California goes after ‘Big Oil’ companies with lawsuit, citing years of deception
California is suing five big oil companies for “lying about climate change,” the governor’s office announced Saturday. “For more than 50 years, Big Oil has been lying to us – covering up the fact that they’ve long known how dangerous the fossil fuels they produce are for our planet. It has been decades of damage […]
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California sues oil companies over climate change, seeking billions and claiming decades of deception
Homes sit on a hill behind pump jacks operating at the Inglewood Oil Field in Los Angeles, on May 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) California has filed a major lawsuit against five of the world’s largest oil companies, saying they knew as far back as the 1950s that their products are major contributors […]
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Attorneys say City cannot create its own training center referendum, City Council source says | #citycouncil
City attorneys say the Atlanta City Council cannot create its own ballot question about the public safety training center, according to a source at the council. “Law Department says they don’t have the authority to put it on the ballot,” said the source, adding the detailed opinion is still being reviewed inside the council. An […]
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Mayor Harrell and City Representatives Meet with Regional South Asian Community Leaders
Seattle – Today, Mayor Bruce Harrell, Councilmember Lisa Herbold, Seattle Police Department (SPD) Chief Adrian Z. Diaz, and City representatives met with leaders and organizations representing the South Asian community. Joined by over two dozen regional community leaders including State Representative Vandana Slatter and members of more than fifteen different community organizations, Mayor Harrell and […]
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California sues world’s biggest oil companies over climate change deception
The state of California filed a major lawsuit late Friday against the world’s biggest oil companies alleging they misled the public about the risks of their products, which have fueled a climate crisis and caused tens of billions of dollars in damage to communities. In a 135-page complaint, Attorney General Rob Bonta outlined what his […]
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John Brown University ranked top university in Arkansas: study
(Source: John Brown University) SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — John Brown University was ranked as the top college in Arkansas, according to the Wall Street Journal’s “2024 Best Colleges in the U.S.” WSJ’s rankings were based on three factors, student outcomes, learning environment, and diversity, according to a release from John Brown University. JBU was […]
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California sues 5 major oil companies, accuses them of deceiving public over the risks of fossil fuel use
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images Oil well pump jacks operated by Chevron in San Ardo, California. CNN — The state of California is suing the oil companies BP, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and ConocoPhillips and their trade group, the American Petroleum Institute, over what the state says is a long-standing pattern of deceiving the public over the […]
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Cambridge City Council asked to oppose ‘Copy City’ in Atlanta, 1 thousand miles away | #citycouncil
Picture of the graffiti on the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common before it was cleaned off on Sunday. (Courtesy photo) Though it may be a thousand miles away, Cambridge community members are calling on the City Council to oppose supporting the construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center “or any similar facilities, in any […]
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Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett’s wife files for divorce
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett’s wife, Stephanie Hogsett, has filed for divorce. Online court records indicate Stephanie Hogsett filed the petition for divorce in a Johnson County court on September 8. The online records show a hearing in the divorce proceedings is set for October 19. Joe Hogsett issued a statement to WISH-TV […]
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California lawsuit says oil giants deceived public on climate, seeks funds for storm damage
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The state of California filed a lawsuit against some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, claiming they deceived the public about the risks of fossil fuels now faulted for climate change-related storms and wildfires that caused billions of dollars in damage, officials said Saturday. The civil lawsuit filed in […]
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