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Manchin and Tester

Campaign Disclosures Show Senate Dems in ExxonMobil Exposé Got Almost $333,000

A separate review of the fossil fuel company's "2020 Worldwide Giving Report" shows that centrist think tanks are also "raking in Exxon cash."

Jessica Corbett ·

Exxon

Exxon Lobbyists Caught Saying Quiet Part Out Loud On Climate Obstruction

These revelations should indeed be shocking to all of us as they lay bare the true reality of Exxon’s dangerous views as a corporation and how they work the political system to allow them to continue their damaging ways.

David Turnbull ·

ExxonMobil CEO

'This Isn't an Apology, It's a Cover-Up': ExxonMobil CEO Slammed for New Statement on Exposé

Darren Woods claims company lobbyists' comments on "a variety of issues, including climate change policy, and our interaction with elected officials," were "disturbing and inaccurate."

Jessica Corbett ·

Exxon Lobbyist

'Bombshell' Secret Footage of ExxonMobil Lobbyists Sparks Calls for Action by Congress

"We demand Congress immediately investigate Exxon and fossil fuel companies' climate crimes, and make polluters pay for their destruction," said a 350.org campaigner.

Jessica Corbett ·

#ExxonKnew sign in NYC in 2019

State Court Ruling Called 'Big Step' Toward Holding ExxonMobil Accountable

"By clearing this hurdle, the people of Massachusetts are now one step closer to finally having their rightful day in court, where Exxon will have to answer for its campaign of deception."

Jessica Corbett ·

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio visits South Street Seaport as workers erect temporary flood barriers in preparation for potential flooding and a storm surge from Tropical Storm Isaias on August 3, 2020. The interlocking tubes, called Tiger Dams, are installed in areas that were heavily damaged from flooding during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. (Photo: Noam Galai/Getty Images)

NYC Sues Big Oil for 'Systematically and Intentionally Deceiving New Yorkers'

"Fossil fuel companies are continuing to spin a tangled web of lies about the deadly products they produce and sell after decades of misleading consumers."

Jessica Corbett ·

On Friday, hundreds of activists in San Francisco painted the street outside of Wells Fargo’s headquarters, urging the bank to both stop funding Line 3, and remove Noski from the head of the bank. (Photo: Arthur Koch)

When It Comes to the Climate Crisis, Those Responsible Should Be Held Accountable

Majority Action, has released a list of 30 corporate directors who are obstacles to climate progress—directors who should be voted out of positions of power to make way for people who are more climate literate. 

Alec Connon ·

A gas flare at a petroleum refinery in Norco, Louisiana lights up the sky on August 21, 2019. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Sanders Slams Big Oil CEO Who Refuses to Testify at Senate Climate Hearing

"These companies are producing a significant percentage of the carbon that we use, which is destroying our planet, and we want to know what they are doing to transform their companies away from fossil fuel."

Brett Wilkins ·

Protesters gathered outside ExxonMobil's annual shareholder meeting in May 2019.

'Grossly Insufficient': ExxonMobil Lambasted Over Emissions Reduction Plan That Pledges No Reduction in Absolute Emissions

"Any company that fails to keep pace with what science demands threatens its future while endangering the rest of us with escalating climate impacts and systemic risks to the global economy."

Andrea Germanos ·

These are lives lost, lives turned upside down, forever changed by storms made much worse by climate change. But these storms are not alone this year. (Photo: NOAA)

Crisis, What Climate Crisis? Oil Majors Still Sitting on Tens of Billions of Barrels of Undeveloped Reserves

If these are developed we will face more hurricanes ripping communities and lives apart as our climate emergency intensifies. It did not have to be this way. It should never had to be that way.

Andy Rowell ·

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