USA: Marathon Petroleum allegedly ran stealth campaign to roll back car emissions standards; inc. company comments

Author: Hiroko Tabuchi, The New York Times

"The oil industry's covert campaign to rewrite American car emissions rules," 13 Dec 2018...

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USA: Environmental groups to challenge oil industry countersuit over requirements for drilling applications

Author: The Center for Biological Diversity

"Court to Hear L.A. Youths’ Challenge to Oil Industry’s Retaliatory SLAPP Suit", 6 Dec 2018...

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Nigeria: Federal lawsuit against Chevron and Total over missing crude oil revenue adjourned to February 2019

Author: News Agency of Nigeria, Premium Times

"$69 Million Oil Shipment: Nigeria's suit against Chevron, Total to continue February", 4 December 2018....

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Chevron did not respond

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Corporate Human Rights Benchmark Key Findings Report 2018

Author: Corporate Human Rights Benchmark

Since its inception, the CHRB has been aiming to answer a deceptively simple question; which companies perform best on human rights issues? [...] [T]his document [...] rank[s] 101 of the world’s largest companies in high human-rights-risk sectors and...

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Commentary: Climate change litigation turns up the heat on corporations

Author: Cain Burdeau, Courthouse News Service (USA)

"Climate Change Litigation Turns Up the Heat on Corporations", 1 Nov 2018...

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