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Air Pollution

March 3, 2021March 4, 2021 BRIEF
Clean Air Act, Exxon, fines, oil, pollution, Texas

A federal court in Texas ordered ExxonMobil to pay more than $14 million in Clean Air Act civil penalties for pollution from its petroleum and petrochemical complex in Baytown, Texas.

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Appeals Business Civil Rights International 

Train Disaster Case Appears to Run Aground in 1st Circuit

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 THOMAS F. HARRISON
Canada, Fire, first circuit, jurisdiction, liability, oil, railroad, trains

Victims of a crash that virtually incinerated an entire Canadian town argued that the railroad is playing games with the courts, but the judges seemed unsure.

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Environment International Science 

In Israel, Mayo Provides Miracle for Endangered Turtles

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Disaster, endangered species, food, Israel, oil, rescue, toxic spills

Only a handful of sea turtles survived after a disastrous oil spill blackened most of Israel’s shoreline and reached beaches of neighboring Lebanon.

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Environment 

Damage From Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Long-Lasting for Dolphins

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 MARTIN MACIAS JR
marine biology, oil

Researchers found the 2010 oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico spewed petroleum that significantly damaged dolphins’ immune systems.

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Business Environment International 

Russian Magnate Breaks Wealth Record Despite Pollution Fine

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
mining, oil, Russia, wealth

Russia’s richest man Vladimir Potanin has set a new wealth record despite his mining giant Norilsk Nickel being slapped this month with a $2 billion fine over an Arctic fuel spill.

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Appeals Business Energy Health International 

Court: Nigerian Farmers Can Sue Shell in UK Over Pollution

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
liability, Nigeria, oil, Pipeline, pollution, United Kingdom

Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that a group of Nigerian farmers and fishermen can sue Royal Dutch Shell PLC in English courts over pollution in a region where the Anglo-Dutch energy giant has a subsidiary.

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Business Environment 

Greener Pastures: Shell Plans Steady Drop in Oil Business

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Climate change, fossil fuel, oil

Royal Dutch Shell, one of the multinationals that has defined the oil industry, is slowly turning away from the fossil fuel that made its fortune over the decades but also worsened a global climate crisis.

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Business Environment International 

Russian Mining Giant Handed $2B Fine Over Fuel Spill

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
fines, mining, oil, Russia, toxic spills

Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel on Friday was fined nearly $2 billion after one of its subsidiaries became the source of a giant fuel spill in Russia’s Arctic last year.

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Appeals Business Environment International 

Shell Must Pay Nigerian Farmers for Oil Spills

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 MOLLY QUELL
Africa, damages, farming, Nigeria, oil, verdict

The verdict is a big win for environmentalists, who want to see Shell held responsible for one of the world’s most polluted places, the Niger Delta.

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International Politics Technology 

Iranian Guard Drones in Drill Mirror Those in Saudi Attacks

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
drones, Iran, missile, oil, Saudi Arabia

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard conducted a drill Friday that saw “suicide drones” crash into targets and explode, triangle-shaped aircraft that strongly resembled those used in a 2019 attack in Saudi Arabia that temporarily cut the kingdom’s oil production by half.

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Criminal Law Trials 

Contempt Trial

January 11, 2021January 12, 2021 BRIEF
Attorneys, Chevron, contempt, Ecuador, Fraud, NYC, oil

A federal judge in New York “reluctantly” granted Steven Donziger’s request to postpone his contempt trial, set for Jan. 19, to May 10. Donziger helped indiginous Ecuadoreans win a $9.8 billion verdict against Chevron for polluting the Amazon rainforest.

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Appeals Business Energy Environment International 

Norway’s Top Court Rejects Climate Challenge to Arctic Oil Exploration

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Arctic, Climate change, Norway, oil

Norway’s Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a challenge from environmental groups trying to stop oil exploration in the Arctic, after a historic battle over the country’s climate change commitments.

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Environment International 

Scientists Warn Massive Red Sea Oil Spill Is Imminent, and It Will Be Catastrophic

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 JASON SANDEFUR
coral reefs, Middle East, oil, Yemen

Oil from a decaying tanker in the Red Sea must be removed immediately to prevent an environmental disaster four times the size of the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, a team of international scientists warned Tuesday.

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International Latest Headlines Politics 

‘External Source’ Causes Oil Tanker Blast Off Saudi Arabia

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bombing, explosion, oil, Saudi Arabia, shipping, Trade, Yemen

An oil tanker off Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jiddah suffered an explosion early Monday after being hit by “an external source,” a shipping company said, suggesting another vessel has come under attack off the kingdom amid its yearslong war in Yemen.

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Civil Rights Government 

EPA Can’t Claw Back Names of ‘Happy Hour’ Oil Lobbyists

December 9, 2020December 11, 2020 NICHOLAS IOVINO
EPA, FOIA, lobbying, oil

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cannot claw back documents it disclosed by mistake revealing the names of oil lobbyists who planned a chummy “happy hour” outing with senior EPA officials, a federal judge has ruled.

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International Politics Technology 

US Adds Chinese Chipmaker, Oil Giant to Security Blacklist

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
China, computer, manufacturing, oil

The U.S. government has stepped up a feud with Beijing over security by adding China’s biggest maker of processor chips and a state-owned oil giant to a blacklist that limits access to American technology and investment.

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Business Criminal Energy International 

Oil Giant Walloped With Fines Over Brazil Bribe Scheme

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 NINA PULLANO
Brazil, bribery, Justice Department, Latin America, oil, Settlement

The U.S. affiliate of one of the world’s largest energy trading firms struck a more than $160 million deal Thursday to resolve bribery investigations here and in Brazil.

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Criminal International Politics 

Venezuela Judge Convicts 6 American Oil Execs, Orders Prison

November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
corruption, oil, Venezuela

Six American oil executives held for three years in Venezuela were found guilty of corruption charges by a judge Thursday and immediately sentenced to prison, dashing hopes of a quick release that would send them home to their families in the United States.

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Appeals Business International 

Lithuanian Railway Fine

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 BRIEF
European General Court, fines, Lithuania, oil, railroad, transportation

Though it affirmed that Lithuania’s national railway company abused its dominant market position, keeping Latvia’s service from participating in certain oil transportation, the European General Court set the fine Wednesday at $23.8 million, a reduction of nearly $10 million.

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Appeals Business Environment International 

Norway Court Begins Review of Arctic Oil Licenses

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Arctic, Climate change, licensing, Norway, oil

Norway’s Supreme Court began examining Wednesday a case brought by two environmental groups seeking the cancellation of oil licenses granted by the Norwegian state in the Arctic.

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