Europe posts record clean energy year as Trump boosts fossil fuels
A record 47% of the European Union’s electricity now comes from solar and other renewables, a report this month said, in yet another sign of…
Doug Burgum, Trump pick for public lands boss, questions renewable power’s reliability
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Interior secretary told a Senate panel Thursday that the U.S. can leverage development of fossil fuels and other energy sources…
Supreme Court denies oil industry plea to block California climate suit
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dealt a major setback to the oil industry on Monday, refusing to block lawsuits from California and other blue states that…
U.N. climate talks dissolve into factions on plan for poorer nations
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Tenuous hope for a deal for a giant funding package for poor nations to curb and adapt to climate change emerged late Saturday…
U.N. climate conference in Azerbaijan puts petrostate in the spotlight
The spotlight is on Azerbaijan as the small petrostate in the South Caucasus prepares to host the U.N.’s biggest climate conference, which opens Monday. Diplomats…
Another refinery shuts down in California. What happens to gas prices?
California’s attempt to manage a smooth transition away from gasoline just got roughed up with this week’s decision by Phillips 66 to shutter its refinery…
Good news about climate change: Rapid clean energy expansion
Climate change has been viewed almost universally as a burden, a hot potato to be passed from country to country at annual climate change conferences.…
Oil industry asks Supreme Court to block climate change suits
WASHINGTON — Oil and gas companies are asking the Supreme Court to block dozens of high-powered lawsuits from California to Massachusetts seeking to hold the industry…
CPUC approves controversial change in electricity billing
Ignoring hundreds of complaints by electricity customers from across the state, the California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously Thursday to fundamentally change how electricity is…