2 Northern California Cities Are Suing Big Oil Firms Over Climate Change
California cities San Francisco and Oakland filed separate lawsuits against five oil companies on Wednesday seeking billions of dollars to protect against rising sea levels they blamed on climate...
View ArticleExxon Claim of Bogus Schneiderman Probe Questioned by Judge
A federal judge questioned Exxon Mobil Corp.’s claim that a securities-fraud probe by New York’s Attorney General is flawed because its focus shifted from a suspected climate-change cover-up to whether...
View ArticleExxon Takes Climate-Change Probe Fight to Massachusetts Top Court
Exxon Mobil Corp urged Massachusetts’ top court on Tuesday to block the state’s attorney general from obtaining records to investigate whether the company for decades concealed its knowledge of the...
View ArticleNew York Sues Fossil Fuel Majors, Plans Divestment from Pension Funds
New York City announced on Wednesday that it filed a multibillion dollar lawsuit against five top oil companies, citing their “contributions to global warming,” as it said it would divest fossil fuel...
View ArticleQuake in Papua New Guinea Leads Exxon to Shut Production, Processing
Exxon Mobil Corp. has shut production platforms and a processing plant in the highlands of natural gas exporter Papua New Guinea after an earthquake struck the Pacific nation. The U.S. oil giant closed...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea Quake Kills at Least 14; ExxonMobil Shuts $19B LNG Plant
Up to 14 people were killed in landslides and by collapsed buildings during a powerful earthquake in the remote Papua New Guinea highlands, police and a hospital worker said on Tuesday, with...
View ArticleExxon’s LNG Plant in Papua New Guinea Could Be Shut for 6 Weeks After Quake
Exxon Mobil Corp.’s $19 billion liquefied natural gas export project in Papua New Guinea may remain shut for six weeks after an earthquake rocked the country’s remote highlands, which are home to the...
View ArticleWeather, Road Damage Slows Relief Efforts After Papua New Guinea Quake
The death toll from the strongest earthquake to strike Papua New Guinea’s rugged interior in almost a century has climbed to 31 and would probably rise further, officials said on Thursday, as damage to...
View ArticleExxon Mobil’s Airstrip in Papua New Guinea Heavily Damaged After Earthquake
Exxon Mobil Corp. built a runway to land some of the world’s biggest planes as part of its endeavor to tap gas riches in one of the most remote spots on Earth. But an earthquake Monday in Papua New...
View ArticleExxonMobil Says Papua New Guinea LNG Plant to Be Closed for 2 Months After Quake
ExxonMobil Corp. said on Monday it would take about eight weeks to restore production at the Papua New Guinea liquefied natural gas project (LNG), following a powerful earthquake that hit the country’s...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea Faces Long Road to Recovery After Quake; Death Toll Passes 100
Papua New Guinea faces a long road to recovery after the powerful earthquake that hit the nation’s rugged highlands more than 10 days ago, with the death toll now believed to have climbed to more than...
View ArticleCash-Strapped Papua New Guinea Gov’t Struggles to Help Desperate Quake Survivors
Almost a month after a deadly earthquake, Papua New Guinea is struggling to get aid to desperate survivors, having allocated just a fraction of its relief funds, while a rent dispute left disaster...
View ArticleMassachusetts Top Court Rules Against Exxon in Climate Change Probe
Massachusetts’ top court on Friday rejected Exxon Mobil Corp’s bid to block the state’s attorney general from obtaining records to investigate whether the company for decades concealed its knowledge of...
View ArticleOil Companies Ask Judge to Kill NYC’s Global Warming Lawsuit
Five of the world’s biggest oil companies asked a judge to throw out New York City’s lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for costs related to the environmental changes caused by their products. BP...
View ArticleOil Companies Ask to Throw Out New York’s Climate Change Lawsuit
A group of the world’s biggest oil companies asked a judge to throw out New York City’s lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for costs related to climate change. ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp....
