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

Heads of the world’s top oil companies met in Houston and said the war in Ukraine has helped make the case for fossil fuels and a “balanced” energy transition. As one executive put it: “Our strategy is to stay as oily as we can for as long as we can.”

By Nicholas Kusnetz

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
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

Steven Donziger is seen at a "Free Donziger" rally held in front of the Manhattan Court House as he faces sentencing in contempt case in New York City on Oct. 1, 2021. Credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Their Lives Were Ruined by Oil Pollution, and a Court Awarded Them $9.5 Billion. But Ecuadorians Have Yet to See a Penny From Chevron

By Katie Surma

A man walks through a flooded street the morning after the remnants of Hurricane Ida drenched the New York City and New Jersey area on Sept. 2, 2021 in Hoboken, New Jersey. Credit: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

New Jersey Joins Other States in Suing Fossil Fuel Industry, Claiming Links to Climate Change

By Jon Hurdle

Kern County farmers use oil field wastewater to grow water-intensive crops like oranges in one of California's driest agricultural regions. Credit: Liza Gross

Why Did California Regulators Choose a Firm with Ties to Chevron to Study Irrigating Crops with Oil Wastewater?

By Liza Gross

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

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 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

Bill Olesner walks down South Battery St. while cleaning debris from storm drains on Sept. 5, 2019 in Charleston, South Carolina. Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Fives States Have Filed Climate Change Lawsuits, Seeking Damages From Big Oil and Gas

By David Hasemyer

Oil companies have lost billions since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to new earnings reports. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Big Oil Took a Big Hit from the Coronavirus, Earnings Reports Show

By Nicholas Kusnetz

OIl rig in sunset. Credit: Michael Kodas/InsideClimate News

What Does Net Zero Emissions Mean for Big Oil? Not What You’d Think

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Chevron. Credit: Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Chevron’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ Tweet Prompts a Debate About Big Oil and Environmental Justice

By Ilana Cohen

Oil Giant Under Shareholder Pressure

Felicity Carus, Guardian

Oil contamination in the Ecuadorean Amazon rainforest.

Is Chevron's Fight to Avoid Liability Par for the Course?

By Michael Keller and Stacy Feldman

BP's Competitors Face Risk of Catastrophic Accident, Too, Financial Analysts Say

By Michael Keller

In UK Case, Oil Industry Faces Criminal Charges for 2005 Explosion

By Guest Writer

Investors Applaud Shell's Newfound Caution about the Tar Sands

By Matthew Berger

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