Posts Tagged ‘Big Oil’
Fossil fuel-funded cop kills California climate legislation
The California Fossil Fuel Divestment Coalition promises to return with similar legislation next year, and will turn up the pressure directly on CalPERS and CalSTRS to divest from fossil fuels.
Read moreBig Oil takes a Back Seat at JP Morgan Chase
After 33 years (19 as Lead Independent Director) Lee Raymond’s tenure on the Board of JP Morgan Chase has been seriously challenged. A group of shareholder activists and environmentalists in the Stop the Money Pipeline coalition mounted a strong campaign to remove Lee Raymond from Chase’s Board by calling for votes against his re-election at…
Read moreTell CalGEM to Protect Public Health around Oil Drilling
The California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) is giving community members a wide array of tools and methods to make their thoughts known on rules for oil drilling in the state. As expected, Big Oil’s lobbyists are providing plenty of input. If you care about the impacts of fossil fuels on the climate and public…
Read moreUpdates on Climate-Safe Pensions
Thank you for your support in launching the Coalition for Climate-Safe Pensions on Climate Finance Day, April 23. In a week, we pulled together: a blog announcing the the effort and underscoring the power of youth and elders uniting in common cause, a video highlighting the depth and breadth of this growing movement that aired during the national livestream…
Read moreHow Big Oil is Exploiting the Covid-19 Crisis
The onset of the Covid-19 global pandemic and orders to shelter in place have thrown most of us into a state of profound crisis. However we view the world, our world will never be the same. Now is the time to set our intentions for what kind of world we want to create on the…
Read moreOil, lies, and video ads
The petroleum industry is running scared. They know that their product is to the 21st Century what buggy whips were to the 20th. So as the California Assembly prepares to vote this week on SB 350, SB 185, and ten other climate bills, Big Oil is deploying some pretty oily tactics. First, the oil companies create and hide…
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