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Big Oil

Fossil Fuel Companies Should Pay Trillions in ‘Climate Reparations,’ New Study Argues

A peer-reviewed paper proposes that the top 21 polluting companies pay $5.4 trillion over 26 years to compensate for climate damages.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A woman and her baby stand in a flooded street, in the province of La Union in Piura, northern Peru, on March 25, 2017. Credit: Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Images
Chevron CEO Mike Wirth (R) speaks with S&P Global Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin during CERAWeek by S&P Global in Houston, Texas on March 6, 2023. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

At CERAWeek, Big Oil Executives Call for ‘Energy Security’ and Longevity for Fossil Fuels

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Environmental activists rally for accountability for fossil fuel companies outside of New York Supreme Court on Oct. 22, 2019 in New York City. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Oil Companies Had a Problem With ExxonMobil’s Industry-Wide Carbon Capture Proposal: Exxon’s Bad Reputation

By Nicholas Kusnetz

U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images.

New Documents Unveiled in Congressional Hearings Show Oil Companies Are Slow-Rolling and Overselling Climate Initiatives, Democrats Say

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Participants attend the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Texas on March 7, 2022. CERAWeek is one of the largest and most influential global energy forums. Credit: Photo by Yi-Chin Lee/Xinhua via Getty Images

At Global Energy Conference, Oil and Gas Industry Leaders Argue For Fossil Fuels’ Future in the Energy Transition

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Big Oil’s Top Executives Strike a Common Theme in Testimony on Capitol Hill: It Never Happened

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Vehicles refuel at an Exxon Mobil Corp. gas station in Houston, Texas, on Oct. 28, 2020. Credit: Callaghan O'Hare/Bloomberg via Getty Images

ExxonMobil Shareholders to Company: We Want a Different Approach to Climate Change

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A view of the Supreme Court at dusk, January 31, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The Supreme Court Sidesteps a Full Climate Change Ruling, Handing Industry a Procedural Win

By David Hasemyer

An Exxon gas station is seen in Burbank, California. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

From Denial to Ambiguity: A New Study Charts the Trajectory of ExxonMobil’s Climate Messaging

By Nicholas Kusnetz

An aerial view from a drone shows the Maryland State House, on April 16, 2020 in Annapolis, Maryland. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Maryland’s Capital City Joins a Long Line of Litigants Seeking Climate-Related Damages from the Fossil Fuel Industry

By David Hasemyer

President Donald Trump delivers remarks at Double Eagle Energy oil rig in Midland, Texas, on June 29, 2020. Credit: Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

The Oil Market May Have Tanked, but Companies Are Still Giving Plenty to Keep Republicans in Office

By Nicholas Kusnetz

An ExxonMobil sign is seen on a gas station on October 25, 2018 in Gutenberg New Jersey. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images

An Oil Giant’s Wall Street Fall: The World is Sending the Industry Signals, but is Exxon Listening?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Big Oil's 20-State Effort to Scuttle Climate Bill

By Sue Sturgis

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