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How Big Oil is Using Toxic Chemicals as a Lifeline – and How We Can Stop It
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How Big Oil is Using Toxic Chemicals as a Lifeline – and How We Can Stop It

Petrochemicals are an environmental and public health disaster. What you need to know. As we move towards zero-emissions and 100% clean energy, the oil and gas industry is launching a last-ditch effort to protect its profit, betting big on petrochemicals: toxic chemicals made from oil and gas that are used to make plastics, industrial chemicals, and...

How Big Oil is Taking Us for a Fossil-Fuelized Ride
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How Big Oil is Taking Us for a Fossil-Fuelized Ride

A recent opinion poll rocked the world of the Big Oil lobbyists in their proverbial thousand-dollar suits and alligator shoes. The Pew Research Center found that 37% of Americans now feel that fighting the climate crisis should be the number one priority of President Joe Biden and Congress, and another 34% put it among their highest priorities,...

30 trillion reasons to make Big Oil pay up
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30 trillion reasons to make Big Oil pay up

Since the mid-1980s, the 25 largest oil and gas companies around the world have fought climate policies tooth and nail, making US$30 trillion in the process, according to a study published Thursday. The analysis from German-headquartered Climate Analytics also calculated the climate-related damages from the emissions of the oil and gas companies and found those...

Inslee and legislators say it’s time for “radical transparency” as Big Oil rakes in excessive profits
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Inslee and legislators say it’s time for “radical transparency” as Big Oil rakes in excessive profits

Big Oil celebrates record profits as consumers grapple with high gas prices and the costly effects of extreme weather events driven by climate change. Gov. Jay Inslee, legislative leaders, and representatives of labor and health care today announced the time has come for Washington state to tackle Big Oil’s record-breaking, excessive profits. ollowing “monster profits”...