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Three dump trucks in a barren landscape

Exxon and oil sands go on trial in New York climate fraud case

Energy

The New York attorney general says Exxon used two sets of books and misled investors by downplaying the potential costs of carbon emissions

natural gas flares in an oil field

Lawsuit accusing ExxonMobil of ignoring risks from climate change moves forward

Climate Change
Chevron Bay Area fire

Lawsuits took down Big Tobacco. Can they make oil companies accountable for climate change?

Environment
Flooding in Marin County

California counties sue oil and gas companies for damages caused by climate change

Environment
Oil facilities at Venezuela's western Maracaibo lake November 5, 2007.

Rex Tillerson’s long, troubled history in Venezuela

Economics
Exxon sign

The SEC is investigating how ExxonMobil values its fossil fuel holdings

Justice

In order to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius or less by the end of the century, oil and gas companies will eventually have to limit how much fossil fuel they extract. Most oil companies are facing this reality and writing down the value of their future oil assets. ExxonMobil is not, and the SEC wants to know why.

Opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline planned to run from the Alberta tas sands to refineries in the US finally got their wish on Friday when president Obama pulled the plug on the project.

With Keystone down and Exxon under investigation, it’s been a tough week for the oil business

Environment

On Thursday, word came that ExxonMobil is being investigated for possibly misleading shareholders on the risks climate change poses to its business. On Friday, President Obama killed the Keystone XL oil pipeline to the US from Canada, citing the threat of climate change from burning fossil fuels. The oil business has seen worse weeks, but perhaps not many.

U.S., state officials file lawsuit against ExxonMobil over Arkansas oil spill

Environment

Residents of Mayflower, Ark., want payment from ExxonMobil for the environmental damage done by an oil spill there in March. In fact, they’re moving so fast they’ve forced the state and federal government to file suit against the company to seek fines and damages just a few months after the spill.

The Cleanup, the Media and ExxonMobil

The EPA may be the federal agency officially in charge of the cleanup, but media inquiries are funneled through ExxonMobil, the pipeline operator responsible for the spill.

Oil Spills in Nigeria

The West African country of Nigeria is one of the top oil producing countries in the world. Oil theft and lack of enforcement of environmental laws have resulted in frequent spills and ongoing oil pollution.