oil companies
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Rep. Katie Porter Used Her Costco Haul to Embarrass Big Oil
Whenever a smart, powerful woman starts using literal grains of rice to illustrate her point, you know you done goofed. Big Oil companies found that out the hard way when, during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Thursday, Rep. Katie Porter whipped out 212 kilograms of uncooked rice to illustrate how many vacant acres of…
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Bye, Bye, Mr. Exxon Guy
Remember the Exxon lobbyist who got caught on tape admitting that the company had poured money into “shadow groups” in order to fight against climate science? He’s officially out of a job. E&E News confirmed with Exxon on Tuesday that Keith McCoy, the lobbyist in question, was no longer at the company.
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Shell Has to Pay $150 Million for 1970 Oil Spill That Turned Rain Black
After a 13-year legal battle, Shell agreed on Wednesday to pay $150 million (45.9 billion naira) to a Nigerian community for damages caused by its crude oil spill more than five decades ago.
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Shell’s CEO Pens LinkedIn Blog Blaming You for Climate Change
If you haven’t logged in to LinkedIn in a while, it might be the time to recover your password to go rubberneck on what the oil and gas bigwigs are up to. In response to a Dutch court curb-stomping Royal Dutch Shell last month over its weak climate plan, the company’s CEO took to LinkedIn…