"Exxon Pledges To Cut Emissions — But Not From Its Oil"
"Exxon Mobil's new net-zero pledge stacks up poorly, even by oil company standards."
Source: Grist, 01/24/2022
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"House Panel Broadens Probe Into Climate Disinformation By Big Oil"
"The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has broadened its investigation into the role of fossil fuel companies in misleading the public about climate change, asking members of the boards of directors of ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron and Shell Oil to testify before Congress next month about their firms’ commitments to curbing global warming."
Source: Washington Post, 01/24/2022
"In Parched Beijing, Claims Of A ‘Green’ Olympics May Not Hold Water"
"Barren hillsides broken up by thin strips of white snow are a familiar sight for regular visitors to ski resorts near Beijing. The 2022 Winter Olympics host, which is under 150 miles from the rapidly expanding Gobi Desert, is famous for cold and dry winters."
Source: Washington Post, 01/24/2022
"Shell CCS Plant Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than It's Captured"
"A new report provides some damning new math on one of the oil giant's much-hyped CCS projects."
"Oil companies love to tell the world about the super cool technologies that have that will allow us to keep burning fossil fuels without cooking the climate. But those technologies are largely bullshit.
Source: Earther, 01/24/2022
The Year Ahead Will Spark Abundant Environment News — Both Good and Bad
Even as the climate crisis countdown story continues, a wide range of environment and energy issues are on journalists’ watchlist for the year ahead, per an analysis from our “2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment.” The overview looks at 13 key trends to track in 2022 and beyond — including infrastructure, pandemics, environmental justice, energy, chemicals, plastics and, of course, climate.
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SEJ Mourns Loss of Co-Founder Noel Grove
Noel Grove, a founding member of SEJ and one-time SEJournal editor, and a former environment editor for National Geographic, was being remembered by long-time members this week. He died Jan. 8.
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Exxon Using An Unusual Law To Intimidate Critics Over Its Climate Denial
"ExxonMobil is attempting to use an unusual Texas law to target and intimidate its critics, claiming that lawsuits against the company over its long history of downplaying and denying the climate crisis violate the US constitution’s guarantees of free speech."
Source: Guardian, 01/20/2022
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