Climate Update
Climate Update Archiv Eine wöchentliche Presseschau zu allen Aspekten der Klimakrise aus der Schweiz und der ganzen Welt zusammen. Die Beiträge sind thematisch sortiert und lassen sich nach Themen und Schlagwörtern filtern. Jede Woche empfehlen wir eine Handvoll besonders interessanter Beiträge.
Big Oil & Gas
URSACHEN
Staatliche Fossilkonzerne heizen dem Klima ein
17 der 20 weltgrößten CO2-Emittenten unter den Konzernen werden von Regierungen kontrolliert. Dadurch entsteht ein hoher politischer Druck auf den UN-Klimakonferenzen.
POLITIK
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * Venezuela’s Gas: The World’s Most Expensive Bonfire
DEEP DIVE: As the world fixates on oil, Venezuela burns $1.4bn of gas — while sitting on an untouched methane empire that could redraw regional power
WIRTSCHAFT
BP prévient d’une charge de plusieurs milliards de dollars
Le géant pétrolier britannique BP, en plein rétropédalage sur son ambitieuse stratégie climatique, a prévenu mercredi que ses résultats seraient plombés par une charge de plusieurs milliards de dollars. Des dépréciations liées à la transition énergétique.
BEWEGUNG
* FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE * Ein Einknicken vor der fossilen Lobby und ihrer Regierung wird es nicht geben
Trotz frustrierender Klimapolitik und eskalierender Klimakrise muss die Klimabewegung lernen, damit umzugehen und weiter für eine gerechte Zukunft einzustehen, schreiben Nele Evers und Carla Reemtsma
RECHT
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * Fight Over Venezuelan Oil Highlights Shadowy International Legal System
Trump said the socialist government “stole” from American oil companies. Those firms have been seeking billions in compensation through a controversial arbitration system.
POLITIK
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * How Chevron played the long game in Venezuela
Chevron met with Trump and spent millions lobbying him to continue operating in Venezuela. Now it is uniquely positioned to profit from that.
POLITIK
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * Trump’s reckless grab for power, riches, and oil in Venezuela
Who stands to profit, and who stands to pay? “Ten years from now, twenty years from now, you will see; oil will bring us ruin. Oil is the Devil's excrement" – Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso…
RECHT
* USA * Supreme Court Grapples With Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits Against Oil Companies
The justices heard arguments over whether oil companies sued by Louisiana could move the cases from state to federal court, a venue thought to be friendlier to corporate interests.
POLITIK
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * Democrats Seek Answers About Oil Industry’s Knowledge of Venezuela Operation
Democrats demanded information from seven top U.S. oil companies about any meetings with the Trump administration regarding plans to control Venezuela’s oil industry.
POLITIK
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * Oil Firms Say Venezuela Owes Them Billions Over Earlier Investments
Companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips say that Venezuela owes them billions of dollars for confiscating their assets two decades ago.
POLITIK
* US-ANGRIFF AUF VENEZUELA * Trumps letzte Ölung
Dass der US-Präsident seinen Venezuela-Coup nicht mit dem Parlament, sondern mit den Ölkonzernen besprach, ist ein weiteres Argument für die Energiewende.
POLITIK
* US ASSAULT ON VENEZUELA * Why Chevron Could Reap the Biggest Rewards From Venezuela
The second-largest U.S. oil company, which kept pumping oil in the country after others left, could find it relatively easy to expand its operations if the political conditions there improve.
POLITIK
* US ASSAULT ON VENEZUELA * Trump Long Wanted to ‘Take the Oil.’ He Says He’ll Do It in Venezuela.
The White House had pointed to drug trafficking and migration as reasons to crack down on Nicolás Maduro. But oil emerged as central to President Trump.
ANTI-KLIMA
Exxon’s new greenwashing ploy
The oil giant claims it can eliminate more than 90 percent of emissions from gas-powered AI facilities. Critics say that’s nonsense.
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * The Oilman Who Pushed Trump to Go All In on Fossil Fuels
Harold Hamm, an Oklahoma oil tycoon, has played a central role in reshaping energy policy by allying himself with President Trump.
POLITIK
* COP30 | Kommentar * Nachbrenner für den Klimagipfel
Fossile Hardliner verhinderten auf der COP 30 in Belém den Fahrplan zum Ausstieg aus Kohle, Öl und Gas. Nun warnt UN-Menschenrechtschef Türk vor einem Ökozid.
EMPFOHLEN POLITIK
* COP30 * Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat.
URSACHEN
* TRUMP * Trump Vowed Fewer Regulations and Lots More Oil. He’s Delivered on One.
The president’s energy strategy is projected to generate more pollution, but so far production has not risen significantly and price drops have been modest, analysts say.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
*COP30 | Interview * « La crise climatique demeure un enjeu que nous devons aborder à l’échelle mondiale »
Les conclusions décevantes de la dernière COP poussent à s’interroger sur le modèle même de ces grandes rencontres internationales. Le point avec Delia Berner, analyste en politique climatique internationale, ainsi qu’avec une autre membre de la délégation suisse, représentante de la société civile.
