DNC votes to ban fossil fuel company donations
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) recently adopted a ban on donations coming from fossil fuel companies,...
Pope Francis calls on oil executives to transition to clean power
Pope Francis hasn't been quiet about the urgency of combating climate change. Most recently, during a two-day conference...
TransCanada natural gas pipeline explodes in West Virginia
An explosion rocked a TransCanada pipeline in Moundsville, West Virginia and the surrounding community yesterday....
RBS will cease financing new coal stations, Arctic oil, or oil sands projects
Several oil and gas projects will no longer receive financing from Britain's Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Reuters...
Energy company ditches plan to install a possible tar sands oil facility in New York
Environmentalists celebrated a victory in New York state after an energy company tossed out a 5-year-old plan to...
Exxon aims to cut methane emissions 15% by 2020
ExxonMobil isn't typically known for climate action, but the world's biggest publicly traded oil and gas company...
New Zealand bans new offshore oil and gas exploration permits
New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, set a goal of zero carbon emissions by 2050 — and she's taking...
The Keystone Pipeline leak was nearly twice as big as we thought
New reports show that nearly twice as much crude oil leaked from the Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota last November...
The ground under a West Texas oil patch is moving 'at alarming rates'
Local residents, infrastructure, and oil and gas pipelines could be at risk from the ground heaving and sinking...
Arnold Schwarzenegger to sue Big Oil for "killing people all over the world"
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced he will soon file a lawsuit against major oil companies...
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...
New York delivers huge blow to the fossil fuel industry
New York just sent a big message to the fossil fuel industry. The state is freezing all fossil fuel investments...
The World Bank will stop funding oil and gas projects after 2019
One of the world's leading financial institutions just announced plans to stop financing oil and gas projects....
World's largest sovereign wealth fund could ditch oil and gas stocks
Norway raked in money from oil in the past. But now the country's Norges Bank, which manages its $1 trillion sovereign...
Scientists protest senator's plan to open vital Arctic wildlife refuge to oil exploration
An Alaska senator recently introduced legislation to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling....
