Tiny Guyana hoped to see unprecedented wealth this year as ExxonMobil's offshore wells began pumping out crude. Instead, it got a pandemic and political strife. Other oil states are struggling, too.
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Millions of dollars are spent every election by corporations that want to influence state regulations and policies, and that's likely to continue in the upcoming election.
Despite voting to remain a member of an Australian coal lobby group, there are growing divisions between fossil fuel extractors and the larger energy industry.
Russia's influential position as Europe's main supplier of natural gas is under threat from new discoveries.
As the impacts of climate change escalate, bankruptcies and other corporate financial woes are likely to only increase.
With ExxonMobil set to begin oil production in Guyana next year, this tiny South American country will soon become unthinkably rich. But neighboring Venezuela shows how an oil boom can go bust.
There are ways to reduce the risk of protests like France's yellow vests movement.
Ensuring no industry becomes too big to fail can be achieved by changing the way companies are run. The aim is to develop a sustainable model for corporations.
Exxon Mobil has a clear motive to back a new plan to tax carbon with its clout and money. And a carbon tax that is high enough to work might prove politically impossible to enact.
The environmental responsibility some businesses say they embrace is only a veneer.
There are precedents for trying to make the industries responsible for climate change foot the bill for adapting to a changed climate.
A scholar of climate misinformation campaigns explains how, in part, the large gap in public opinion on global warming emerged since a scientist's landmark clarion call for action.
Oil companies are pushing the world to believe they are the solution to, not the cause of, climate change.
The oil giant is bowing to pressure exerted by shareholders and the authorities as it tries to catch up with its competitors.
Do all fossil fuel workers want their current jobs protected? Research in the field suggests not.
Guyana is on the verge of an oil bonanza that could bring in US$1 million a day. But if it's not careful, this poor nation – population 750,000 – could fall prey to the dreaded 'resource curse.'
A new study confirms what many already know: Exxon for years sowed uncertainty and doubt about climate change in the public. Should scientists reject certain funding sources?
Once investors put their shoulders to the wheel, everything changes.
Together, three asset managers now control shares in 40% of all publicly listed firms in the United States.
US President Donald Trump this week signed an executive order on “energy independence”. The order rescinds key elements of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. Trump’s order lifts requirements…
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