Judge Sandil Kissoon’s blistering ruling against Guyana’s EPA and Exxon for not preparing the country for the potential risks associated with deepwater offshore drilling and the likelihood of a major spill.
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Guyana Collins & Whyte v EPA ruling
Ruling in Guyana insurance case, in which Justice Sandil Kissoon ruled that the EPA had failed the Guyanese public by not requiring unlimited liability coverage from ExxonMobil in the event of a catastrophic spill.
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SCOTUS Says No to Exxon, Now the Corporate Free Speech Fight Begins
SCOTUS puts the fossil fuel industry’s jurisdictional argument to rest and the industry returns to its free speech argument.
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Debunking the “Moral Case” for Fossil Fuels
Data doesn’t back up the fossil fuel industry’s claim that it helps countries in need of development funding.
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2022 Meeting Minutes from Energy Charter Conference.
These meeting minutes chronicle the ECT Secretariat’s efforts to court various new signatories in Africa, including Nigeria, The Gambia, Senegal and Eswatini.
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Three Congressional Hearings on Climate Disinfo Bring New Industry Documents to Light
A big week for climate hearings.
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Manchin’s Inflation Reduction Act: What’s Good and Bad for Climate
A breakdown of what’s in the IRA
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IHS Markit Report: “Guyana aims to strengthen institutions to avoid petro-state pitfalls”
A report from IHS Markit, part of S&P Global, on Guyana’s burgeoning fossil fuel industry. Report authors note that “Guyana is laying the groundwork to address pitfalls that have plagued the world’s petro-states for decades. Good-governance institutional reforms aimed at managing oil revenues, mitigating corruption, regulating the upstream sector, and ensuring political stability are not […]
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False Friends of the Court, with Senator Whitehouse
Why every rightwing think tank has an amicus program