Reuters NEW YORK: California has filed a lawsuit against oil giant Exxon Mobil over its alleged role in global plastic waste pollution, its attorney general announced on Monday. Speaking at an event during Climate Week in New York City, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the state sued Exxon after concluding a nearly two-year investigation that he said showed Exxon
World Oil (WO) – The American Petroleum Institute (API) filed a lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) heavy-duty (HD) vehicle emissions standards for model years (MY) 2027-2032. “Today, we are standing up for consumers who rely on trucks to deliver the goods they use every single day,” said API Senior Vice
CNBC Shell’s board is being sued for failing to prepare the multinational oil and gas company for the transition away from fossil fuels. Environmental law firm ClientEarth, a Shell shareholder, said Tuesday that it had notified Shell of its claim against the company’s 13 executive and non-executive directors. It argues the board’s failure to implement a climate strategy that truly aligns with
Reuters OTTAWA, Dec 1 – Formal talks between Canada and the United States over a disputed Michigan pipeline should start soon, Ottawa said on Wednesday, the latest development in an affair souring bilateral relations. Last month Canada invoked a 1977 treaty with the United States to trigger negotiations over Enbridge Inc’s ENB.TO Line 5, which Michigan wants to shut down on environmental
Reuters WARSAW/MOSCOW – Poland has fined Russia’s Gazprom GAZP.MM more than 29 billion zlotys ($7.6 billion) for building the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline without Warsaw’s approval, its watchdog said on Wednesday, prompting the company to say it will appeal. The project has stoked concern about Moscow’s dominance of European energy supplies and attracted U.S. sanctions, although rival sales of Azeri
Houston Chronicle Oil majors including Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc are facing uphill battles to convince U.S. courts to enforce multi-billion dollar arbitration awards they secured against Nigeria’s state oil company. The companies accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. of taking more crude than it was entitled to under four deals that were signed in 1993 to
Houston Chronicle A lawsuit between rival liquefied natural gas companies Cheniere Energy and Tellurian has been dismissed just days before jury selection was set to begin. State district court Judge Fredericka Phillips in Houston signed an order Thursday dismissing Cheniere’s claims against its former CEO Charif Souki and Souki’s new company Tellurian. The suit and a related $400 million claim were
From Reuters Harris County, Texas sued Exxon Mobil Corp on Thursday over pollution from a fire a day earlier at the company’s Baytown Olefins Plant, according to an attorney for the county. The fire was being investigated by federal and state agencies. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) were at
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Columbia Gas and parent company NiSource will allocate a total of $1 billion to address the needs of affected communities Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, in conjunction with its parent company NiSource (stock ticker: NI), has reached a $143 million settlement in relation to last September’s Merrimack Valley natural gas explosion that
Ecuadorian Plaintiffs End Fraudulent Litigation Against Chevron
From The Seattle Times BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Environmentalists asked a federal judge on Monday to cancel approvals issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, opening another front in the legal fight over a long-delayed energy project that President Donald Trump has tried to push through to completion. Attorneys for the
From the Associated Press/O.Canada.com BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota is preparing to sue Washington state over a new Washington law requiring oil shipped by rail through that state to have more of its volatile gases removed, which supporters say would reduce the risk of explosive and potentially deadly derailments. North Dakota officials say the law will make Pacific Northwest refineries
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