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Shell called out for promoting fossil fuels to youth via Fortnite game

Corp Watch

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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Why Energy Bills Will Be Even Higher This Winter

Union of Concerned Scientists

Our national overreliance on gas is evidently undermining energy access, not strengthening it, as some fossil fuel industry players would want you to believe. These claims just add to the deluge of greenwashing and disinformation from the fossil fuel industry. Don’t believe the industry spin.

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The New EPA Car Rule Doesn’t Violate the Major Questions Doctrine

Legal Planet

The distinction between renewables and fossil fuel generation is stark, and EPA had not previously tried to dictate a utility’s energy source. percent of the MY 2016 fleet and were actually only 2 percent. There’s no such thing as a hybrid wind/coal power plant.

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US oil company ExxonMobil sues to block investors’ climate proposals

Corp Watch

org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution.

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French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

Corp Watch

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

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Mercenary hackers stole data that Exxon later cited in climate lawsuits -US prosecutors

Corp Watch

org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution.

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Oil Giant's AFCON Sponsorship Denounced as Plot to Set Off Carbon Bombs Across Africa

Corp Watch

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

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