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ExxonMobil predicted climate change while downplaying risk

US-based company’s own scientists accurately predicted global warming as far back as the 1970s, study says.

Al Jazeera · Jan 13, 2023

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New ‘kraken’ mutation of the COVID-19 virus is most contagious subvariant yet

Tribune News Service · Jan 13, 2023

ExxonMobil publicly denied global warming for years but quietly predicted it

In perhaps one of the most cynically ironic twists in the field of climate science, new research suggests ExxonMobil may have had keener insight into the impending dangers of global warming than even NASA scientists but still waged a decades-long campaign to discredit research into climate change and its connection…

Los Angeles Times · Jan 12, 2023

ExxonMobil takes EU to court in bid to block ‘counter-productive’ windfall tax

Oil and gas giant has accused the EU of overreaching its authority with move to tax profits amid energy crisis

The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022

Cyprus: Plant to process Israeli gas for export an option

Cyprus’ energy minister says a pipeline conveying Israeli natural gas to the island nation where it would be liquefied for export by ship is an option the government is weighing on how to get east Mediterranean gas to Europe and elsewhere amid the energy crisis prompted by Russia’s war in…

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022

Big Oil Steps Up To The Climate Change Plate

Achieving “carbon neutrality” is the crucial step along the road to “net zero” which includes the removal from Earth’s atmosphere of all “greenhouse gases”, including methane, nitrous oxide and other hydrofluorocarbons. Indispensable to creating sustainable environments, the health of the planet and the survival of the human race depend on…

Bangkok Post · Dec 15, 2022

Vanguard announces exit from net zero climate investment alliance

On December 2, the Federal Reserve’s board of governors released its proposed rule on climate risks for big banks, including its proposed environmental stress tests. The board asked for public comments:

Ballotpedia · Dec 13, 2022

Algeria Jails Ex-Sonatrach Head for 15 Years for Graft

An Algerian court on Tuesday handed a 15-year prison sentence to the former head of state energy giant Sonatrach in a corruption case. Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour had been on trial over the 2018 purchase of the Sicilian Augusta oil refinery. According to Algerian media, the state oil and gas firm…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 16, 2022

Esso posts £151m profit amid regulatory concern over pump prices

Owner of Fawley oil refinery near Southampton bounces back after losses of £379m in 2020

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2022

Mossmorran workers to be balloted on strike action as bonus row boils over

The Mossmorran chemical plant in Fife could face strike action by contracted workers

The National (Scotland) · Nov 14, 2022