NEWS: Leaders dial up doomsday warning to kick-start climate talks

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — World leaders turned up the heat and resorted to end-of-the-world rhetoric on Monday in an attempt to revive sputtering international climate negotiations. The metaphors were dramatic and mixed at the start of the talks, known as COP26. For...

NEWS: US to look at climate emissions from oil and gas lease sales

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday that industry regulators for the first time will begin analyzing greenhouse gas emissions from federal oil and gas leases on a national scale, as they prepare to hold lease sales in numerous western sates...

NEWS: Profitable Exxon, Chevron emerge as global economy rebounds

Exxon Mobil reversed the losses it suffered last year during the pandemic with a $6.75 billion third quarter profit as demand pushes the price for a barrel of crude past $80 for the first time in years. The oil and natural gas company company earned $1.57 per share,...

NEWS: Exxon CEO denies spreading disinformation on climate change

WASHINGTON (AP) — ExxonMobil’s chief executive said Thursday that his company “does not spread disinformation regarding climate change″ as he and other oil company chiefs countered congressional allegations the industry concealed evidence about the dangers of it. In...

NEWS: Spain presses Algeria to guarantee natural gas supply

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — For the second time in a month, a member of Spain’s government met with Algerian officials on Wednesday to guarantee the European country’s supply of natural gas after Algeria closes a pipeline that runs through Morocco this weekend. While a...