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Fossil Fuels Industry Ignored its Own Scientists on Climate

So deep in denial is the fossil fuels industry, it ignored its own scientists when they offered advice on climate change that the industry did not want to accept. The Global Climate Coalition, a group representing industries with profits tied to fossil fuels, had spent a decade leading an aggressive lobbying and PR campaign against [...]

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WTF: Exxon Calls for Carbon Tax to Fight Global Warming

The world’s largest oil company has done an about-face from its former stance on global warming, suddenly announcing that it backs a carbon tax. The company has denied the existence of global warming for years, funding global warming denial groups and research. Exxon boss Rex Tillerson said he believes that a carbon tax is a [...]

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Toast the Earth with Exxon Mobile

Remember this classic video? Watch as ExxonMobil funds junk science, wrecks the Arctic Refuge, and spills oil on endangered wildlife. Has much changed since 2006?

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Exxon Valdez Payments Delayed Again After 19 Years of Waiting

An imminent payment from Exxon Mobil Corp. to the commercial fishermen affected by the nation’s worst oil spill has been delayed once again.  The damages have been put off for 19 years so far, and this time it’s due to lawyers for Sea Hawk Seafoods, Inc., a Seattle-based company that ran a fish-processing plant in [...]

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Lawmakers Finally Agree to Ban Poison in Kids’ Items Despite Exxon Lobbying

Gee, Congress. Pat on the back. After literally decades of kids playing with toys filled with toxic chemicals, you’ve finally gotten around to banning pthalates in kids’ items. Great job. We’re so glad that you’ve been on top of children’s’ safety issues, protecting our kids from harm.
The U.S. does not currently require [...]

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