Looking For A Billion-Dollar Payday, Calif. Sues Big Oil Over Climate Change

Climate Dispatch by Will Kessler | Sep 19, 2023. The state of California filed a lawsuit Saturday against major oil companies, claiming that their production of fossil fuels has contributed to climate change and natural disasters. The suit, which was filed in the Superior Court of California in the County of San Francisco, alleges that deception by the defendants caused a delayed societal response to global warming and that their misconduct has greatly affected people, property, and natural resources, according to court filings. [emphasis, links added] The suit targets oil companies Exxon, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP, and the trade group …

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler Tells Congress A Climate Whopper

SEC chairman Gary Gensler Climate Change Dispatch Written by WSJ Editorial Board on Sep 18, 2023. Posted in Latest news When is a climate policy not a climate policy? Apparently when Chairman Gary Gensler of the Securities and Exchange Commission is trying to disguise the intent of his forthcoming climate-disclosure rule while testifying before Congress. The SEC last spring proposed a highly controversial rule that would require public companies to disclose their putative climate risks and greenhouse gas emissions, including those of suppliers and customers. [emphasis, links added] The rule is expected to be finalized soon and will likely meet …

After Nobel Prize Scientist Declares ‘There Is No Real Climate Crisis’ – He is Abruptly Canceled for IMF Climate Talk: Claim

Gateway Pundit July 24, 2023 by Jack Davis, The Western Journal Allegations are being leveled that the cancelation of a speech by a Nobel Prize-winning scientist is linked to his opinions about climate change. Scientist John Clauser, who won a Nobel prize in physics last year, had been scheduled to give a speech at a climate seminar hosted by the International Monetary Fund, according to the CO2Coaltion’s website. The site describes his presentation as having been “summarily canceled” and technically labeled postponed. I totally agree with Dr. John Clauser. https://t.co/WlHb3hFMkG pic.twitter.com/uhxqgzapwQ — John Shewchuk (@_ClimateCraze) July 22, 2023 The site …

Oklahoma bans more than a dozen woke banks from doing business with the state

Fox Business May 3, 2023 State will not do business with banks ‘beholden to social goals that override their fiduciary duties,’ Oklahoma state treasurer says Watch the latest video at foxbusiness.com Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ shares what he expects to accomplish with the boycotts on ‘The Bottom Line.’ Oklahoma is taking action Wednesday to ban 13 major financial institutions from doing business with the state after a review determined the banks engaged in energy boycotts. Oklahoma State Treasurer Todd Russ is planning to announce the sweeping measure Wednesday morning which represents one of the most aggressive actions any state has …

World’s coffee under threat, say experts

BBC by By Helen Briggs | Jan. 17, 2023 The first full assessment of risks to the world’s coffee plants shows that 60% of 124 known species are on the edge of extinction. More than 100 types of coffee tree grow naturally in forests, including two used for the coffee we drink. Scientists say the figure is “worrying”, as wild coffee is critical for sustaining the global coffee crop. About one in five of the world’s plants is threatened with extinction, and the 60% figure is an “extremely high” one. “If it wasn’t for wild species we wouldn’t have as …

Municipalities of Puerto Rico v. Exxon Mobil, et al. Part 2: RICO-teering

Russell Cook | Jan. 4, 2023 Bad enough that this lawsuit filing from the Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman LLC law firm has a no-win appearance of being either a mismanaged effort guided by the Sher Edling law firm without any disclosure of that partnership, or it appears to be a spectacularly inept and possibly unethical plagiarizing of the accusation content and other bits from the 16 boilerplate copy Sher Edling lawsuits. I detailed all of that in my Part 1 blog post (handily reproduced at WUWT, enabling me to reach a wider reading audience). Exponentially worse for Milberg Coleman is the widespread news …

The New Pause lengthens: 100 Months with No Warming At All

By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley | Jan. 3, 2023 The cold weather on both sides of the Atlantic last month seems to have had its effect on temperature, which fell sharply compared with November, lengthening the New Pause to 8 years 4 months, as measured by the satellites designed, built and operated by Dr Roy Spencer and Dr John Christy at the University of Alabama in Huntsville: The graph shows the least-squares linear-regression trend on the monthly global mean lower-troposphere anomalies. The least-squares method was recommended by Professor Jones of the University of East Anglia as a reasonable method of …

Puerto Rico Greens Launch a RICO Lawsuit Against Big Oil

by Eric Worrall | Dec. 21, 2022 Big oil is accused of conspiring to deceive the public into thinking the current warming might not have been caused by Anthropogenic CO2. Big oil is behind conspiracy to deceive public, first climate racketeering lawsuit says Lawyer in a civil lawsuit launched by towns in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico describes why it is using laws used to target mob bosses Nina Lakhani @ninalakhaniTue 20 Dec 2022 20.00 AEDT The same racketeering legislation used to bring down mob bosses, motorcycle gangs, football executives and international fraudsters is to be tested against oil and coal companies …

After Eruption, CO2 Data Collection Moves to Maunakea

Big Island Video News | Dec 16, 2022 (BIVN) – Shortly after the Mauna Loa eruption migrated into the Northeast Rift Zone on November 28, lava crossed the Mauna Loa Observatory Road and cut the power the facilities collecting critical atmospheric data. The data is considered “vital to understanding how Earth’s climate is changing”, according to the University of Hawaiʻi. On Friday, the UH announced it is partnering with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, to continue making the measurements on Maunakea. From the university news release: NOAA scientists recently installed an intake tube less than an inch …

Germany’s Gas Reserves “Emptying At Record Speed” As Country Struggles To Keep Warm, Lights On

No Tricks Zone | Dec. 16, 2022 Pleiteticker.de here reports how Germany’s natural gas reserves “are emptying at record speed” because wind and solar power have been on the scarce side over the past few weeks. This means gas turbines have had to jump in to pick up the slack in electricity production – not one the German government had hoped as it wrestles with the heightening energy crisis. “Germany is converting gas into electricity in record quantities,” pleiteticker.de reports. “Thanks to high pressure system ‘Erika’, the current December is colder than it has been for years. […] In recent …