
Fold-out solar plants can be built in one day
BP has backed a new type of flexible solar plant that can "fold out" and be built in a day. The oil company has...

BP to reduce oil, gas production by 40% to focus on clean energy
London-based energy company BP has announced plans to reduce its oil and gas production by 40% and invest $5 billion...

Chevron admits "there's no debate about climate science" in court hearing
"From Chevron's perspective there's no debate about climate science," attorney Theodore Boutrous Jr. said in a...

Federal court orders first hearing on the science of climate change
Lawyers are set to present in what will be the first-ever US court hearing on climate change science, McClatchy...

BP's chief economist predicts plastic bans will slash oil demand
Oil giant BP has predicted that increased regulation of plastic pollution around the world will result in decreased...

This lawyer wants Big Oil to pay for climate change
Steve Berman is perhaps best known for winning a $206 billion settlement from tobacco companies in the 1990s, although...

BP revisits clean energy commitment with $200 million solar investment
Oil giant BP has invested $200 million to acquire partial ownership of a solar power developer. BP's investment...

BP and Shell prepare for catastrophic climate change
International fossil-fuel corporations BP and Shell are preparing for a world in which global temperatures will...

BP oil and gas spill near the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge under control
A BP oil and gas well in Alaska blew out late last week, uncontrollably spilling crude oil and gas just around...

BP oil platform in the North Sea leaks and there are no plans to clean it up
There's more odious news from BP this week: oil has leaked in the North Sea. About 95 metric tons, or almost...

Worldwide fossil fuel consumption set a new record in 2015
Two global energy records were broken in 2015. On one hand, the amount of renewable energy produced worldwide has...

BP Oil Exports Disrupted as 14-Foot Marlin Attacks a Rig Hose in Angola
While human activists protest the fossil fuel industry on land, some underwater residents are taking matters into...

BP Attempts to Shrink Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Estimate, Reduce Fines
The BP Deepwater Horizon trial has been pottering on in the New Orleans Federal Court since February, and as it...

BP to Pay $4.5 Billion in Damages for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Two years after the horrific Deepwater Horizon explosion and massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the verdict...

Groundbreaking Elastec Oil Skimmer Awarded $1 Million in Oil Cleanup X Challenge
When BP's Deepwater Horizon well started gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, it soon became clear that...