Big oil privately acknowledged efforts to downplay climate crisis, joint committee investigation finds

Internal documents revealed by committee show companies lobbied against climate laws they publicly claimed to support ... Read More

Big Shell investors urge others to back greater climate action

Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Big investors in Shell, including Amundi and Axa Investment Managers, have urged the fossil fuel producer’s ... Read More

Big oil privately acknowledged efforts to downplay climate crisis, Senate report finds

“It’s true that Inside Climate News originally accused us of working against science but ultimately modified their accusation to working against policies meant to stop climate change ... “Shell target ... Read More

Shell reveals better-than-forecast earnings amid pressure over climate goals

Shell reveals better-than-forecast earnings amid pressure over climate goals - The group reported first quarter underlying earnings of 7.7bn US dollars (£6.1bn), down from 9.6bn US dollars (£7.7bn) a ... Read More

Big oil spent decades sowing doubt about fossil fuel dangers, experts testify

But budget committee Republicans pushed back on the very ... is “undeniable that … fossil fuels are critical to our energy security”. “I’m not a climate-change denier, I’m just not ... Read More

Taxing big fossil fuel firms ‘could raise $900bn in climate finance by 2030’

Levy on oil and gas majors in richest countries would help worst-affected nations tackle climate crisis, says report A new tax on fossil fuel companies based in the world’s richest countries ... Read More

When the Only Problem Was Climate Change

After the Cold War, the West took a vacation from history. Now it’s urgent that we get back to work. Read More

Shell investors should oppose climate resolution, Glass Lewis says

Investor proxy advisory Glass Lewis recommended Shell shareholders vote against a resolution filed by a group of 27 investors urging the energy company to set tighter climate targets. Read More

At a Dinner, Trump Assailed Climate Rules and Asked $1 Billion From Big Oil

Former President Donald J. Trump told a group of oil executives and lobbyists gathered at a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort last month that they should donate $1 billion to his presidential campaign ... Read More

Green hydrogen: A climate change solution or fossil fuel bait and switch?

(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing region. From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay ... Read More

Fossil fuel tax could raise £580bn to fight climate crisis, new report finds

A fossil fuel ... the world,” said Areeba Hamid, a joint director at Greenpeace UK. She added that governments can no longer sit back and let ordinary people pick up the bill for the climate ... Read More

Environmental Prize Highlights Work to Keep Fossil Fuels at Bay

Around the world, grass-roots organizers and Indigenous communities are taking proposed coal, oil and gas projects to court — and winning. Read More