For planet Earth, no other month was as hot as this past July in records that date back to the late 1800s, NOAA says. And the globe is well on its way to having its hottest year on record.
Yahoo Finance Senior Columnist Michael Santoli believes the big energy exploration and production companies are playing the long game here.
The web is abuzz right now over the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, and rightly so—this is one of the President’s key items under his Climate Action Plan. But did you know that the EPA recently proposed another major climate regulation?
The U.S. government on Monday gave Royal Dutch Shell a final green light to drill for oil and natural gas in the Arctic Ocean, providing the company a long-sought victory and escalating a battle with environmentalists over President Barack Obama’s climate and energy agenda.
The Obama administration is expected to propose as soon as Tuesday the first-ever federal regulation to cut emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, by the nation’s oil and natural-gas industry.
The latest DOE data at press time shows there are about 21,300 fueling stations in the country offering electricity, propane autogas, compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), hydrogen, biodiesel (B20 and above) or E85 (up to 85% ethanol).
This discrepancy between the church’s leadership and its financial activities in the United States has prompted at least one significant review of investments. The Archdiocese of Chicago says it will reexamine its more than $100 million worth of fossil fuel investments.
The world’s glaciers are losing ice at a faster pace so far this century than at any time since record-keeping began more than 120 years ago, according to a new study that says glacial melt is a worldwide phenomenon and will continue even if the world stopped warming any further than it already has.
Why is Shell doubling down on the Arctic amid a worldwide supply glut, and at the same time that many politicians are vowing to address global warming?
llions of vacationers escape to national parks each summer to take in the fresh air and scenic vistas.
But a report released Tuesday by a conservation group finds that some of the nation’s most treasured landscapes are plagued with polluted air and hazy skies — and remain decades behind schedule in restoring visibility.
