Senate votes overwhelmingly that ‘climate change is real’
The language adopted by the Senate on Wednesday did not specify whether human activity was triggering the phenomenon.
View ArticleSenate passes Keystone bill, despite White House veto threat
The measure aims to immediately permit the TransCanada Corp. pipeline, six years after the Calgary-based company first asked U.S. regulators for permission to build it.
View ArticleObama budget would slash oil tax breaks while boosting renewables
In his $4 trillion budget request to Congress, Obama also says he wants to change the way money from offshore oil and gas production is shared with Gulf Coast states, by diverting more of those dollars...
View ArticleFrom Canadian to Californian crude, big carbon differences found
The new oil-climate index delves into the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the wide spectrum of oil produced today -- from light, gassy condensate to thick, sludgy bitumen.
View ArticleReport: Oil and gas on public lands a ‘blind spot’ in climate fight
The report pinpoints rising methane emissions from oil and gas wells on public lands and waters as a significant share of the heat-trapping gases tied to all energy development nationwide.
View ArticleCERAWeek: World leaders at Paris climate talks won’t make same mistakes as...
"There was a perception of failure" in Copenhagen, Todd Stern told IHS Energy CERAWeek. "People don't want to go back there again.
View ArticleEuropean Big Oil opens schism on climate with U.S. rivals
“It’s clear that the subject isn’t viewed in the same way on both sides of the Atlantic,” Total SA Chief Executive Officer Patrick Pouyanne, one of the signatories, said on Monday at a press conference...
View ArticleAt White House, Pope Francis makes plea for climate action
Pope Francis praised the Obama administration's plan for curbing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, an EPA initiative that has drawn scorn (and lawsuits).
View ArticleSanders: Obama should reject Keystone XL before Paris climate talks
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders joined prominent environmentalists in urging Obama to reject Keystone XL now — weeks before international climate negotiations.
View ArticleTrump: U.S. to exit Paris climate pact but open to new deal
President Donald Trump made it official Thursday: He will remove the United States from the Paris agreement on climate change. “The United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord,” he said,...
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