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EartherEnergy
What Happens to Exxon Now?
An activist investor that staged a coup at Exxon on Wednesday over the company’s mishandling of climate change and got two new board members elected has generated headlines around the world. But that coup is a little more complex than it seems at first glance. Wednesday’s win was, in part, a victory because of just how … Continued
By Molly Taft -
EartherClimate Change
Exxon and Chevron Got Their Teeth Kicked In, But Shareholders Won’t Finish the Job
To say Tuesday was a bad day for Big Oil is an understatement. Chevron and Exxon, the two largest oil companies in the U.S., got rolled by their own investors. Shell also suffered a crippling defeat in a Dutch court in what may end up being the biggest win for the climate. But it’s the … Continued
By Brian Kahn -
EartherEnergy
Shareholders Tell Exxon to Eat Shit
History was made at ExxonMobil’s annual shareholder meeting Wednesday when investors essentially staged a coup, voting to oust at least two members of the board due to the company’s poor performance on climate change. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out! Those members will be replaced by climate activists backed by investor … Continued
By Molly Taft -
EartherEnergy
Abandoned Oil Pipelines Are a Disaster Waiting to Happen in the Gulf of Mexico
Seems like no one is keeping an eye on what polluters are doing in the Gulf of Mexico. For decades, the federal government has allowed the oil and gas industry to abandon almost all ocean pipeline infrastructure it no longer uses without further cleanup—and barely monitors the safety of active pipelines still in use today, … Continued
By Molly Taft -
EartherEnvironmental Justice
Chevron’s Oil Spill Is Its Latest Injustice Foisted on Bay Area Communities
As the pandemic drags on, some residents of the Bay Area faced a different kind of health emergency on Tuesday: an oil spill. Around 600 gallons of an oil-and-water mixture spilled from a Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, California into the San Francisco Bay, the company told local health authorities. The company announced the spill … Continued
By Molly Taft -
EartherClimate Change
Exxon and Chevron Reportedly Considered Becoming an Oil-Stained Voltron
Oil companies have had a rough go since the pandemic sent their main product into a tailspin. In an effort to maintain dominance in a rapidly changing world, Exxon and Chevron, the two biggest oil companies in the U.S., apparently weighed a blockbuster merger. The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday night that Darren Woods … Continued
By Brian Kahn -
EartherEnvironmental Justice
Chevron Is Trying to Crush a Prominent Climate Lawyer—and Maybe the World
Amid falling citywide rates of covid-19 infection, many New Yorkers are beginning to emerge from months of lockdown. That’s not the case for human rights attorney Steven Donziger, who has barely left his two-bedroom Upper West Side apartment for the past twelve months. “My liberty is deprived,” he said on Zoom from his kitchen. “They’re … Continued
By Dharna Noor -
Earther
Amnesty Wants Shell Execs Behind Bars for Alleged Nigerian Human Rights Abuses
Amnesty International wants to see multinational oil company Royal Dutch Shell go to court. In a report released Tuesday, the human rights organization is accusing the multinational oil giant of complicity in the Nigerian military’s murder of hundreds of indigenous Ogoni People in the 1990s amid protests against oil development along the Nigerian Delta. Now, … Continued