View ArticleExxon Still Isn’t Complying With Climate Subpoenas, New York Says
Exxon Mobil Corp. is refusing to turn over documents crucial to New York’s investigation into whether the oil giant’s public statements about climate change misled investors, the state’s top lawyer...
View ArticleNew York’s Global Warming Suit Against Oil Companies Tossed
A U.S. judge threw out New York’s lawsuit seeking to hold five of the world’s biggest oil companies financially responsible for contributing to climate change. U.S. District Judge John Keenan dismissed...
View ArticleBaltimore Lawsuit Blames Oil and Gas Companies for Climate Change
The city of Baltimore filed a lawsuit on Friday against 26 oil and gas companies and entities, including BP Plc, Chevron Corp and Exxon Mobil Corp, for knowingly contributing to what the city called...
View ArticleExxon Will Pay $1M Penalty for Montana Oil Spill
Exxon Mobil Corp. agreed to pay a $1.05 million penalty to settle alleged federal water pollution violations from an oil pipeline break into Montana’s Yellowstone River, according to court documents...
View ArticleOfficial: Harris County Sues Exxon Over Air Pollution from Petrochemical Fire
Exxon Mobil Corp. was hit with a lawsuit on Thursday over pollution from a fire at the company’s Baytown Olefins Plant, according to an attorney for Harris County, Texas, which filed the suit. The fire...
View ArticleMassachusetts Sues Exxon for Misleading Investors, Consumers About Climate...
The state of Massachusetts sued Exxon Mobil Corp on Thursday, accusing the oil giant of misleading investors and consumers for decades about the role fossil fuels play in climate change. Attorney...
View ArticleNew York Won’t Appeal Its Defeat in Exxon Climate Trial
New York won’t appeal a ruling by a judge who rejected the state’s claim that Exxon Mobil Corp. misled investors for years about the oil giant’s internal planning for risks associated with climate...
View ArticleExxon Loses Jurisdiction Fight in Massachusetts Climate Suit
Exxon Mobil Corp. suffered a setback in a climate change case when a federal judge ruled that a consumer protection lawsuit filed by Massachusetts should go back to state court. U.S. District Judge...
View ArticleMinnesota AG Sues Exxon, Koch and API over Climate Change ‘Deceptions’
The state of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against the American Petroleum Institute, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Koch Industries for what it called a decades-long campaign to deceive the public about climate...
View ArticleDistrict of Columbia Sues 4 Oil Majors for Misleading Consumers on Climate...
The attorney general for the District of Columbia on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp, BP Plc, Chevron Corp, and Royal Dutch Shell Plc for “systematically and intentionally misleading”...
View ArticleExxon Argues Massachusetts AG’s Climate Lawsuit Amounts to Improper Retaliation
Exxon Mobil Corp. will argue that a consumer and investor fraud lawsuit filed by the Massachusetts attorney general amounts to improper retaliation against the company over its views on climate change....
View ArticleConnecticut Sues Exxon for Allegedly Deceiving Consumers About Climate Change
Connecticut filed a lawsuit on Monday against oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp for misleading the public over the impacts of climate change, becoming the latest state to target the fossil fuel industry for...
View ArticleExxon Mobil Declares Force Majeure on Its Russian Sakhalin-1 Operations
Exxon Mobil Corp. said on Wednesday its Russian unit Exxon Neftegas Ltd. has declared force majeure for its Sakhalin-1 operations due to sanctions on Russia that have made it increasingly difficult to...
View ArticleExxon Avoids Hiring Tankers That Previously Transported Russian Oil
Exxon Mobil Corp., is avoiding hiring oil tankers that previously carried cargoes from Russia, putting itself in the same camp as Shell Plc with a move that pressures owners to choose whether to serve...
View ArticleExxon Sues to Force EU to Scrap New Windfall Profits Tax on Oil Companies
U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp. is suing the European Union in a bid to force it to scrap the bloc’s new windfall tax on oil groups, arguing Brussels exceeded its legal authority by imposing the levy....
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