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Once again, major international oil companies are being sued over climate change, even though all of them have corporate advertising and websites espousing the need to “transition” to carbon-free energy.
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Embrace of Green Language and Programs Undermines ‘Big Oil’ in Lawsuits
Major international oil companies are being sued over climate change, even though all have websites espousing the need to “transition” to carbon-free energy.
Stacks and burn-off from the ExxonMobil refinery are seen at dusk in St. Bernard Parish, La., on Feb. 13, 2015. Gerald Herbert/AP Photo
Linnea Lueken
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Linnea Lueken is a research fellow with the Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy. While she was an intern with The Heartland Institute in 2018, she co-authored a policy brief “Debunking Four Persistent Myths About Hydraulic Fracturing.” Lueken graduated from the University of Wyoming in 2018 with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, and a minor in geology. In college, she was active in her sorority, the UW Shooting Sports Team, and College Republicans, as well as a variety of engineering organizations. Before coming to Heartland, she worked in the Gulf of Mexico on deepwater drillships as a logging geologist. Lueken grew up in Kildeer, Illinois, and currently lives in south Louisiana.
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