As more communities sue oil majors following climate disasters, a collection of evidence reveals the industry’s efforts to deny the link between extreme weather and climate change.
Story by Emily Sanders for ExxonKnews via Covering Climate Now.
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Honolulu's climate lawsuit is an existential threat to Big Oil. So they’re buying Republican attorneys general to defend them in court.
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Hot & Toxic powered by Gas Leaks Guardian US more about this campaign, Ditch the AGA, in my latest The Guardian
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With today's PFAS news, this The Hill scoop is so striking: For four extra years, companies got away without reporting PFAS toxic waste discharges because of a giant technical loophole. Trump appointees blocked EPA officials from warning Senate about it thehill.com/business/45836….

Congratulations to the people of St. John, LA who have been fighting against DuPont and Denka against chloroprene pollution for years theintercept.com/2017/03/24/a-l…

Big Oil Clouded the Science on Extreme Weather. Now It Faces a Reckoning.
As more communities sue oil majors following climate disasters, a collection of evidence reveals industry’s efforts to deny the link between extreme weather & #climatechange .
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As more people feel the impacts of #ClimateCrisis , pressure to act grows alongside #BigOil #climate coverups. Emily Sanders covers #FossilFuel industry responses to #ClimateChange below and at ExxonKnews ⬇️

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New York is suing the world's largest meat company. According to the experts I talked to for my latest story for The Guardian, this could mark a tipping point for greenwashing across a wide range of sectors: theguardian.com/environment/20…

On this plastics panel at SEJ, Ross Eisenberg of America’s Plastic Makers responds that he talked to people at chemical recycling facilities who said “if they had a magic wand” they’d solve the problem of post consumer plastic waste

Sharon Lerner: “do you have a magic wand?” 👏

“We don’t need more research studies” to show plastic hurts human health. “We WERE those human studies.” Fenceline Watch on how plastic’s life cycle has impacted their community & other environmental justice communities. We can’t recycle our way out. Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) #SEJ2024 Sharon Lerner

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