"Exxon Pledges To Cut Emissions — But Not From Its Oil"
"Exxon Mobil's new net-zero pledge stacks up poorly, even by oil company standards."
Source: Grist, 01/24/2022
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"House Panel Broadens Probe Into Climate Disinformation By Big Oil"
"The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has broadened its investigation into the role of fossil fuel companies in misleading the public about climate change, asking members of the boards of directors of ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron and Shell Oil to testify before Congress next month about their firms’ commitments to curbing global warming."
Source: Washington Post, 01/24/2022
"NYC, Others Join White House Building Efficiency Partnership"
"The White House unveiled a partnership on Friday with 33 state and local governments to make the nation’s buildings more efficient."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/24/2022
"Shell CCS Plant Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than It's Captured"
"A new report provides some damning new math on one of the oil giant's much-hyped CCS projects."
"Oil companies love to tell the world about the super cool technologies that have that will allow us to keep burning fossil fuels without cooking the climate. But those technologies are largely bullshit.
Source: Earther, 01/24/2022
Bloated Costs Take Over Georgia Nuclear Plant; Fight Looms Over Who Pays
"Vogtle’s two new nuclear reactors are six years late and at least $16 billion over their original budget. The plant will have no direct carbon footprint, but critics say there are much cheaper ways to reduce emissions."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/24/2022
Report IDs Big Box Stores as Opportunity for Rooftop Solar
"From Walmart to Ikea, a report finds that the rooftops of big-box stores offer enough solar potential to power the equivalent of 8 million American homes".
Source: Washington Post, 01/21/2022
"Peru: 21 Beaches Polluted By Spill Linked To Tonga Eruption"
"Peru declared an environmental emergency on Thursday after announcing that 21 beaches on the Pacific coast were contaminated by an oil spill at a refinery run by Spain-based Repsol, following surging waves caused by the eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga."
Source: AP, 01/21/2022
Exxon Using An Unusual Law To Intimidate Critics Over Its Climate Denial
"ExxonMobil is attempting to use an unusual Texas law to target and intimidate its critics, claiming that lawsuits against the company over its long history of downplaying and denying the climate crisis violate the US constitution’s guarantees of free speech."
Source: Guardian, 01/20/2022
"What Canada Wants To Do With Its Decades-Old Pileup Of Nuclear Waste"
"Canada plans to store spent nuclear fuel deep, deep underground near the Great Lakes. That is, if an industry group can find a community willing to play host".
Source: The Narwhal, 01/20/2022
Winter Gas Bill From Hell: Oklahomans Face Paying $1.4Bn Over Snowstorm
"Customers saddled with paying 600 times the usual price for energy as regulators are accused of being too close to the industry they monitor".
Source: Floodlight/Oklahoma Watch, 01/20/2022
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