Enivornmental News

Exxon Sues California AG, Environmental Groups Over ‘Smear’

Exxon Mobil Corp. filed a lawsuit alleging that California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups made defamatory comments about the oil company’s ability to recycle plastic. Exxon accused Bonta, the Sierra Group and others of making “false accusations” …

California Spill Not the Environmental Disaster First Feared

After a crude oil sheen was detected on the waters off the Southern California coast, environmentalists feared the worst: A massive spill that would wreck the ecosystem. A week later, the region and its signature beaches appear to have been …

How One County Plans to Vet Insurers for Fossil Fuel Investments

“We have front row seats,” said Elise Jones, a Boulder County commissioner. Jones along with two other commissioners oversees government affairs in the Colorado county of 330,000 or so at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Her …