oil industry

Lawsuit is the second major legal challenge to climate policy in New Zealand this year A group of law students have filed a lawsuit at Wellington’s high court against New Zealand’s minister of…

The Government, which is hosting the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow, is being formally advised by Texas fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil – one of the world’s biggest funders of climate science denial…

Report into lobbying tactics names ExxonMobil and Chevron as worst, while carmaker Toyota takes third ExxonMobil and Chevron are the world’s most obstructive organisations when it comes to…

New polling data shows two-thirds of Republicans do not want to hold oil and gas companies accountable for the climate crisis Nearly two in three Republicans believe oil and gas companies are at…

Top executives of major Western oil companies are to testify before the US Congress amid accusations that they misled the public about climate change. Democrat lawmakers say the hearings will focus…

Firms defend paying no corporation tax after government handed out billions to energy giants. Shell and BP, which together produce more than 1.7bn tonnes of greenhouse gases a year, have not paid…

Officials from fossil fuel firms may attend fringe events but campaigners hail lack of official role Fossil fuel firms have been given no official role in the Cop26 climate summit, it can be…

Exxon Mobil Corp.’s remade board of directors is debating whether to continue with several major oil and gas projects as the company reconsiders its investment strategy in a fast-changing energy…

The mayor of Imperial Beach, California, says big oil wants him to drop the lawsuit demanding the industry pay for the climate crisis Serge Dedina is a surfer, environmentalist and mayor of…

European banks are beginning to drop clients that pose a climate risk rather than face the possibility of higher capital requirements, according to the watchdog overseeing the development.  Banks…

Committing to net zero is not enough – the emissions reduction pathway is critical. Carbon Tracker’s fifth annual analysis of the risk of investing in oil and gas producers – warns investors that…

The president has pledged to put people to work plugging abandoned oil and gas wells. An oil or gas well can keep releasing pollution long after it’s retired from use. “When an oil and gas company…

Some 1,600 oil and gas drilling sites, many of them still active, may be on track to close after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 Wednesday to end new fossil drilling.

Planet cannot handle more stress from oil and gas production’  Announcement came as Gulf states battered by Hurricane Ida Outrage and at least one lawsuit has followed the Joe Biden administration’…

To meet climate targets and avoid economic collapse, countries such as Iraq need international support in the transition to clean energy  Ali Allawi is deputy prime minister and finance minister of…

UN’s authoritative climate report, published on Monday, urges drastic emissions cuts which means dialing back rapidly on use of fossil fuels The Biden administration is being slammed by both…

Greenpeace activists in kayaks confront ship preparing construction kit for project. Preparation work for the controversial Cambo oil field project has been postponed after protests from activists…

Communities on the frontline of the climate crisis say radical solutions must be on the table – before it’s too late Ayisha Siddiqa doesn’t want fossil fuel companies to determine her future…

A shareholder activist group is taking Australian oil company Santos to court over its claims it produces “clean fuel” and plans to reach net zero emissions by 2040. Papers were filed against Santos…

ExxonMobil’s huge new Guyana project faces charges of a disregard for safety from experts who claim the company has failed to adequately prepare for possible disaster, the Guardian and Floodlight…