Exxon Mobil , under fire over its past efforts to undercut climate science , is accusing the Rockefeller family of masterminding a conspiracy against it. Yes, that Rockefeller family. The Continue Reading
One of the sad ironies of Donald Trump’s victory is that climate change has risen up the political agenda only after the campaign, when both candidates and debate moderators largely Continue Reading
Residents of a town hit by Oklahoma’s strongest earthquake have filed a class-action lawsuit against dozens of energy companies, accusing them of triggering destructive temblors by injecting wastewater from oil Continue Reading
In an enclave of a city known as the Venice of America, where dream-big houses look out over a maze of picturesque canals, the comparison to the Venice of Italy Continue Reading
New York, Massachusetts are drawn into suit about probes Judge says Maura Healey, Eric Schneiderman must appear A federal judge in Texas is giving Exxon Mobil Corp. an unprecedented chance Continue Reading
Diplomats from around the world converged here this week with the plan to put details on last year’s Paris climate accord and move the globe closer to controlling the industrial Continue Reading
Up to 50% of oil majors’ production could be hit with carbon costs over the next decade, if the countries and regions that currently price carbon extend their policies to Continue Reading
Oil companies risk being left behind in the transition to low-carbon energy according to a report that says the industry is not investing enough in green technology. Growth in demand Continue Reading
Political people in the United States are watching the chaos in Washington in the moment. But some people in the science community are watching the chaos somewhere else — the Continue Reading
Carbon capture and storage likely the only real way to cut emissions from power plants, the International Energy Agency says. File photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI PARIS, Nov. 15 (UPI) — Continue Reading
As human activities raise levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, researchers are thinking up ways of counteracting its warming effects through methods known collectively as geoengineering. Continue Reading
A prolonged drought in the southeast U.S. is sparking dozens of wildfires in the forests of the southern Appalachian Mountains, threatening homes and taxing state and federal firefighters as they Continue Reading
Following a cluster of events near Oklahoma shale basins, data from the U.S. Geological Survey show nearly two dozen small tremors in the last week. A magnitude-2.5 event recorded midday Continue Reading
A continuing drop in US coal consumption has helped keep global CO2 emissions flat Declining consumption of coal in the US last year played a significant role in keeping down Continue Reading
President-elect Donald Trump is seeking quick ways to withdraw the United States from a global accord to combat climate change, a source on his transition team said, defying broad international Continue Reading
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday the Obama administration would do everything it could to implement a global agreement to combat climate change before President-elect Donald Trump Continue Reading
Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have stayed almost flat for the third year in a row in what scientists say is a “clear and unpredicted break” that Continue Reading
China has warned Donald Trump that he will be defying the wishes of the entire planet if he acts on his vow to back away from the Paris climate agreement Continue Reading
The mug-shot posters, pasted on walls and lampposts around Paris by an activist group during the United Nations climate talks last year, were hardly flattering. They depicted Myron Ebell, a Continue Reading
President-elect Donald J. Trump , who has called human-caused climate change a “hoax” perpetuated by the Chinese, will have the power next year to water down President Obama’s climate change Continue Reading
Rolling back the Obama administration’s regulations on the oil and gas industry will be a priority for Donald Trump, the president-elect’s top adviser on energy has said. Harold Hamm, the Continue Reading
Since the 1980s, air pollution has increased worldwide, but it has increased at a much faster pace in regions close to the equator. Researchers from the University of North Carolina Continue Reading
Climate advocates said the momentum moving in support of a low-carbon economy can’t be derailed by a U.S. President Donald Trump despite his expected policies. Trump defied nearly every expectation Continue Reading
American students react to Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, as they take… Donald Trump ’s surprise victory is injecting a wave of uncertainty into a global climate Continue Reading
The incoming administration has pledged to curb the EPA’s power. How well might it deliver? Decisions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) often have far-reaching effects on refineries, petrochemical Continue Reading
President-elect Trump has said he would withdraw President Obama’s climate rule cutting power-plant carbon emissions…. On energy and environment issues, President-elect Donald Trump appears likely to spend the next four Continue Reading
New data released by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) shows that the five years from 2011 to 2015 were the warmest on record. The report, published at global climate talks Continue Reading
For days, many in Delhi have been living as if under siege, trying to keep the dirty air away from their children and older parents. But it is not easy: Continue Reading
Even new fracking wastewater regulations can’t prevent the big ones. Damaged buildings from the earthquake in Cushing on Nov. 7. Sunday night’s 5.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Cushing, Okla., is Continue Reading
Opec believes oil demand could peak within 13 years if the Paris climate agreement’s targets are fully implemented, sounding a warning to its members just days after the accord to Continue Reading
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Oklahoma on Sunday near the largest U.S. oil storage hub, prompting some pipeline companies to shut down operations at the site as a precaution. The Continue Reading
Sunday night’s 5.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Cushing, Okla., is the latest and, in some ways, the most troubling in a series of temblors that has rocked the Sooner State Continue Reading
Oklahoma’s oil and gas regulator plans to shut some disposal wells and reduce the volume of others as its initial response to Sunday’s earthquake near the oil hub of Cushing. Continue Reading
A sharp earthquake centered near one of the world’s key oil hubs Sunday night triggered fears that the magnitude 5.0 temblor might have damaged key infrastructure in addition to causing Continue Reading
Technological improvements are required if gas is to serve as a long-term fuel, according to an International Energy Agency report released in time for the official launch of the Paris Continue Reading
Ten of the world’s biggest oil companies plan to invest an average of $100 million annually over the next 10 years in low-carbon technologies, the companies said Friday. The Oil Continue Reading
Mississippi Power Co. now says it won’t complete its Kemper County power plant until the end of the year, a delay of a month that pushes up the price tag Continue Reading
The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) will invest $1 billion over the next ten years to develop and to accelerate the commercial deployment of innovative low-emissions technologies. Led by Continue Reading
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has launched the Environmental Premium Ranking, a new initiative to reward shippers with vessels meeting high environmental efficiency standards starting January 1, 2017. The new Continue Reading
More than a quarter billion dollars will go to help members of the European Union transition to a low-carbon future, the governing body said. The European Commission approved a package Continue Reading
Several damaging Los Angeles-area earthquakes of the 1920s and 1930s, including the deadliest ever in Southern California, may have been induced by oil production during the region’s drilling boom of Continue Reading
A new report produced by the American Lung Association concludes that over-reliance on petroleum-based fuels for transportation costs the 10 ZEV states in the US (California and nine other states Continue Reading
Greenhouse gas emissions rose to a symbolic high last year and are at levels more than 40 percent higher than before the Industrial Revolution, a report said. The World Meteorological Continue Reading
A depiction of the global sources of CO2 which are dominated by the US, China and Europe Levels of CO2 in the atmosphere have surged past an important threshold and Continue Reading
In the Tengger Desert, China — This desert, called the Tengger, lies on the southern edge of the massive Gobi Desert, not far from major cities like Beijing. The Tengger Continue Reading
A.G. investigating whether Exxon hid risks of climate change Schneiderman focuses on period during global price collapse Exxon Mobil Corp. is headed to a courtroom in New York for the Continue Reading
The world’s leading maritime nations are leaning toward setting rules next week to cut the sulfur in oceangoing vessels’ fuel by more than 85% in 2020, people familiar with the Continue Reading
Many have doubted forecasts calling for the onset of the first La Niña in almost five years, believing that its failure to materialize in convincing fashion last summer – as Continue Reading
Perched on a rocky coastal cliff in central California, surrounded by rolling hills and a nature reserve, the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant has been a lightning rod for controversy Continue Reading
For the first time, European ministers said they committed to working with non-member states near the eastern territorial border on greening up the economy. The first meeting of ministers for Continue Reading
