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Big oil uncovered

Reporting on the efforts to hold the fossil fuel industry, and its enablers, accountable for the climate crisis, and investigating attempts to disrupt the transition to clean power. Read earlier reporting in the Climate crimes series

28 June 2024

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    Colorado oil and gas wells can’t fund their own cleanup. Taxpayers may foot the bill

    A Carbon Tracker report shows the cost to safely shut down low-producing wells is $3bn more than what they earn

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    Plastics companies blocked mitigation efforts and may have broken US laws – study

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    Lawyers could charge big oil with homicide after 2023 Arizona heatwave

21 June 2024

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    Elected officials in sweltering US states prioritizing fossil fuel cash over people

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    Youth activists win ‘unprecedented’ climate settlement in Hawaii

17 June 2024

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    Stanford disappoints critics of fossil fuel donations by hiring PR firm with big oil ties

    University hires Brunswick Group amid anger from campus organizers at its sustainability school’s funding

10 June 2024

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    Supreme court ruling delays climate litigation big oil has sought to thwart

    Court seeks Biden administration’s view as fossil fuel industry fights to avoid trial in lawsuits

9 June 2024

  • Oil pumps work in an oil field in California

    Far-right fossil fuel company allies pressure US supreme court to shield firms in unprecedented campaign

    Groups linked to billionaire Leonard Leo, who seems to have ties to Chevron, are pressing the court to intervene in lawsuits that could cost billions

3 June 2024

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    Republican governors gather to attack Biden’s climate agenda

    Governors say president has ‘done nothing but attack American energy’ and urge end to US fossil-fuel rules and regulations

31 May 2024

  • A flooded street in a Vermont town with a Highway 14 sign sticking out of the water.

    ‘Game-changing’: Vermont becomes first state to require big oil to pay for climate damages

    Climate Superfund Act compels oil companies to pay potentially billions of dollars for climate impacts caused by their emissions

28 May 2024

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    Majority of US voters support climate litigation against big oil, poll shows

    And almost half of respondents back the filing of criminal charges against oil companies that have contributed to the climate crisis

23 May 2024

  • A man wearing a navy blue suit, yellow tie and white shirt speaks

    Senate Democrats to investigate Trump’s reported big oil ‘deal’

    Two committees inquiring after reports of ex-president’s offer to roll back dozens of regulations for $1bn campaign donations
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    Young Alaskans sue state over fossil fuel project they claim violates their rights

    Plaintiffs claim $38.7bn gas export project, which would triple state’s greenhouse gas emissions, infringes constitutional rights
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    Trump attends Houston lunch to ask oil bosses for more campaign cash

    Invitation-only meeting comes on heels of controversial dinner at Mar-a-Lago where Trump reportedly offered $1bn quid pro quo

22 May 2024

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    Investigate fossil fuel industry, top Democrats urge justice department

    Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Jamie Raskin highlight decades-long efforts to sow doubts about climate crisis

21 May 2024

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    Top oil firms’ climate pledges failing on almost every metric, report finds

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    A new project promised low-income families ‘zero net energy homes’ – but they still rely on gas

16 May 2024

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    Alleged ‘deal’ offer from Trump to big oil could save industry $110bn, study finds

    Ex-president at Mar-a-Lago last month hosted more than 20 executives, including from Chevron, Exxon and Occidental Petroleum

15 May 2024

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    House Democrats launch investigation into Trump’s alleged offers to oil executives

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    Top US ethics watchdog investigating Trump over dinner with oil bosses

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