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[Link] Shell and Vitol accused of prolonging Ukraine war with sanctions ‘loophole’
Read: 20/2/2023 www.theguardian.com
Oil company Shell and energy trader Vitol have been accused of prolonging the war in Ukraine by exploiting a “loophole” in the EU sanctions regime to bring products derived from Russian oil into Europe through Turkey.
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[Link] Joe Manchin Wants to Let Companies Keep Polluting in Private, Thanks
Read: 5/4/2022 www.vice.com
Should companies have to explain their role in causing climate change? There’s a simple answer, according to Sen. Joe Manchin: Hell no.
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[Link] Keystone XL pipeline developers seek $15 billion for cancellation in one of biggest trade appeals against U.S. ever
Read: 24/11/2021 financialpost.com
Developers of Keystone XL are seeking to recoup more than US$15 billion in damages connected to President Joe Biden’s decision to yank a permit for the border-crossing oil pipeline even after construction began. With a request for arbitration filed Monday, Calgary-based TC Energy Corp.
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[Link] Australia’s only working carbon capture and storage project fails to meet target
Read: 14/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Australia’s only working carbon capture and storage project in Western Australia has failed to meet its target to lock away greenhouse gases from a major gas processing plant.
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[Link] Twiggy Stardust: the man who sold, er saved, the world
Read: 14/11/2021 www.afr.com
David Bowie concealed one last alter-ego: an iron ore magnate and global warming messiah simply known as Andrew.
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[Link] Australia puts fossil fuel company front and centre at Cop26
Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Australian government has been criticised for prominently hosting a fossil fuel company at its pavilion at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow.
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[Link] US oil giants top list of lobby offenders holding back climate action
Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
ExxonMobil and Chevron are the world’s most obstructive organisations when it comes to governments setting climate policies, according to research into the “prolific and highly sophisticated” lobbying ploys used by the fossil fuel industry.
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[Link] Afghanistan’s neighbours gather in Tehran to discuss its future
Read: 4/11/2021 www.aljazeera.com
Iran says the main goal of the event is to emphasise the call for the formation of an ‘inclusive’ government in Afghanistan.
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[Link] Uber Wants In On All That Positive Hertz-Tesla Press
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
On Tuesday, Hertz announced it is buying 100,000 Teslas as part of a massive push into electric vehicles. This is a smart move by Hertz, because renting electric vehicles, especially in the U.S., is currently very difficult.
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[Link] Even Republicans Can Be Convinced That Big Oil’s to Blame for Climate Change
Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. What does it take to convince a Republican that oil and gas companies lied about the existence of climate change and are responsible for contributing to it?
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[Link] Hackers Disrupt Gas Stations in Iran and Deface Billboards to Blame Supreme Leader
Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com
It’s unclear who is behind the attack. But the methods and impact are reminiscent of a hack in July that paralyzed Iran’s train system.
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[Link] Climate Change Is Violent. Should the Fight Against It Be, Too?
Read: 26/10/2021 www.vice.com
Peaceful protest isn't curbing the rapidly worsening crisis. Some activists say it’s time to attack the actual tools used to destroy the planet. Violence can be a flimsy word—so broad as to be devoid of meaning.
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[Link] Big tobacco got caught in a lie by Congress. Now it’s the oil industry’s turn
Read: 17/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
Two weeks from today, Darren Woods will face a potential doomsday moment before the US Congress. As the CEO of ExxonMobil, Woods was paid $15.6m last year to run the richest, most powerful private oil company in history.
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[Link] Queensland police refuse to remove traditional owners occupying Adani’s coalmine site
Read: 5/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
Queensland police have told a group of First Nations people occupying the site of Adani’s Carmichael coalmine for the past five weeks that they have no intention of removing them from the area “at this time”.
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[Link] An Oil Company Paid Police $2 Million to Defend Its Pipeline From Protests
Read: 9/8/2021 www.vice.com
Calgary-based oil giant Enbridge set up a fund called the Public Safety Escrow Trust in May, 2020 as part of its permitting process for the Line 3 pipeline route, which carries tar sands oil from Edmonton, Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin.
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[Link] Less than 20 years after independence, Timor-Leste is running on fumes
Read: 6/5/2021 www.afr.com
“Give or take a few years the Petroleum Fund will be out of money in 10 years,” says Deakin University’s Professor Damien Kingsbury, a long-time observer of Timor-Leste. “The question is who steps in to fill this gap.
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