Shell Faces Climate Change Lawsuit in Dutch Court December 1, 2020 By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM – Environmental activists took Royal Dutch Shell to court on Tuesday, demanding the energy firm drastically reduce the production...
Rhode Island Climate Change Suit Remains in State Court November 2, 2020 A lawsuit filed by the state of Rhode Island against 21 fossil fuel companies seeking damages for the impacts of...
Report: 6 Texas Refineries Releasing Cancer-Causing Pollutant Above Federal Threshold February 10, 2020 By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune An environmental nonprofit has released an analysis of first-of-its-kind air monitoring data that shows benzene levels at 10 U.S. petroleum...
Rhode Island Attorney General Sues Fossil Fuel Companies July 6, 2018 Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin filed a lawsuit Monday against 21 fossil fuel companies demanding damages associated with sea...
Shell Plans to Restart Europe’s Biggest Oil Refinery After Recent Fire August 9, 2017 By Bill Lehane and Fred Pals Royal Dutch Shell Plc will attempt on Friday to restart one of two crude units at Europe’s biggest oil refinery...
Shell Closes Most Units at Netherlands Refinery After Fire August 1, 2017 Royal Dutch Shell is shutting down most units at its refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands after a fire at a...
Shell/ExxonMobil Firm Held Liable by Dutch Court for ‘Psychological Suffering’ March 2, 2017 A Dutch court has ruled that an energy company jointly owned by Shell and ExxonMobil is liable for the psychological...
Louisiana Politicians Join Suits Blaming Big Oil for Coastal Ruin August 9, 2016 By Cain Burdeau The oil industry has left a big footprint along the Gulf Coast, where a Delaware-sized stretch of Louisiana has disappeared....
Alberta Wildfires Set to Veer from Oil Sands Operations, Spreading More Slowly May 9, 2016 By Rebecca Penty and Robert Tuttle Wildfires raging through Alberta are set to move away from the main oil-sands facilities north of Fort McMurray after knocking...
Alberta Wildfire Insured Losses Could Total $7.3B, Covering Area Bigger Than NYC May 6, 2016 By Rebecca Penty, Robert Tuttle and Scott Deveau The wildfires ravaging Canada’s oil hub in northern Alberta have rapidly spread to an area bigger than New York city,...