Tag Archives | Big Oil

Canada promises climate reparations at COP29 while courting Big Oil at home

Originally published: DeSmog on November 15, 2024 by Mitch Anderson (more by DeSmog) | (Posted Nov 19, 2024)

With spotlight on politicians and their pledges in Baku, fossil fuel lobbyists are racking up private meetings with Trudeau’s government.
Chevron and Israel: Profits above human rights

Originally published: Oil Change International on August 19, 2024 by Al Johnson-Kurts (more by Oil Change International) | (Posted Aug 22, 2024)

Big oil and gas company Chevron is deeply entwined with the Israeli state.
Congress urged to tax Big Oil for price fixing and ‘issue every American a refund

Originally published: Common Dreams on May 7, 2024 by Jessica Corbett (more by Common Dreams) | (Posted May 09, 2024)

The Groundwork Collaborative’s leader also said that “the Department of Justice should criminally prosecute Scott Sheffield,” the former Pioneer CEO whom the FTC blocked from joining ExxonMobil’s board.
Greepeace future under threat following legal action by oil giants

Originally published: Morning Star Online on April 14, 2024 (more by Morning Star Online) | (Posted Apr 16, 2024)

ENVIRONMENTAL campaign group Greenpeace has warned that its future is under financial threat because of legal action by oil giant Shell.
Hundreds of law students announce boycott of Chevron law firm Seward & Kissel for “unethical” private prosecution of human rights attorney Steven Donziger

Originally published: Stanford Environmental Law Society on February 24, 2021 (more by Stanford Environmental Law Society) (Posted Feb 26, 2021)

Students from over 50 leading U.S. law schools–including Stanford, Harvard, Yale, and New York University–have announced a recruiting boycott of a prominent Chevron law firm to protest its “unethical” private prosecution of U.S. human rights lawyer Steven Donziger after he helped win a $9.5 billion pollution judgment against Chevron.