate-related damages. An Overview of the Case. defended the government’s denial of the permit.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

Yaw noted the IEO would be modeled after Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office , which was created by Act 120 of 2010, and Act 100 of 2016. However, it is Pennsylvania’s increasing dependence on natural gas for electricity generation that broke the one-third, one-third, one-third fuel mix Sen. Yaw praised.

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JUNE 12, 2023

USA: Raytheon workers hold 'informational picket,' demand better benefits from corporation Paul Tennant | Eagle Tribune | September 20, 2017 Raytheon production employees, whose contract is due to expire Saturday morning, are demanding better medical coverage from the prominent missile manufacturer.

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JUNE 12, 2023

USA: Raytheon workers hold 'informational picket,' demand better benefits from corporation Paul Tennant | Eagle Tribune | September 20, 2017 Raytheon production employees, whose contract is due to expire Saturday morning, are demanding better medical coverage from the prominent missile manufacturer.

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JUNE 12, 2023

USA: Raytheon workers hold 'informational picket,' demand better benefits from corporation Paul Tennant | Eagle Tribune | September 20, 2017 Raytheon production employees, whose contract is due to expire Saturday morning, are demanding better medical coverage from the prominent missile manufacturer.

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JUNE 12, 2023

USA: Raytheon workers hold 'informational picket,' demand better benefits from corporation Paul Tennant | Eagle Tribune | September 20, 2017 Raytheon production employees, whose contract is due to expire Saturday morning, are demanding better medical coverage from the prominent missile manufacturer.

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JUNE 12, 2023

USA: Raytheon workers hold 'informational picket,' demand better benefits from corporation Paul Tennant | Eagle Tribune | September 20, 2017 Raytheon production employees, whose contract is due to expire Saturday morning, are demanding better medical coverage from the prominent missile manufacturer.

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JUNE 12, 2023

USA: Raytheon workers hold 'informational picket,' demand better benefits from corporation Paul Tennant | Eagle Tribune | September 20, 2017 Raytheon production employees, whose contract is due to expire Saturday morning, are demanding better medical coverage from the prominent missile manufacturer.

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