Climate

The United States has submitted formal notification of its withdrawal from the United Nations (UN) global climate agreement, aka Paris Agreement, effective one year from now, Trump administration officials said Monday.

States across the nation and private companies continue to advance ambitious climate protection plans, with Amazon and Maine among some of the latest pledging carbon neutrality within 25 years.

A dozen Oregon Republican state senators apparently remained out-of-reach of state troopers Tuesday, creating a standoff for a vote on House Bill (HB) 2020 to create programs related to climate change.

BP plc shareholders on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a resolution to align the business strategy with the 2015 United Nations climate change accord, aka the Paris Agreement, but they rejected implementing a more harsh recommendation.

Despite no traction on similar issues in recent years by esteemed leaders from both sides of the aisle, 13 Fortune 500 CEOs, including those from BP plc, Royal Dutch Shell plc, Dominion Energy, DTE Energy and PG&E Corp. called on President Trump and Congress to impose an economy-wide carbon pricing policy and enact climate change reforms.

Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) reached out Tuesday to its private- and public-sector stakeholders to seek their support for the natural gas-only utility’s effort to create a decarbonized system by mid-century.

An agreement touted by Chairman Neil Chatterjee last month as a “significant” breakthrough in FERC’s evaluation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal applications may not live up to the hype, according to at least one Commissioner.

Dominion Energy Inc. plans to cut methane emissions in half from its natural gas infrastructure, the Richmond, VA-based utility announced Tuesday.

FERC in an order Friday upheld its decision approving the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), striking down rehearing requests from numerous environmental groups opposed to the 303-mile, 2 million Dth/d greenfield Appalachia-to-Southeast natural gas project.