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Big Oil and the plastics industry knew decades ago that plastic recycling was “virtually hopeless," but that didn't stop them from deceptively promoting it as a viable waste management solution.
It's time for Big Oil to be held accountable for the resulting harms that communities are now facing.
It's time for Big Oil to be held accountable for the resulting harms that communities are now facing.
The Fraud of Plastic Recycling | Center for Climate Integrity
How Big Oil and the plastics industry deceived the public for decades and caused the plastic waste crisis
climateintegrity.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Big Oil and the plastics industry knew decades ago that plastic recycling was “virtually hopeless," but that didn't stop them from deceptively promoting it as a viable waste management solution.
It's time for Big Oil to be held accountable for the resulting harms that communities are now facing.
It's time for Big Oil to be held accountable for the resulting harms that communities are now facing.
However, Justice Alito has not consistently recused himself from considering cases that could impact ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66, in which he owns stock.
@freddy-brewster.bsky.social explained one of those cases in @levernews.com.
@freddy-brewster.bsky.social explained one of those cases in @levernews.com.
Alito’s Oil Investments Pollute Contractor Accountability Case
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has not recused himself from a case that could stop states from holding federal contractors accountable for climate damage and other malfeasance.
www.levernews.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
However, Justice Alito has not consistently recused himself from considering cases that could impact ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66, in which he owns stock.
@freddy-brewster.bsky.social explained one of those cases in @levernews.com.
@freddy-brewster.bsky.social explained one of those cases in @levernews.com.
In January the justices turned down a Big Oil petition virtually identical to the one now pending before them.
Justice Alito, who owns stock in oil companies, recused.
But Justice Barrett, who as a circuit judge recused from cases involving Shell — where her father was a top lawyer — did not.
Justice Alito, who owns stock in oil companies, recused.
But Justice Barrett, who as a circuit judge recused from cases involving Shell — where her father was a top lawyer — did not.
Supreme Court denies Big Oil’s attempts to escape accountability in Hawai`i | Center for Climate Integrity
Honolulu is primed to enter the full discovery phase in its climate accountability lawsuit against Exxon and other major polluters.
climateintegrity.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In January the justices turned down a Big Oil petition virtually identical to the one now pending before them.
Justice Alito, who owns stock in oil companies, recused.
But Justice Barrett, who as a circuit judge recused from cases involving Shell — where her father was a top lawyer — did not.
Justice Alito, who owns stock in oil companies, recused.
But Justice Barrett, who as a circuit judge recused from cases involving Shell — where her father was a top lawyer — did not.
“That’s a pretty ugly history,” said CCI's Kert Davies. “Exxon seemed to think that if you could make developing nations, and all nations, skeptical that climate change was a crisis then you’d never have a global climate treaty.”
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.desmog.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“That’s a pretty ugly history,” said CCI's Kert Davies. “Exxon seemed to think that if you could make developing nations, and all nations, skeptical that climate change was a crisis then you’d never have a global climate treaty.”
Learn more about Big Oil's push to shut down the growing wave of climate accountability lawsuits: 👇👇👇
Trump and Republicans Join Big Oil’s All-Out Push to Shut Down Climate Liability Efforts - Inside Climate News
Republican attorneys general, GOP lawmakers, industry groups and the president himself are all maneuvering to foreclose the ability of cities and states to hold the fossil fuel industry liable for dam...
insideclimatenews.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Learn more about Big Oil's push to shut down the growing wave of climate accountability lawsuits: 👇👇👇
Turns out, this isn't the first time that Big Oil has said that actions to hold them accountable for lying (!) violates their constitutionally-protected right to free speech. 🥴 🥴
The law firm helping Big Oil weaponize the First Amendment
Gibson Dunn is “playing both sides” of free speech, using it to defend fossil fuel companies and silence the industry’s critics.
www.exxonknews.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Turns out, this isn't the first time that Big Oil has said that actions to hold them accountable for lying (!) violates their constitutionally-protected right to free speech. 🥴 🥴