Carbon & Sustainability
Putin is betting coal still has a future
Monday, May 31, 2021, 6:48 AM MDT
European governments are drawing up plans to phase out coal, U.S. coal-fired power plants are being shuttered as prices of…
Racing for hydrogen: How gas giants are vying to stay relevant
Sunday, May 30, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
The global gas industry is in an existential race: either find a way to be part of the next generation…
LNG makers get hint to go greener from U.S. energy secretary
Sunday, May 30, 2021, 6:52 PM MDT
The days of promoting liquefied natural gas as “freedom gas” or “molecules of freedom” have ended at the U.S. Department…
Exxon Mobil’s last-ditch attempt to stave off a climate coup
Sunday, May 30, 2021, 6:43 PM MDT
It was a stunning moment for Exxon Mobil Corporation and the wider corporate world: a tiny activist fund had succeeded…
Chevron investors back climate proposal in rebuke to C-suite
Thursday, May 27, 2021, 7:17 AM MDT
Chevron Corporation shareholders voted for a proposal to reduce emissions from the company’s customers, the latest sign that oil titans…
Shell loses climate case that may set precedent for Big Oil
Thursday, May 27, 2021, 6:46 AM MDT
Royal Dutch Shell plc was ordered by a Dutch court to slash its emissions harder and faster than planned, a…
Suncor adopts net zero by 2050 greenhouse gas emissions target
Thursday, May 27, 2021, 6:14 AM MDT
Suncor Energy Inc. has become the latest major oil company to commit to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.…
New gas plants will spew carbon long past Biden's 2035 deadline
Friday, May 21, 2021, 6:13 AM MDT
The red-and-white flue stacks of the James M. Barry Electric Generating Station tower over the Mobile River, belching steam into the…
Biden directs U.S. to mitigate financial risk from climate
Friday, May 21, 2021, 6 AM MDT
President Joe Biden is directing federal agencies to develop a comprehensive strategy to identify and manage financial risks to government…
NextEra is blocking a major new clean power transmission project
Thursday, May 20, 2021, 6:43 AM MDT
A major new transmission line intended to pipe carbon-free hydropower from Canada into the U.S. Northeast has met a powerful…
Pandemic linked to 15% drop in fossil fuel use in 2020: energy regulator
Thursday, May 20, 2021, 6:16 AM MDT
The Canada Energy Regulator says pandemic lockdowns and travel restrictions that kept Canadians close to home in 2020 resulted in…
Shell says Nigerian oil isn’t compatible with green strategy
Tuesday, May 18, 2021, 6:35 AM MDT
After half a century of pumping oil out of Nigerian swamps, Royal Dutch Shell plc acknowledged that its spill-prone operations…
