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Oil giant met with greens for years on climate policy
Shell Oil Co. has convened regular meetings since early 2016 with key environmental groups and think tanks to build support for a nationwide carbon tax, according to sources.
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Kelsey Brugger and Benjamin Hulac, E&E News reporters
Shell Oil Co. has convened regular meetings since early 2016 with key environmental groups and think tanks to build support for a nationwide carbon tax, according to sources.
Cleveland's Cuyahoga River burned for the last time 50 years ago this week. It was a small fire, under control in a half hour and fully extinguished within two hours. A firefighter told reporters it "wasn't that big a deal." Yet the blaze has been credited with sparking passage of the Clean Water Act. Here's how a minor, local incident morphed into national myth.
By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said yesterday he has reached a deal with legislative leaders over a bill to slash New York's greenhouse gas emissions.
By Benjamin Storrow in Climatewire
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Cleveland's Cuyahoga River burned for the last time 50 years ago this week. It was a small fire, under control in a half hour and fully extinguished within two hours. A firefighter told reporters it "wasn't that big a deal." Yet the blaze has been credited with sparking passage of the Clean Water Act. Here's how a minor, local incident morphed into national myth.
By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said yesterday he has reached a deal with legislative leaders over a bill to slash New York's greenhouse gas emissions.
By Benjamin Storrow in Climatewire