New York’s state pension fund and the Church of England, both investors in Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM -1.95 % , plan to file a shareholder resolution demanding the largest U.S. Continue Reading
A group of environmental activists filed a challenge to leases held by Royal Dutch Shell in Alaskan waters, citing the need to act on behalf of the climate. Earthjustice, working Continue Reading
The first January-born hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean since 1938 formed on Thursday, and headed toward Portugal’s Azores islands. Hurricane Alex strengthened from a tropical storm into a Category 1 Continue Reading
The Sierra Club hailed President Barack Obama for steering the nation toward a low-carbon future, though the energy industry warned of the administration’s heavy hand. “Looking back at the last Continue Reading
Some U.S. drivers may soon see a new expense at the gas pump: the cost of taking the global-warming fight on the road. New York and four other states are Continue Reading
To the dismay of thousands of residents of Porter Ranch, Calif., whose lives have been upended by a huge natural-gas leak from a nearby well, the local utility says it Continue Reading
Two massive and permanent shifts in energy took place in 2015. The first was the beginning of the end of the oil age as Saudi Arabia’s led OPEC on a Continue Reading
Weeks after a breakthrough U.N. agreement on climate issues, Russian President Vladimir Putin said next year would be the year of the environment in Russia. “The president resolved to hold Continue Reading
Residents of southern states along the Mississippi River are bracing for the flooding that has swamped communities from the Ohio River Valley to eastern Oklahoma over the last week, causing Continue Reading
What is going on with the weather? With tornado outbreaks in the South, Christmas temperatures that sent trees into bloom in Central Park, drought in parts of Africa and historic Continue Reading
