Companies with high carbon missions are choosing how to publicly acknowledge their impact on the climate, and the risks to their business. Credit: Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images For years, politically and financially motivated campaigns have wrapped climate science in a cloak of doubt. Scientists, initially caught off guard, responded with a relentless…
The New York attorney general's investigation of Exxon's potential climate fraud has put a focus on a misleading report about what the company knew about climate risks. Photo credit: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images By Karen Savage As part of a deal to get shareholders to withdraw a resolution seeking greater transparency on climate change risks, Exxon agreed in…
In Miami, sea level rise-driven flooding is already a fact of life. Photo credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images For years, politically and financially motivated campaigns have wrapped climate science in a cloak of doubt. Scientists, initially caught off guard, eventually responded with a…
Louisiana communities, including Dedham Springs, were devastated by flooding in August 2016 and battle climate change all along the Gulf Coast. Photo credit: Karen Savage By Karen Savage Without taking a breath, Kindra Arnesen impatiently rattled off the major storms that have inundated her Venice, La., community in recent years;…
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman claims Exxon's climate risk accounting is a "sham." Photo credit: Drew Angerer/Getty
Images By Karen Savage NEW YORK—Using his state’s powerful anti-fraud statutes, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is taking a deep dive into Exxon’s climate change…
San Mateo County, among the California communities most threatened by sea level rise, filed a suit to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the escalating cost of damages. Photo credit: Kimberly White/Getty Images By Amy Westervelt When San Mateo County, Marin County and the City of Imperial Beach filed lawsuits in California courts earlier this week, charging a…
Exxon employees are alleging the oil giant hid what it knew about climate risks and endangered their retirement accounts. Photo credit: Eric Thayer/Getty Images By Amy Westervelt While ExxonMobil battles high-profile investigations by the attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts, another legal complaint alleging false claims on climate change…
New York investigators found that Rex Tillerson used an alias email while chief executive of Exxon. Photo credit: Brian Harkin/Getty Images By Karen Savage New York – New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said over the past 18 months, ExxonMobil has produced nearly 3 million pages…
The youth plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States speak in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in April 2017. Photo credit: Robin Loznak By Karen Savage The Paris climate agreement may have been relatively simple for President Donald Trump to decide to back the U.S. out of, but…
Youth plaintiffs in climate case against the U.S. government speak after a court hearing in September 2016. Photo credit: Robin Loznak By Lynn Zinser A group of 21 young people, supported by the non-profit advocacy group Our Children’s Trust, filed a suit in 2015 against the…