One of the world’s top five oil companies is suing Greenpeace over what it calls a false and misleading emissions report. The French oil giant, TotalEnergies, has filed a lawsuit against environmentalist group Greenpeace France and climate consulting firm Factor-X over a report accusing the company of massively underreporting its total greenhouse gas emissions in…
French Oil Company Sues Greenpeace Over ‘False, Misleading’ Emissions Report
May 4, 2023
admin
Business & Marketscivil complaintCompanieseconomyenergyEuropegreenhouse gas emissionsGreenpeaceInvestmentMarketsTotalEnergiesUncategorizedWorld
0 Comment
Oklahoma Targets Wall Street ESG Activists
May 4, 2023
admin
Anti-ESGBank of AmericaBlackRockBusiness & Marketseconomic policieseconomyenergyESGJPMorgan ChaseOklahomaPolicies & ImpactsPoliticsRegional & State NewsRepublicansState NewsUSUS NewsWells Fargo
0 Comment
Oklahoma became the latest state to take action against Wall Street firms that it claims are hurting companies that are essential to providing jobs and energy for the state. Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ announced on Wednesday that 13 financial institutions, which have been deemed to be discriminating against Oklahoma’s energy industry, will be banned from doing business with the state, losing…
Bipartisan Group Introduces Bill to Make Energy Sanctions Against Iran Permanent
A bipartisan coalition of Congress members has introduced a bill that would make permanent U.S. sanctions on Iran’s energy sector. The Solidify Iran Sanctions Act—introduced on May 1 by Reps. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Michelle Steel (R-Calif.), and Susie Lee (D-Nev.)—would make the sanctions under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 permanent as the latter is…
MPs Call for ‘Concrete Action’ Over Welsh Nuclear Power Plant
The UK government must take “concrete action” to facilitate the development of a new nuclear power station in Wales, a committee of MPs has argued. The Welsh Affairs Committee of the House of Commons said on Wednesday, “Concrete commitment by ministers on the future of nuclear energy, and in particular at Wylfa in North Wales,…
IN-DEPTH: Oil Company Profits Soar
May 3, 2023
admin
BPBusiness & MarketsChevronCompaniesearningseconomic policieseconomyenergyExxonInvestmentMarketsoil companiesprofitsUS
0 Comment
Top oil companies continue to see massive earnings, according to published earnings reports for the first quarter of 2023 this week. Energy prices have been soaring following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and due to persistent global demand. TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, and Shell reported a combined record profit of $153.5 billion in 2022…
ANALYSIS: Oil Company Profits Soar
May 3, 2023
admin
BPBusiness & MarketsChevronCompaniesearningseconomic policieseconomyenergyExxonInvestmentMarketsoil companiesprofitsUS
0 Comment
Top oil companies continue to see massive earnings, according to published earnings reports for the first quarter of 2023 this week. Energy prices have been soaring following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and due to persistent global demand. TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, and Shell reported a combined record profit of $153.5 billion in 2022…
Northern Territory Green Lights Beetaloo Basin Fracking
Onshore fracking in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin could be underway as early as 2024 after the government lifted a five-year moratorium. Chief Minister Natasha Fyles says the way has been cleared with all 135 recommendations from the 2018 Pepper inquiry implemented. “We have strengthened government agencies; we have strengthened legislation to rigorously assess environmental…
14 Million Jobs Will Be Slashed Globally by 2027 Owing to AI and ESG Standards: WEF
May 2, 2023
admin
artificial intelligenceBusiness & Marketseconomic policieseconomyenergyInternationalWorldWorld Economic Forum
0 Comment
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has warned that the employment landscape will change drastically over the next five years amid increasingly widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI), the transition to green energy, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards, and slower economic growth. According to WEF’s “The Future of Jobs Report 2023,” roughly 23 percent of jobs are…
IN DEPTH: Biden’s Delayed Offshore Oil and Gas Plan Sparks Pushback From Congress
May 2, 2023
admin
2024 electionBiden green energy pushBusiness & MarketscongressDemocratseconomyenergyExecutive BranchHR 1 Lower Energy Costs ActNational SecurityPolicies & ImpactsPoliticsRegional & State NewsRepublicansUSUS NewsUS Offshore Oil/Gas Leasing program
0 Comment
The U.S. Department of Interior’s (DOI) reauthorization of its five-year National Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program is months overdue and feared lost at sea—a sea that is of regulatory deceit, claim Congressional Republicans and some Democrats. The update to the 2017-22 federal offshore leasing program was required by statute in June 2022. But…
Pennsylvania Mulls EV Fee for Road Use
May 1, 2023
admin
Business & MarketseconomyenergyEVPennsylvaniaPolicies & ImpactsRegional & State NewsState NewsUSUS News
0 Comment
Pennsylvanians pay the highest state gas tax in the nation at 61 cents per gallon. That is on top of the 18.4 cents per gallon for the federal gas tax drivers pay in every state. Gas tax money is used for road repairs, but electric vehicle (EV) drivers don’t buy gas, and so don’t contribute…
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta