Tag: ExxonMobil

What the Exxon Tapes Reveal About the American Petroleum Institute’s Lobbying Tactics on Oil Trains

Image: Freight train burning in Lac-Megantic, Quebec Credit: Transportation Safety Board, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The top oil trade group, which a senior Exxon lobbyist recently described as one of the company’s “whipping boys,” used similar delay tactics to push back against oil-by-rail safety rules. View article in its entirety at the DeSmog. — Author: Justin Mikulka Senior ExxonMobil … Continue reading What the Exxon Tapes Reveal About the American Petroleum Institute’s Lobbying Tactics on Oil Trains

New Jersey Should Sue Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Costs, Panel Says

View article in its entirety at the Desmog.— Author: Dana Drugmand Advocates for holding fossil fuel companies accountable in court for the substantial costs of climate change are urging New Jersey to sue oil majors like ExxonMobil, as over a dozen municipal and state governments have done over the past three years. A month after a New … Continue reading New Jersey Should Sue Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Costs, Panel Says

Exxon Now Wants to Write the Rules for Regulating Methane Emissions

View article in its entirety at DeSmog. — Author: Justin Mikulka ExxonMobil is a company capable of contradictions. It has been lobbying against government efforts to address climate change while running ads touting its own efforts to do so. And while the oil giant has been responsible for massive methane releases, Exxon has now proposed a new regulatory … Continue reading Exxon Now Wants to Write the Rules for Regulating Methane Emissions

Canadian Town Evacuated After Another Oil Train Derails and Burns

View article in its entirety at DeSmog. — Author: Justin Mikulka Early in the morning of February 6, an oil train derailed and caught fire near Guernsey, Saskatchewan, resulting in the Canadian village's evacuation. This is the second oil train to derail and burn near Guernsey, following one in December that resulted in a fire … Continue reading Canadian Town Evacuated After Another Oil Train Derails and Burns