Shell, Chevron and ExxonMobil were all brought to task over mounting climate concerns. This is just the beginning, writes Harry Cockburn
The moment Royal Dutch Shell lost its court case in the Hague…
Climate lawyers are preparing to take on more fossil-fuel companies after a Dutch court ordered Royal Dutch Shell Plc to cut its emissions faster than planned, on the grounds that the oil giant is…
“This time is different” may be the most dangerous words in business: billions of dollars have been lost betting that history won’t repeat itself. And yet now, in the oil world, it looks like this…
Campaigners sense turning point as shareholders, boards and The Hague act to force Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to cut pollution.
The world’s patience with the fossil fuel industry is wearing thin…
A controversial oil refinery on St. Croix, one of the U.S. Virgin Islands, is in the government's crosshairs after a third incident in just three months has sickened people.
Fresh from striking a hammer blow in the boardrooms of the world’s biggest oil companies, the climate movement has a clear message: the energy transition is happening and there’s no turning back.
Three campaigners are taking government to High Court over its support for continued fossil fuel production
A trio of climate activists have launched a legal challenge against the government over…
Oil Change International, Center for International Environmental Law, Climate Action Network Canada, Environmental Defence Canada, the Fossil Fuel No-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, Friends of the…
Activist groups hail ‘historic win’ as Dutch court orders multinational fossil fuel company to cut CO2 emissions by 45% by 2030.
Climate activists who have taken fossil fuel giant Royal Dutch Shell …
What kind of thinking goes into engaging in planetary sabotage?
Two weeks ago, I looked at the question of the anxiety that the climate crisis is causing our psyches. But, if you think about it,…
Governments must close gap between net zero rhetoric and reality, says International Energy Agency head.
Exploitation and development of new oil and gas fields must stop this year and no new coal-…
Nearby residents in the US Virgin Islands, have endured water contamination and noxious fumes that closed three schools.
The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered an oil refinery in the US…
British insurer Legal & General Group Plc became the largest-yet Exxon Mobil Corp. investor to support an activist campaign to overhaul the oil giant’s board and make its climate goals more…
The Role of Oil & Gas in Africa Energy Supply
Africa has 15 per cent of the world’s population but consumes only 3 per cent of its energy while it produces 12 per cent of the world’s energy.…
Fossil fuel companies could face legal challenges over their misleading advertising, after a DeSmog investigation uncovered the extent of their "greenwashing."
Environmental lawyers ClientEarth have…
Within the last month, Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant Aramco has announced the sale of a minority—but large—stake in its pipeline business, the possibility to sell another 1 percent of its stock, and…
The price of oil could plunge to as little as $10 a barrel by 2050 if the world succeeds in electrifying the energy market and meeting Paris Agreement goals, a consultancy said on Thursday.
Energy…
New Mexico seeks to become an economy less reliant on oil and gas, but the extractive industries continue to exert their might on the state and its people
One of the first bills she pushed sought a…
Concerns around energy independence and high costs have led many places in rural Alaska to look for renewable alternatives to fossil fuels. The Department of Energy recently announced the awardees of…