Climate

Five Republican senators are calling on U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to drop any investigations into private entities’ views on climate change, a probe that the Department of Justice has not acknowledged is ongoing.

ExxonMobil Corp. shareholders achieved a small amount of satisfaction on Wednesday when a proxy measure allowing outsiders to be nominated to the board was approved at the annual meeting, but otherwise, measures that would have required the oil major to be more transparent in its onshore drilling and to change how reserves are reported were soundly rejected.

Analysts and oil and gas experts agree that the waning days of the Obama administration will be challenging ones for the industry, as an “unprecedented” list of proposed regulations that could impact the industry for years to come slowly advance through the rulemaking process.

Analysts and oil and gas experts agree that the waning days of the Obama administration will be challenging ones for the industry, as an “unprecedented” list of proposed regulations that could impact the industry for years to come slowly advance through the rulemaking process.

ExxonMobil Corp. has asked a Texas court to quash a subpoena issued last month that is seeking decades of documents for an investigation into whether the supermajor covered up information about how its fossil fuels production may contribute to climate change.

ExxonMobil Corp. has asked a Texas court to quash a subpoena issued last month that is seeking decades of documents for an investigation into whether the supermajor covered up information about how its fossil fuels production may contribute to climate change.

Former Vice President Al Gore and New York Attorney General (AG) Eric Schneiderman are leading a coalition of states, cities and counties that will push for lower emissions by the oil and natural gas industry, in part to defend President Obama’s top initiative to combat climate change.

ExxonMobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. have lost requests to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to block shareholder resolutions that would require them to disclose climate change policies.

In an unusual move, and a sign that the Obama administration’s proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP) could be in trouble, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked implementation of the rule until all legal challenges have been resolved.