"Inside the Campaign That Put an Oil Boss in Charge of a Climate Summit"
"Sultan Al Jaber, CEO of the UAE’s national oil company, secured the COP28 presidency despite questions over his green credentials."
Source: The Intercept, 10/26/2023
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"New House Speaker Champions Fossil Fuels and Dismisses Climate Concerns"
"Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana, the newly elected House speaker, has questioned climate science, opposed clean energy and received more campaign contributions from oil and gas companies than from any other industry last year."
Source: NYTimes, 10/26/2023
Pa. Gas Firms Used 160 Million Lbs. of Secret Chemicals From 2012 to 2022
"Oil and gas producers in Pennsylvania used some 160 million pounds of chemicals that they are not required by law to publicly identify in more than 5,000 gas wells between 2012 and 2022, according to research published on Tuesday."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/25/2023
Fossil Firms Spent Millions On Lawmakers Who Sponsored Anti-Protest Bills
"Fossil fuel companies have spent millions of dollars on lobbying and campaign donations to state lawmakers who sponsored anti-protest laws – which now shield about 60% of US gas and oil operations from protest and civil disobedience, according to a new report from Greenpeace USA."
Source: Guardian, 10/25/2023
Democrats Ask For Review Of Environmental Threat From ‘Zombie’ Coal Mines
"Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and seven House Democrats asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review potential environmental damages caused by idled coal mines."
Source: The Hill, 10/24/2023
Chevron Buys Hess For $53 Billion, 2nd Oil Megadeal As Energy Prices Soar
"Chevron is buying Hess Corp. for $53 billion and it’s not even the biggest acquisition in the energy sector this month as major producers seize the initiative while oil prices surge."
Source: AP, 10/24/2023
"How the Israel-Hamas War Imperils Action Against Global Warming"
"Oil prices could surge. Disagreements between nations could worsen. The conflict complicates already fragile global diplomacy ahead of crucial climate talks." "Global efforts to address climate change are already clouded by bitterness and distrust among countries of the world."
Source: NYTimes, 10/24/2023
Navigator Cancels Proposed Midwestern CO2 Pipeline, Citing Regulatory Process
"A company on Friday said it would cancel its plans for a 1,300-mile (2,092-kilometer) pipeline across five Midwestern states that would have gathered carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol plants and buried the gas deep underground."
Source: AP, 10/23/2023
"‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Opens Across US (Finally!)"
"Spellbinding, heartbreaking and exhaustingly researched, director Martin Scorsese’s long-gestating epic look into the mass murders of the Osage over oil rights in the 1920s opens Oct. 20 in wide release across the United States."
Source: ICT, 10/20/2023
New York's Gas Stove Ban an 'Existential Threat,' Trade Group Lawsuit Says
"Construction and gas trade groups have filed a lawsuit to block a law passed by New York officials that would ban furnaces and gas stoves in newly constructed buildings."
Source: Earther, 10/20/2023
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