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News Tipoffs - California Editors Newsletter for Monday September 18, 2023 ( 3 items )  

Calif. A.G. Bonta Announces Lawsuit Against Oil and Gas Companies for Misleading Public About Climate Change
OAKLAND, California, Sept. 18 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2023: Joined by California Governor Newsom, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced the filing of a lawsuit against five of the largest oil and gas companies in the world -- Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and BP -- and the American Petroleum Institute (API) for allegedly engaging in a decades-long campaign of deception and creating statewide climate c  more

Calif. Gov. Newsom: People of the State of California Vs. Big Oil
SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 18 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2023: Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced today that California is suing Big Oil for more than 50 years of deception, cover-up, and damage that have cost California taxpayers billions of dollars in health and environmental impacts. * * * The defendants: * Five of the world's largest oil companies and their subsidiaries: Exxon, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPh  more

N.Y. Agriculture Dept.: Dygert Farms of Montgomery County Selected for New York AEM-Leopold Conservation Award
ALBANY, New York, Sept. 18 -- The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2023: New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball today joined the Sand County Foundation to announce that Dygert Farms of Palatine Bridge has been selected for the 2023 New York Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM)-Leopold Conservation Award. The distinguished award honors a farm and its nominating Soil and Water Conservation District for thei  more