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Michigan Tries a New Legal Tactic Against Big Oil, Alleging Antitrust Violations Aimed at Hobbling EVs and Renewable Energy

The suit comes as the industry and its political allies escalate efforts to shut down liability laws and lawsuits. Republicans in Congress are currently crafting legislation to shield fossil fuel companies from climate liability.

By Dana Drugmand

 The ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery is seen on Jan. 13 in Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images
An aerial shot shows billowing white emissions from stacks in the large complex.

Half of Fossil Fuel Carbon Emissions in 2024 Came From 32 Companies

By Dana Drugmand
A view of Chevron’s El Segundo refinery in California. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Big Oil’s Climate Ads Have Propped Up Fake Promises and False Solutions for Past 25 Years, Report Finds

By Dana Drugmand
A jogger makes their way across a snowy street after a winter storm hit Seattle on Feb. 13, 2021. Credit: David Ryder/Getty Images

Homeowners Sue Oil Companies as Climate Damage Drives up Insurance Rates

By Dana Drugmand
An offshore oil drilling rig is seen in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: Ron Buskirk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Former BP Spokesperson Is Now EPA Region 6 Chief of Staff

By Martha Pskowski
A possible merger of Shell and BP would be on a scale comparable with the mega-merger between Exxon and Mobil. Credit: Aleksander Kalka/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Analysts Expect More Oil and Gas Mergers. What Could That Mean for the Climate?

By Deep Vakil
In Vancouver, Washington, Everett Clayton looks at a digital thermometer on a nearby building that reads 116 degrees while walking to his apartment on June 27, 2021. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

The Estate of a Woman Who Died in the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Dome Sues Big Oil for Wrongful Death

By Dana Drugmand
A BP cleanup crew shovels oil from a beach on May 24, 2010 at Port Fourchon, La. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Fifteen Years After Largest U.S. Offshore Oil Spill, Researchers Reveal Most-Polluting Rigs

By Carrie Klein
An aerial view of oil storage containers at Chevron’s Pasadena refinery in Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

How the World’s Most Powerful Corporations Have Fought Accountability for Climate Change

By Katie Surma
Neighbors look at a car crushed by a large tree in the wake of Hurricane Irene on August 28, 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland. Credit: Patrick Smith/Getty Images

Baltimore Judge Tosses Climate Case, Hands Win to Big Oil

By Aman Azhar
An aerial view of Doylestown, the county seat of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Credit: Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

A Pennsylvania County Is Suing the Fossil Fuel Industry for Damages Linked to Climate Change

By Kiley Bense
A view of the Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery in Wilmington, Calif. According to the Carbon Majors database, 72 percent of global fossil fuel and cement emissions can be traced to 122 producers. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Should Big Oil Be Tried for Homicide?

By Nicholas Kusnetz
Chicago is suing big fossil fuel companies, alleging the impact of flooding and other climate-related events has caused great damage. Credit: Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Chicago Sues 5 Oil Companies, Accusing Them of Climate Change Destruction, Fraud

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
Chevron CEO Mike Wirth (R) speaks with S&P Global Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin during CERAWeek by S&P Global in Houston, Texas on March 6, 2023. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

At CERAWeek, Big Oil Executives Call for ‘Energy Security’ and Longevity for Fossil Fuels

By Nicholas Kusnetz
Environmental activists rally for accountability for fossil fuel companies outside of New York Supreme Court on Oct. 22, 2019 in New York City. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Oil Companies Had a Problem With ExxonMobil’s Industry-Wide Carbon Capture Proposal: Exxon’s Bad Reputation

By Nicholas Kusnetz
A man walks through a flooded street the morning after the remnants of Hurricane Ida drenched the New York City and New Jersey area on Sept. 2, 2021 in Hoboken, New Jersey. Credit: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

New Jersey Joins Other States in Suing Fossil Fuel Industry, Claiming Links to Climate Change

By Jon Hurdle
American Electric Power's Mountaineer coal power plant opened a carbon capture unit (center right), alongside the plant's cooling tower and stacks in 2009. The project later died. Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Proponents Say Storing Captured Carbon Underground Is Safe, But States Are Transferring Long-Term Liability for Such Projects to the Public

By Nicholas Kusnetz
A part of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is seen on Sept. 17, 2019 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Concerns Linger Over a Secretive Texas Company That Owns the Largest Share of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline

By David Hasemyer

Big Oil’s Top Executives Strike a Common Theme in Testimony on Capitol Hill: It Never Happened

By Nicholas Kusnetz

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