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Opinion: Canada, Greenland, Panama, Gaza and now Ukraine: Wake up, world, Donald Trump is coming for you

February 20, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Feb. 20, 2025. By Jeffrey B. Meyers It’s no longer speculative to ask how the post-Second World War world order, led by the United States, will end. [Read more]

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Lawsuits in Scotland, Ireland slow down new oilfields, allow new wind farm development

February 4, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 4, 2025. By The Energy Mix Staff Four climate and energy court cases over the last month point to the potential for legal challenges to [Read more]

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Landmark New York law charges Big Oil $75B for climate costs

January 7, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 7, 2025. By Christopher Bonasia New York state is following on the heels of Vermont with a law that requires fossil fuel companies to shoulder [Read more]

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California law and refinery closure reflect ongoing challenges for the state’s fuel market

December 9, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Dec. 9, 2024. By Kevin Hack On October 14, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed bill Abx2-1 into law, empowering California regulators to set and adjust minimum [Read more]

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Opinion: Blueberry River First Nations’ oil and gas dispute a failure of colonial-imposed governance

July 31, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on July 30, 2024. By Giuseppe Amatulli The Blueberry River First Nations (BRFN) has, for a few years now, been locked in a dispute with the B.C. government [Read more]

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UK activists win landmark ruling on oil well’s ‘inevitable’ emissions

June 25, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on June 25, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Climate advocates are increasingly—and successfully—demanding that courts hold regional decision-makers accountable for ignoring planet-warming pollution. In the United Kingdom, Supreme [Read more]

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Burnaby commits $1 per resident to sue Big Oil, with conditions

May 23, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 22, 2204. By The Energy Mix staff Burnaby, British Columbia has become the biggest city in the province to pledge $1 per resident for a [Read more]

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Taking Big Oil to court for ‘climate homicide’ isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds

April 19, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on April 19, 2024. By Kate Yoder A new legal theory suggests that oil companies could be taken to court for every kind of homicide in the United States, [Read more]

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US DOJ thinks Enbridge Line 5 pipeline is trespassing on tribal lands

April 12, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on April 12, 2024. By Izzy Ross This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan. Those involved in the Line 5 [Read more]

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Greenwashing lawsuit accuses FortisBC of misleading consumers

April 1, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 29, 2024. By Mitchell Beer The Stand Environmental Society and two British Columbia residents have filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, [Read more]

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Big Oil faces a flood of climate lawsuits — and they’re moving closer to trial

March 8, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on March 8, 2024. By Kate Yoder It’s been six years since cities in California started the trend of taking Big Oil to court for deceiving the public about the consequences [Read more]

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New EU ecocide law ‘marks the end of impunity for environmental criminals’

March 6, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on March 6, 2024. By Lylla Younes An illegal toxic dump site in Croatia, the theft of water from a major aquifer in southern Spain, illegal trading of ozone-depleting [Read more]

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Chicago sues oil and gas giants for local climate impacts

February 22, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 22, 2024. Chicago is joining a flood of lawsuits against fossil fuel companies with a court filing that aims to hold BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, [Read more]

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A Superfund for climate change? States consider a new way to make Big Oil pay

February 2, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Feb. 2, 2024. By Katie Myers Last July, the normally warm and humid but still pleasant New England summer was disrupted by a series of unusually heavy rain [Read more]

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Exxon sues to block climate proposal from shareholder vote

January 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 30, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Oil giant ExxonMobil has resorted to legal action against two activist investors, seeking to prevent their proposal on accelerated climate [Read more]

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Utah pipeline protesters could now get at least five years in prison

March 21, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on March 21, 2023. By Naveena Sadasivam In Utah, protests that hinder the functioning of fossil fuel infrastructure could now lead to at least five years in prison. The [Read more]

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CSIS monitored Northern Gateway protestors, community groups

July 8, 2019 Energi Staff

On Monday, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association published thousands of pages of redacted documents disclosed by Canada’s spy agency, CSIS.  The BCCLA says the documents suggest CSIS illegally gathered information on Indigenous groups, environmentalists [Read more]

In the Spotlight

The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Find Energi Media journalism in video, audio, and essays YouTube Channel: Video energy news Substack Essays: Thoughtful Energy Journalism Energi Talks Audio Podcast Real story of this energy crisis is not supply disruption, but demand [Read more]

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