Sentences with phrase «against oil companies»

The lawsuits are the latest legal challenges against oil companies over climate change and come as the firms are searching for new business models amid pressure by governments and consumers for cleaner energy.

Those cities and counties claim a disastrous flood is imminent due to climate change, and energy producers are the cause, in their case against the oil company.

As far as I can tell the green plaintiffs have yet to present a single piece of evidence against oil companies which can't be knocked down within five minutes of cross examination.

The winning logo will be used by us in innovative and exciting ways as part of our international campaign against the oil company.

The Health Department has taken just one action against an oil company in the past three years, citing Continental Resources for oil and brine spills that turned two streams into temporary toxic dumps.

Why is the possible win of a lawsuit against the oil companies not factored into the equation?

Since its first boat patrol into Newtown Creek over eight years ago, Riverkeeper has established itself as the leading pollution enforcer on Newtown Creek, exemplified by its citizen suits against oil companies, cement manufacturers and other polluters.

The Health Department has taken just one action against an oil company in the past three years, citing Continental Resources for oil and brine spills that turned two streams into temporary toxic dumps.

There can be lots of lawsuits and hot - air about fighting against oil companies and coal baddies.

Minister Hector Timerman used a press conference in Buenos Aires to outline his country's plans to take «the required legal, administrative, civil and criminal actions against oil companies currently involved in drilling».

Plot: This ten - part thriller, set in the Canadian Rockies, sees an expat British police officer take a stand against an oil company fronted by the mysterious Mrs Bradshaw leading to unprecedented bloodshed.

A ruling against oil companies could not only have tremendous consequences for the U.S. legal system but could also mean a sizable payday for the class action firms representing cities suing over global warming.

The Obama administration has championed pollution - free wind power and used the same law against oil companies and power companies for drowning and electrocuting birds.

If a fi ne of 116 % were made against an oil company, large supermarket chain, bank or manufacturer then you can imagine the impact.

Representing a Mediterranean state against an oil company, in an ad hoc arbitration in regard to an oil sales contract (amount in dispute: more than 900 million USD).

It's one thing for the CCPA to rail against oil companies.

Without funding, they lack the means to seek justice against the oil company but with our funds, not only are the lawyers paid, but in the event of a loss, claimants will be protected and will not have to pay the other side's costs.

A manufacturers group slammed the city's lawsuit against oil companies and its divestment from fossil fuel businesses.

Hagens Berman stands to earn millions, possibly billions, of dollars in contingency fees depending on the total winnings, should San Francisco, Oakland or New York City win their global warming suits against oil companies.

These suits, which were filed in state court, are part of «a growing body of legal action against oil companies over climate change,» Reuters notes.

Rivera didn't have a big campaign budget, but she turned out hundreds of volunteers to fight against the oil companies» efforts to prevent the law's implementation.

The Tsleil - Waututh First Nation is one of several Indigenous groups that have taken legal action against the oil company.

The cities» suits against oil companies, however, do not show an industry conspiracy to suppress climate science from the public, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said, according to journalists who attended the hearing.

Why would a think tank chock - full of libertarian expats join with environmentalists and represent local governments in a lawsuit against oil companies?

The plaintiffs, representing 30,000 indigenous Eduadorian villagers, filed suit in the U.S. in 1993 against the oil companies, before a 2001 judgement directed them to initiate their claims in Eduador instead.