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  1. #BigOil Knew It Was Wrecking #Louisiana ’s Coast, Records Show

    Now, parish lawsuits, including one in front of the Supreme Court, could make oil giants pay to restore the state’s vanishing marshes.

    Emily Sanders 03/26/26

    Excerpt: "Now, one of those cases is under consideration by the US Supreme Court. Last year, a state court jury found #Chevron liable in a lawsuit brought by #PlaqueminesParish, one of more than 40 parish lawsuits accusing oil companies of failing to secure permits for their operations and neglecting to clean up the damage they left behind in violation of state coastal management law. After the landmark verdict requiring Chevron to spend $745 million to restore the coast, the company appealed the case to the Supreme Court, which heard arguments in January.

    "In light of the industry’s successful lobbying for legislation limiting landowners’ lawsuits, parish lawsuits are an especially crucial avenue to hold the companies accountable, some local attorneys say. If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the parishes and they continue to win their cases in state courts, they could make Chevron, #Exxon, #BP, #Shell, and other oil companies pay billions of dollars to help fund coastal restoration efforts as the state runs out of resources to support cleanup. "

    Read more:
    whowhatwhy.org/science/environ

    #MakePollutersPay #EnvironmentalPollution #EnvironmentalDestruction #DeepwaterHorizon #ClimateCrisis #BigOilKnew #MakeCorporatePollutersPay #GlobalWarming #BritishPetroleum

  2. #usa #israel #iran #philippines #japan #uk #warofaggression #usmilitarybases #jetfuel #straitofhormuz #blockade #britishpetroleum #bp #tnc #multinational #BP

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    …cargo is scheduled to depart in early June.

    A separate tender was issued for 260,000 barrels of military-grade jet fuel or diesel from Cherry Point to a port in the Yokose area of Sasebo, Japan, for voyages in May and June, the document says. The Yokose wharf serves US Navy ships.“

  3. #usa #israel #iran #philippines #japan #uk : #warofaggression / #usmilitarybases / #jetfuel / #straitofhormuz / #blockade / #britishpetroleum / #bp / #tnc / #multinational

    „A request for offers to ship 235,000 barrels of jet fuel from Cherry Point in Blaine, Washington, where #BP has a refinery, to Subic Bay in the Philippines, a strategic access point and logistics hub for US naval operations, was issued on Thursday, according to a document seen by Bloomberg. The …

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