In 1968, a pair of scientists from Stanford Research Institute wrote a report for the American Petroleum Institute, a trade association for America’s oil and natural gas industry. They warned Continue Reading
Environmentalists backing a Big Tobacco-style government probe of oil companies plotted their strategy for targeting companies like ExxonMobil at a closed-door meeting in Manhattan earlier this year, according to a Continue Reading
The U.S. oil and gas industry was working as early as the 1940s to spin the narrative on the role fossil fuels influenced the climate, a report finds. A series Continue Reading
Environmentally minded Exxon investors have sought for decades to use the company’s annual meeting as… Investors holding more than $5 billion in Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM 1.24 % shares are Continue Reading
The first Alaska wildfire of 2016 broke out in late February, followed by a second there just eight days later. New Mexico has had 140 fires this year, double the Continue Reading
Dozens of investors are backing the call for ExxonMobil, the US oil group, to “stress test” the potential impact on its business of policies to address the threat of climate Continue Reading
The World Bank said it was standing ready to offer its unique leverage on the global stage to help address the growing challenges of climate change. Laura Tuck, a vice Continue Reading
England, birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, has been moving away from industry, shutting factories and steel mills. Throughout the 20th century, the global economy was fueled by burning coal to Continue Reading
From Alaska to Oklahoma, oil-producing states are scrambling to plug holes blown in their budgets by tumbling crude prices. U.S. refiners who are delaying compliance with new cleaner gasoline production Continue Reading
The concrete block perches absurdly atop a piling, elevated about 10 feet above the beach sand. Is it art? A bulky milepost? Carlton Hall pointed to the puzzling object and Continue Reading
