Oil Check Northwest

Keeping an eye on the oil & gas industry's bad behavior and sharing it out, with special focus on the Pacific NW.

[Emily Atkin @emorwee]

Over 40 years ago, Exxon's top scientists internally warned the company that climate change could lead to "catastrophic" weather events.

Now those fossil-fueled catastrophes are playing out before our eyes.

https://t.co/tDZcbFy8qA

[Center for Climate Integrity @climatecosts]

BIG: Multnomah County, OR, is expanding its climate accountability lawsuit against Big Oil and its enablers to include NW Natural, the regional gas utility.

This is the first time a gas utility has been sued for climate deception — & likely not the last. https://t.co/h6ZkUMDaBQ

[KGW News @KGWNews]

Multnomah County adds NW Natural to $50B climate change lawsuit https://t.co/bGA6cT4jsL

[Oregonian Business @OregonianBiz]

Multnomah County adds NW Natural to its fossil fuels lawsuit https://t.co/DER1yIb3J5

[Building Resilience @BuildResilient_]

Despite "green" promises beginning nearly a decade ago, NW Natural Gas continues to pump ever more methane to Oregonians and block efforts to move to clean energy. Higher pollution and profits for the fossil fuel company.
@Propublica investigation: https://t.co/SBb66wUujH #ORleg

[Marnie Glickman @marniemix]

Morning Reading: Oregon’s Largest Natural Gas Utility Hasn’t Actually Gone Green https://t.co/rb2tJZh9Np

[ProPublica @propublica]

NW Natural told Oregonians it had a new source of clean energy: renewable natural gas. Industry documents obtained by ProPublica reveal how the company has, for years, perpetuated its core fossil fuel business while painting a picture of going green.
https://t.co/FZ3SBaxpVg

[Oil Check Northwest @OilCheckNW]

Better part of a decade- after launching a $1m rosy marketing to prey on Oregonians climate values- NW Natural Gas's fossil fuel business is going strong and expanding. All while the for-profit monopoly sues Oregon to overturn climate protections. #orpol
https://t.co/KgaIAdZSQp

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

“Less we can!” Oregon’s Largest Natural Gas Company Said It Was Going Green. It Sells as Much Fossil Fuel as Before.
https://t.co/5xAypg8nqg @McKenzieFunk

[ProPublica @propublica]

NW Natural told Oregonians it had a new source of clean energy: renewable natural gas. Industry documents obtained by ProPublica reveal how the company has, for years, perpetuated its core fossil fuel business while painting a picture of going green.
https://t.co/YTZKtDRRob

[Jamie Henn @jamieclimate]

You'll be shocked to learn that the largest program in the country pushing "Renewable Natural Gas" was actually a sham designed to block electrification and keep consumers hooked on methane.

Seriously though, great report in @propublica
https://t.co/iqpAw32sOE

[Jamie Henn @jamieclimate]

Companies like ExxonMobil don't want you to know that this summer's brutal heatwave was Brought To You By Big Oil.

So we bought billboards in cities across America to make sure the public knows the truth.

More in @RollingStone:
https://t.co/VHmXTMGWoK

[Tzeporah Berman @Tzeporah]

A reminder as BC broils and northwest drought continues that last year oil and gas companies in BC took a record 6 BILLION LITRES of freshwater from lakes and rivers for fracking. Something to think about if you’re facing water restrictions in your hometown.

[Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson]

Oil companies sold the public on a fake climate solution-and swindled taxpayers out of billions

https://t.co/VLycYpttw5 @voxdotcom @amywestervelt @BenFranta @ssteingraber1 @howarth_cornell @dorfman_p @BrianVad @ChristianOnRE @AukeHoekstra @CKemfert @ChristineMilne @GlobalEcoGuy

[Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot]

Wow, this new Exxon ad is surprisingly candid.

[Jesse Lee @JesseCharlesLee]

Trump’s climate change talking points written by the former coal lobbyist who orchestrated the implementation of a coal billionaire’s wishlist to kneecap the EPA — and was then nominated by Trump to lead it.

[Oil Change International @PriceofOil]

❌Failing Gas Certification Tech

Over 10 months @Earthworks captured evidence of 23 emissions events at oil + gas wells in CO. Only 1 of those was recorded by industry-operated monitors.

In last year’s report researchers caught 22 pollution events. Industry monitors recorded 0.

[Oil Change International @PriceofOil]

🚨NEW REPORT: https://t.co/WuUEyStv0I

Fossil fuel companies feel the heat to tackle the climate crisis + reduce pollution, so they hire third-party “certifiers” claiming to provide evidence of low-emissions gas production.

The truth? Gas certification is #CertifiedGaslighting!

[Sammy Roth @Sammy_Roth]

In today’s @latimes Sports section: My column calling on the Dodgers and their owner, Mark Walter, to stop spreading the gospel of Big Oil by ending a long history of plastering 76 gasoline ads all over Chavez Ravine: https://t.co/dzLH38Zs2k

[ExxonKnews @Exxon_Knew]

🚨Major news today: @SenWhitehouse and @RepRaskin just formally referred their investigation of Big Oil's climate disinformation to the Department of Justice.

They call on DOJ to "pursue further investigation and take any appropriate legal action"👇

https://t.co/Z01Dtd44kw