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Another Price of Oil
The Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, California — one of the largest in the country — had an explosion and serious fire on August 6 that spewed toxic black smoke across the sky. News reports indicate...
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Dear Humans: Industry is Causing Global Warming, Not Your Activities
Scientists and climate policy wonks usually say global warming is caused by “human activities.” This shorthand obscures an important point: while we humans are certainly responsible for climate change...
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Hulk Hogan, World Heritage Sites, and a Missing Tortoise: What’s Worth...
Here are a few things I found interesting this week. Australia pressured UNESCO to remove references to Australia in climate change report: Worried that discussion of coral bleaching and other...
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Will Chevron’s New CEO Show More Vision on Climate?
Chevron Refinery in South Africa. CC-BY-2.0 (Wikimedia Commons). The surprise announcement that Chevron CEO John Watson will be stepping down next month caught me and a lot of other people by surprise....
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2°C or not 2°C? Unanswered Questions in ExxonMobil’s and Chevron’s Climate...
ExxonMobil refinery in Baton Rouge, LA. Heading into their annual meetings at the end of this month, both ExxonMobil and Chevron have published reports in response to investor demands that they...
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Shareholders Not Playing Games at Big Oil Annual General Meetings
Major fossil fuel producers are holding their annual general meetings (AGMs) this month amid mounting pressure from investors, increasing risks of legal liability for climate damages, and heightened...
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Experts ask Exxon and Chevron to Stop Climate Deception and to Act to Protect...
Next week, I’ll be joined inside the ExxonMobil and Chevron annual meetings by scientists, environmental justice advocates, and UCS colleagues—all of us representing shareholders concerned about...
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Will Chevron Show Leadership in Climate Solutions? Notes From the 2018...
Photo: ArtBrom/FlickrLast week, I joined the Union of Concerned Scientists at the Chevron shareholders’ meeting in San Ramon, CA. We were there to ask why Chevron leadership, and shareholders, have...
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Yes, ExxonMobil and Chevron are Still Distorting Climate Science
Photo: Brenda EkwurzelIf you look at headlines from the last year, ExxonMobil, Chevron and other major fossil fuel companies have seemingly turned a new page on climate change. Recently, ExxonMobil...
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ExxonMobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips Climate Risk Reports Miss the Mark
Photo: nickton/CC BY-NC 2.0 (Flickr)In the next three weeks, the CEOs of major fossil fuel companies around the world are going to stand before their shareholders and tell them everything is fine when...
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Chevron Evades Questions About its History of Climate Disinformation
On May 29, I joined Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) at the annual Chevron shareholder meeting in San Ramon, California. There, I asked the company’s CEO, Michael Wirth, about Dr. Benjamin Franta is...
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Chevron Earns Shareholder Distrust on Climate Action
Photo: Rainforest Action Network/FlickrAt the end of last month, I attended the Chevron Annual Meeting with my colleague Ortal Ullman and Stanford climate historian Dr. Ben Franta (see his blog...
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ExxonMobil, BP, Shell Oppose Methane Regulation Rollback, Here’s What Else...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced proposed changes to the New, Reconstructed, and Modified Source Performance Standards for the Oil and Gas Sector. Unfortunately, but not...
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Bureau of Land Management Headquarters to Move in with Chevron. Will They...
Chevron will be in the same building as the new BLM headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado. Photo: Carbon Visuals/FlickrCongress has been severely vexed by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s rush...
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The Proof is in the Pudding: Wading into Fossil Fuel Company Reports
Stefano Campolo/FlickrEvery February through May, I sequester myself away to read company reports from major fossil fuel companies. It usually gets off to an exciting start in early February when...
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Even With Negative Oil Prices and COVID-19 Global Standstill, ExxonMobil,...
rulenumberone2/CC by 2.0You may have seen a number of headlines recently about negative oil prices and scratched your head, wondering how something so ubiquitous could cost a negative amount of money....
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BlackRock Faces the Reality of Climate Activism
Stephen Melkisethian/FlickrBlackRock, the largest asset manager and largest investor in fossil fuels in the US, is wielding its voting power with thousands of publicly traded companies this spring and...
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BP, Chevron, and ExxonMobil Have a Lot to Answer for on Climate at their...
2019 ExxonMobil Shareholder meeting action/350.orgUPDATE (5/26/20): On the eve of their annual meetings, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dealt a blow to BP, Chevron,...
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An Unusual Annual Meeting Season Saw Investors Ratchet Up Climate Pressure on...
Michael Fleshman/FlickrEarlier this year, we promised to watch fossil fuel companies’ statements and actions carefully over the annual general meeting season. While COVID-19 changed how activists and...
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ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Chevron Climate Pledges and Actions Fall Short
Photo: John Fowler/FlickrIn an unexpectedly less terrible turn of events, 2020 has seen several oil and gas companies announce more ambitious climate targets. Just last week, ConocoPhillips released a...
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