The images of journalists were reflected in the sunglasses of a drilling manager at a… Shareholders at Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. narrowly voted down resolutions calling for stress Continue Reading
The state government in the shale state of Oklahoma said it was concerned about the lack of competition in the market for earthquake insurance. Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak called Continue Reading
When the Atlantic hurricane season starts next week, the most active area might just be off the U.S. East Coast. At this time of year, passing cold fronts that linger Continue Reading
The water in the largest U.S. reservoir has sunk to a record low, due to the severe drought in the American Southwest. Lake Mead, in Nevada, had dropped 10 feet Continue Reading
The Atlantic Ocean could be gearing up for an active hurricane season, meaning North American residents may want to pay attention. In recent years, single hurricanes have led to thousands Continue Reading
When the Atlantic hurricane season starts next week, the most active area might just be off the U.S. East Coast. At this time of year, passing cold fronts that linger Continue Reading
If you’ve felt an earthquake in Texas at any point over the last four decades, odds are that quake wasn’t naturally occurring, but was caused by oil and gas industry Continue Reading
Have you noticed that our planet has begun to shake, rattle and roll? Over the past few days we have seen major volcanic eruptions in Costa Rica and Indonesia, and Continue Reading
Exxon Mobil has been under pressure for over a year to explain its handling of climate change issues in the past. Now the company faces new pressure to explain its Continue Reading
NEW DELHI — People weren’t frying eggs on the sidewalks in Phalodi during India ’s hottest day ever — in fact, it was so hot that many did not venture Continue Reading
Image caption The weather office has issued several warnings of “severe heat wave” conditions in recent days A city in India’s Rajasthan state has broken the country’s temperature records after Continue Reading
Donald Trump’s threat to renegotiate the global accord on climate change if elected U.S. president caused dismay abroad on Wednesday, with many experts saying it was in his interests to Continue Reading
* India, Vietnam step up gasoil purchases * MRPL idles refinery because of water shortages * Incremental demand may fade once rains set in Hit hard by an El Nino-induced Continue Reading
Connecting extreme weather events with climate change isn’t exactly a new thing. After Hurricane Sandy devastated parts of New York and New Jersey in 2012, Bloomberg published a front page Continue Reading
Oklahoma Earthquake Damage Fracking in Oklahoma, as well as elsewhere, has been on the decline, thanks to the oil price slump. Quakes, however, are continuing at alarming rates. A CBC Continue Reading
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the end of a campaign rally in Eugene, Oregon, U.S., May 6, 2016. Donald Trump on Friday pushed back against renewed calls Continue Reading
Federal rules on emissions tied to the oil and gas industry follows an example set by state regulators in shale-rich Colorado, the state’s governor said. The federal government released new Continue Reading
More than a quarter of American honeybee colonies were wiped out over the winter, with deadly infestations of mites and harmful land management practices heaping mounting pressure upon the crucial Continue Reading
The Obama administration, yielding to environmentalists demanding action to address climate change, issued limits on methane emissions from oil and gas wells that are even tougher than those it proposed Continue Reading
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday issued the first-ever federal standards aimed at curbing methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry, the latest in a series of regulations Continue Reading
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to issue on Thursday the first federal standards aimed at curbing methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry, according to multiple people Continue Reading
Climate change is a prime suspect in a rise of wildfires in the boreal forest. Scientists have been warning for decades that climate change is a threat to the immense Continue Reading
Ninety-nine percent of the planet’s freshwater ice is locked up in the Antarctic and Greenland ice caps. Now, a growing number of studies are raising the possibility that as those Continue Reading
The worst drought in decades is leaving an oil refinery in southern India parched. Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. shut a crude-processing unit at its facility on Thursday because of Continue Reading
Much of India is reeling from a heat wave and severe drought conditions that have decimated crops, killed livestock and left at least 330 million Indians without enough water for Continue Reading
Norway’s $870 billion sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is the largest in the world, and it’s now planning to use its prowess to force supergiants Exxon Mobil and Chevron to report Continue Reading
Each morning at 3:30, when Joann Bourg leaves the mildewed and rusted house that her parents built on her grandfather’s property, she worries that the bridge connecting this spit of Continue Reading
Investigating the factors affecting ice melt in Greenland — one of the most rapidly changing places on Earth — is a major priority for climate scientists. And new research is Continue Reading
Pennsylvania environmental regulators want to determine whether a series of minor earthquakes in the state this week were caused by nearby fracking operations by an oil and gas company. Five Continue Reading
Think sea level rise will be moderate and something we can all plan for? Think again. Sea levels could rise by much more than originally anticipated, and much faster, according Continue Reading
A U.N. expert says commitments so far under the Paris Climate Agreement are short of what’s needed to keep climate change in check. Photo by Debbie Hill/ UPI GENEVA, Switzerland, Continue Reading
The great ice sheets on the continent are starting to melt. An airport hangar outside Paris shook with cheers, toasts and foot-stomping in December as diplomats ushered a landmark climate Continue Reading
From crippling droughts to rising seas, scientists warn of global warming impacts. Representatives from more than 150 countries will gather at the United Nations on Friday to officially sign a Continue Reading
The Justice Department has told Volkswagen AG VLKAY 3.21 % to refrain from publicly releasing results of an independent investigation into cheating on diesel-emissions tests to keep confidential names and Continue Reading
Oklahoma hit by more than a dozen small earthquakes in the last week as the state works to control wastewater disposal tied to the oil and gas industry. Map courtesy Continue Reading
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
BEIJING — More than 80 percent of the water from underground wells used by farms, factories and households across heavily populated plains of China is unfit for drinking or bathing 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
A new study from Stanford has confirmed that fracking operations are contaminating drinking water sources in Wyoming. “This is a wake-up call,” said lead author Dominic DiGiulio, a visiting scholar 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
One by one, the descendants of John D Rockefeller, the Gilded Age oil baron, are repudiating the fossil fuels that made the family rich. On the heels of the Rockefeller Continue Reading
Companies should report their climate risk exposure to avoid legal issues faced by Peabody and Exxon, says lead analyst Former New York mayor and financial data baron Michael Bloomberg is Continue Reading
A groundbreaking study published today in Seismological Research Letters has demonstrated a link, for the first time, between hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) for oil and gas and earthquakes. Hydraulic Fracturing and Continue Reading
