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More Acreage than First Thought Affected by North Dakota Keystone Pipeline Leak
Nov 20 2019 // A crude oil spill from the Keystone pipeline in eastern North Dakota has turned out to have affected almost 10 times the amount of land as first reported, a state regulator said. North Dakota environmental scientist Bill...
Pemex Oil Firm ‘Unaffected’ by Cyber Attack, Says Mexican Minister; Workers Disagree
Nov 15 2019 // A cyber attack on computer networks of the Mexican national oil company Pemex is “totally under control” and did not have any negative consequences, Security Minister Alfonso Durazo said on Thursday. The attack...
City and Union Officials to Consult on Philadelphia Refinery Sale Process
Nov 15 2019 // A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved a process for the sale of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery, the largest and oldest on the East Coast, under which city officials and a trade union will consult on...
Ransomware Hackers Demand $5M from Mexico State Oil Firm Pemex
Nov 13 2019 // Hackers demanded about $5 million in bitcoin from Mexico’s Pemex, they told Reuters on Tuesday, saying the state oil firm missed a special discount by not paying immediately after a cyber attack that fouled up the...
Ransomware Attack Hits Mexico’s State Oil Firm Pemex
Nov 12 2019 // A ransomware attack hit computer servers and halted administrative work on Monday at Mexican state oil firm Pemex, according to employees and internal emails, in hackers’ latest bid to wring ransom from a major...
After Leak in North Dakota, Keystone Pipeline Restart Waiting on Corrective Action
Nov 8 2019 // Federal regulators have ordered the Keystone pipeline to remain shut down until its Canadian owner takes corrective action aimed at determining the cause of a breach that leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons (1.4 million...
Philadelphia Fire Highlights Dangers of Old Infrastructure at U.S. Refineries
Nov 6 2019 // How did a piece of piping installed when Richard Nixon was U.S. president go without once being checked before leading to a fire that devastated the East Coast’s largest and oldest oil refinery? That’s a...
States’ Climate Change Litigation Could Be Useful Tool Against Big Oil: Opinion
Nov 5 2019 // A growing number of cities and states want to turn climate change lawsuits against oil companies into the next tobacco or opioid litigation. In principle, that seems like a truly terrible idea. Such lawsuits will likely do...
U.K. Bans Fracking on Concerns About Earthquake Risk
Nov 4 2019 // The U.K. fracking industry suffered a fatal blow as the Conservative government ended its support for the controversial practice. The move, just weeks ahead of a general election, effectively bans new wells using hydraulic...
Greek Tanker Manager Denies Connection to Oil Leak Tarring Brazil’s Beaches
Nov 4 2019 // The manager of an oil tanker being probed by Brazilian authorities in connection with an oil spill off the country’s coast has found “no proof” of the vessel conducting activities that may have led to...
Keystone Pipeline Leaks 383K Gallons of Oil in North Dakota
Nov 1 2019 // TC Energy’s Keystone pipeline leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons (1.4 million liters) of oil in northeastern North Dakota, state regulators said Thursday. Crews on Tuesday, Oct. 29 shut down the pipeline that...
Groups, Officials Pen Letter to 3 Large California Insurers Asking Them to Ditch Fossil Fuels
Oct 31 2019 // Several dozen activist groups, businesses and elected representatives released a letter on Thursday to the CEOs of Liberty Mutual, AIG and Farmers calling on the three biggest fire insurers in California to stop fueling...
Massachusetts Sues Exxon for Misleading Investors, Consumers About Climate Change
Oct 25 2019 // The state of Massachusetts sued Exxon Mobil Corp on Thursday, accusing the oil giant of misleading investors and consumers for decades about the role fossil fuels play in climate change. Attorney General Maura Healey filed...
How Exxon’s Climate Change Trial Ended Up Being About Numbers
Oct 25 2019 // Climate change protesters outside a Manhattan courthouse this week expressed overwhelming support for New York’s landmark securities fraud lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, even if they weren’t entirely sure what...
Exxon, New York AG Face Off Over Climate Change Accounting
Oct 23 2019 // A lawyer for New York’s attorney general on Tuesday told a state judge Exxon Mobil Corp. used two sets of books to hide the true cost of climate change regulations from investors, while an attorney for the oil major...
Exxon Faces Trial Over Claim It Misled Investors About Climate Change Risks
Oct 22 2019 // Exxon Mobil Corp. on Tuesday will face trial in a lawsuit by New York’s attorney general accusing it of misleading investors about the risks of climate change regulations to its business. The trial, expected to begin...
AXIS Capital Sets Clean Energy Policy Designed to Reduce Climate Risks
Oct 17 2019 // AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. won’t insure, invest in or provide insurance or reinsurance for new coal plants or oil pipelines as part of an initiative designed to reduce climate risks and support the switch to...
California Fuel Tank Fire Contained, Ending Order for Residents to Take Shelter
Oct 16 2019 // A fire at a San Francisco-area fuel terminal is contained after spewing black smoke high in the air, snarling rush-hour traffic and prompting officials to ask residents to take shelter. Authorities are working to assess...
Iranian Oil Tanker Struck, Probably by Missiles: Iran Media
Oct 11 2019 // An Iranian-owned oil tanker was struck, probably by missiles, in the Red Sea off Saudi Arabia’s coast on Friday, Iranian media said, an incident that if confirmed will stoke tension in a region rattled by attacks on...
Alaska Supreme Court Will Hear Youth’s Climate Change Lawsuit
Oct 10 2019 // The Alaska Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a lawsuit that claims state policy on fossil fuels is harming the constitutional right of young Alaskans to a safe climate. Sixteen Alaska youths in 2017 sued the...
