State attorney general offices in Massachusetts and New York are continuing a worrisome trend of refusing to release their communications with environmental activists to the public. In Massachusetts, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is refusing to release its correspondence with Matthew Pawa and...
The New York Attorney General’s Office (OAG) is refusing to comply with ExxonMobil’s discovery requests even after the New York Supreme Court ruled the company could proceed with discovery related to the AG’s investigation of its climate change disclosures. The company is seeking documents that...
A protest over the weekend is just the latest in a series of attempts by “Keep It In the Ground” (KIITG) activists and New York Gov. Cuomo to stymie natural gas pipeline development throughout the state, despite the economic toll of limiting reliable natural gas...
Over the past week, major energy companies across the globe reported their earnings for the third quarter of 2018. For many, the results exceeded expectations, with oil and gas producers announcing record profits and production increases. This came as a welcome surprise to many, but perhaps not to...
The #ExxonKnew team was clearly ready with statements and tweets to celebrate and claim credit when, after four years of investigation, the New York Attorney General’s office finally filed its lawsuit against ExxonMobil over climate change. As EID previously pointed out, it was “put up...
This weekend, Eric Lipton and a team of reporters from the New York Times published a lengthy story about federal leasing for oil and natural gas development in Wyoming, and how a recent uptick in development was “driven by” the Trump administration. The broader thesis...
ExxonMobil is now asking a federal appeals court for relief from a never ending and overreaching investigation led by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood, who accuse the company of misleading investors on the risks of climate change. The...
UPDATE (9/10/18, 5:38 PM EST): A chart tweeted out Monday by the International Energy Agency (IEA) further illustrates the fact that the recent New York Times “shale bubble” op-ed was based on woefully outdated data. As the IEA tweeted, The US 🇺🇸shale industry is at...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently overturned the New York Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) decision to deny National Fuel the water quality certificate needed to complete construction of the Northern Access pipeline. FERC explained it reached this decision because DEC had failed to...
Andrew Cuomo has been on a virtual crusade against shale development and natural gas use during his term as New York’s governor. And it’s something he’s proud of, recently bragging to Politico that in addition to “blocking pipelines,” “I don’t build any fossil-fuel plants anymore,...
Clearly the New York Times Magazine had zero idea just how much its heavily promoted 30,000-word climate story was going to rile up environmental activists. Or did they? The response to the Times article from the climate crowd was fast and furious – and was...