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#ExxonKnew campaign claims global warming caused Exxon valdez spill
Exxon Valdez is most studied industrial incident to date, no study on Valdez spill and climate change by Katie Brown, PhD, EnergyInDepth How irrelevant and desperate has the #ExxonKnew campaign become? Well, they’re now claiming that global warming caused the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill, and that Exxon should have known it would happen. The claims […]
National ‘Ban Fracking’ activist groups hide behind kids in oil and gas lawsuit
For activist groups, “signing up multiple children to be plaintiffs in the various lawsuits” consistent with age-old tactic In what the industry has called a flawed decision that imperils jobs and incomes, the Colorado Court of Appeals recently sided with youth environmentalists in a lawsuit against the state’s chief oil and gas regulators. That is, […]
After #ExxonKnew failure, activists try attacking Shell
Why should anyone take #ExxonKnew – or maybe it’s #ShellKnew now – seriously? By Katie Brown, PhD, EnergyInDepth What do wealthy activists do now that their #ExxonKnew campaign has failed? Choose another oil company to target, apparently. But the sequel is never as good as the original – and in this case, the original was […]
For 2nd time, Colorado Health officials disavow research team favored by fractactivists
“McKenzie’s research team is famous for supplying talking points to anti-fracking groups” By Katie Brown, PhD, EnergyInDepth UPDATE (2/15/17, 5:35 EST) Dr. Larry Wolk, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), has just weighed in on the latest study by Lisa McKenzie. Here’s what he had […]
#ExxonKnew activists continue to push #FakeNews
This all reveals that the #ExxonKnew effort has devolved into the inevitable fringe environmental campaign By Katie Brown, PhD, EnergyInDepth Environmental activists have been struggling to keep the #ExxonKnew campaign alive, as a steady stream of disclosures over the past several months has undermined their efforts to convince more government officials to launch climate-related investigations. […]
UK regulator: Activists’ fracking claims not backed up by evidence
Friends of the Earth cannot repeat claims made in its anti-fracking leaflet By Nicole Jacobs, EnergyInDepth The United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) — an independent regulator charged with preventing misleading, harmful and/or offensive advertisements — came to an informal ruling this week that the anti-fracking group, Friends of the Earth (FOE), released leaflets that could […]
#ExxonKnew activists try to be relevant by attacking Sec. of State nominee
UN Foundation praised Tillerson for his commitment to goals of reducing disease, increasing opportunities for girls By Katie Brown, PhD, EnergyInDepth Following the news earlier this morning that the president-elect has decided to nominate ExxonMobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson to be our next Secretary of State, #ExxonKnew activists have been churning out a steady stream […]
Democratic senator says “Keep It In The Ground” extremists to blame for election losses
Both US and Canadian politicians understand communities rely on natural resources to create jobs and income By Lily Emamian, EnergyInDepth Earlier this week, U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) blamed the “Keep It In The Ground” (KIITG) movement for Democrats’ devastating losses in the November election. When asked by CNBC “Squawk Box” co-host Joe Kernan if […]
Activists turn to Dakota Access pipeline when they can’t stop fracking
Appalachia Resist is opposed to “fracking, injection wells, barging of frack waste on Ohio River By Jackie Stewart, EnergyInDepth A very small group of protesters made a spectacle of themselves in front of Ohio Governor Kasich’s office this week, with one activist going as far as to park a van in the middle of a […]
Eco-activists love document discovery for Exxon, not when focused on them
Wasserman actually told Reuters that his organization funded #ExxonKnew groups like InsideClimate News By Katie Brown, PhD, EnergyInDepth Activists working at the Rockefeller foundations and groups like the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) have made it their mission since at least their infamous 2012 anti-Exxon conference in La Jolla, California to do everything they can […]
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