Live Climate Activists Defeat Exxon in Push for Clean Energy: Live Updates RIGHT NOW Senators criticize Wall Street chiefs about their pandemic response. Exxon has said it does not make sense for it to pivot to renewables and that it is addressing climate change by focusing on capturing carbon from industrial facilities and storing it deep underground in perpetuity. “But the court believes that the consequences of severe climate change are more important than Shell’s interests,” she added. The court appeared to have accepted the environmentalists’ argument that not taking drastic measures on climate change would put lives in jeopardy. “Severe climate change has consequences for human rights, including the right to life.

Source: New York Times May 26, 2021 12:23 UTC