IF A Hollywood producer ordered up these images, they might be dismissed as too dramatic: orange skies; ash-filled rain; fire tornadoes; flames jumping as high as 230 feet; people huddling for shelter on the beach. Continue Reading
Almost 2,000 houses have been destroyed in Australia’s months-long bushfire crisis, officials say, as crews prepare frantically for worsening conditions. After ferocious conditions last week, firefighters are using milder weather to Continue Reading
Japanese refiners are stepping up their efforts to diversify their crude oil supply sources amid escalating tensions in the Middle East and the refiners may have to tap petroleum reserves Continue Reading
Chinese state-run company Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation’s recent order of an LNG-fueled VLCC is a significant development in the wider adoption of natural gas as a marine fuel, even though Continue Reading
China has made huge strides in cleaning up its rivers and lakes over the past 15 years, suggesting clampdowns on pollution are working. While major rivers such as the Yangtze Continue Reading
Protesters have blocked coal trains headed for one of New England’s last remaining coal-fired plants five times in the span of a month, including this protest in early December 2019 Continue Reading
Ford Motor Co. U.S. sales were off 3.2% in 2019, reflecting a broader cooling of demand in the U.S. auto market after a record period of elevated results. The No. 2 Continue Reading
The Trump administration on Monday took its first step toward tighter pollution controls on trucks, an anomalous move for a government known for weakening environmental policies but one that would Continue Reading
Xcel offered the first voluntary decarbonization plan by any large investor-owned utility, but it includes converting coal plants to run on natural gas and buying another natural gas plant that Continue Reading
Not counting the decade’s largest acquisition deal, the $57-billion Occidental takeover of Anadarko, 2019 saw only $39 billion in oil and gas deals. But if the $11 billion deals in Continue Reading
