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Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill

Corp Watch

The case was settled in 2014 after Argentina paid Repsol $5 billion. The Local | December 14, 2014 Protesters plunged half-naked into the icy sea and unfurled banners Saturday to try to stop oil prospecting near Spain's Canary Islands, a major tourist destination. Campaigning against oil exploration near the Canary islands.

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Debunking five myths that oil and gas executives want you to believe

Enviromental Defense

This blog is co-authored with Alienor Rougeot, Climate and Energy Program Manager Two prominent figures of Canada’s oil and gas industry were recently on Global TV’s politics show, The West Block with Mercedes Stephenson, where they spread a bunch of misinformation and half truths. Who are the executives who spread the misinformation?

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Toyota SUV adverts banned in UK on environmental grounds

Corp Watch

billion in 2014 to the U.S. million yuan in 2019 over price-fixing on Lexus cars in eastern Jiangsu province. million yuan over Lexus price-fixing Reuters | December 27, 2019 China's market regulator on Friday has fined Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor 7203.T SEC 2019) Toyota Motor Corporation Subsidiaries (via U.S.

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Analysis: Why TV and film scripts need to stop ignoring the climate crisis?

A Greener Life

According to a 2019 report by the Motion Picture Association, there were 1.4 Lack of nuance and depth of the causes and solutions of the climate crisis, such as the role of the fossil fuel industry, the systemic and structural barriers, the social and behavioural changes, and the political and economic transformations.

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BP projects have helped fund Azerbaijan military aggression, say campaigners

Corp Watch

Most Recent Annual Revenue $282.616 billion (2019) Most Recent Annual Revenue Link Source Most Recent Net Income $4.025 billion (2019) Most Recent Net Income Link Source Stock Exchange Tickers LSE: BP, FWB: BPE, NSYE: BP Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list. They were joined by members from they Chicago Teachers Union.

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

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Shell faces lawsuit from climate change activists over fossil fuels Reuters | April 5, 2019 Environmentalist and human rights groups said on Friday they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels.

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

We have examined the effect of the geographical distribution of measurements in a study that was cited by New Scientist in 2019 , and we found that the uneven distribution of thermometer measurements can give a misleading impression that the perceived warming rate has been slower than the actual global warming.

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