URSACHEN
Aramco believes AI can help double oil-well productivity, hydrocarbons here to stay
President and CEO Amin Nasser said Aramco was now realising gains after investing tens of billions of dollars in computing and hiring thousands of data scientists.
POLITIK
* COP30 * Luisa Neubauer: Zwischen Meilensteinen und fossiler Vormacht
Die Gründe zur Hoffnung liegen im Zwischenraum. Dort, wo nicht alles verloren ist, nur weil nicht alles gewonnen wurde, meint Luisa Neubauer.
POLITIK
* COP30 | RESULTATE * COP 30 endet mit Ergebnis von COP 28
Beim Klimagipfel in Belém scheiterte ein Fahrplan zum Ausstieg aus Kohle, Öl und Gas an Erdölstaaten und musste mit einem Verfahrenstrick gerettet werden.
POLITIK
* COP30 | OBSTRUCTION * Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way
The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hope, says End Climate Silence founding director Genevieve Guenther
RECHT
TotalEnergies au tribunal pour s’expliquer, première en Belgique
Un agriculteur belge soutenu par trois ONG attaque TotalEnergies mercredi devant la justice civile en Belgique, pour faire reconnaître la responsabilité du géant pétrolier français dans les pertes agricoles liées à la multiplication des événements météorologiques.
WIRTSCHAFT
Entre bulle de l’IA et importance du gaz, les majors pétrolières sont en pleines manœuvres
Le brouillard règne sur les prévisions de consommation mondiale d’or noir. Dans ce contexte, il ne manque plus que l’économie subisse un krach pour voir les cartes pétrolières entièrement rebrassées, explique le géo-économiste Laurent Horvath
ANTI-KLIMA
* COP30 | SAUDIARABIEN * Öko-Bremser und -Vorreiter
Saudi-Arabien betreibt eine widersprüchliche Energiepolitik: Öl für die Welt, Sonne und Wind für zu Hause. Beides folgt aber durchaus ähnlichen Zielen.
ANTI-KLIMA
Greenpeace Faces an Unusual New Legal Attack From a Pipeline Giant
The company that won a huge verdict against Greenpeace earlier this year has asked a North Dakota court to block a countersuit in the Netherlands.
ANTI-KLIMA
* COP30 | SAUDI ARABIA * Why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
URSACHEN
ConocoPhillips Wants to Explore for Oil in an Arctic Wilderness
The oil company is proposing exploratory drilling and seismic testing beyond the borders of its Willow project, in areas home to caribou and other wildlife that provide sustenance for Alaska Natives.
ANTI-KLIMA EMPFOHLEN
Documentary explores how Republicans changed course on the climate
In The White House Effect, now available on Netflix, archival footage is used to show how the US right moved from believing to disputing the climate crisis
RECHT
* FRANCE * Oil firm TotalEnergies made misleading green statements, court rules
French multinational is ordered to remove its website messages about aiming for carbon neutrality
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * Exxon Sues California Over New Climate Disclosure Laws
The oil giant said requirements that companies calculate new details about greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks violate Exxon’s free speech rights.
ANTI-KLIMA MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG
* SUISSE | AVENERGY * Comment le lobby pétrolier sabote la transition énergétique
La politique climatique suisse mise avant tout sur des compensations discutables à l'étranger. Comment en est-on arrivé là ? L’explication cachée a pour nom Avenergy Suisse, comme le révèle notre enquête sur ses méthodes problématiques.
URSACHEN
Ahead of COP30, Brazil grants Petrobras a licence to drill for oil in Amazon region
Brazil has authorised Petrobras to explore for oil off the Amazon coast, a move campaigners say undermines global climate goals
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires
Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 42 former fossil fuel industry employees among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.
ANTI-KLIMA
How Bill Gates is playing both sides of the climate crisis
Think Bill Gates is fixing the climate crisis? Not if you follow the money. While he funds green innovation and talks about cutting emissions, Gates also invests in dirty industries such as coal, oil and private jets
POLITIK
Vanuatu working toward UN vote aimed at fighting fossil-fuel industry influence
Ralph Regenvanu, minister of climate change for the Pacific island nation, says step taken on ‘behalf of everybody’
ANTI-KLIMA
Exxon Urges Europe to Repeal Rules to Make Companies Track Climate Pollution
Its chief executive called the E.U. regulations one part of a “very misguided effort to kill oil.” His words followed comments by Trump administration officials criticizing Europe’s climate policies.
POLITIK
US senator calls on big oil to disclose lobbying that led Trump to axe key climate rule
Senate committee investigates suspected push that led administration to overturn EPA’s endangerment finding
EMPFOHLEN URSACHEN
IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5C
The world would not need to invest in new oil and gas projects if demand for the fuels fell in line with the 1.5C limit on global warming, says the IEA
RECHT
Unusual Climate Case Accusing Oil Giants of Racketeering Is Dismissed
Citing laws more commonly used against organized crime, the lawsuit argued that fossil fuel companies were responsible for devastating hurricane damage in Puerto Rico.
URSACHEN
Klimakrise ade: Jedes Jahr wird noch mehr Öl und Gas verbrannt
Die Spitze des weltweiten Öl- und Gas-Verbrauchs ist noch längst nicht erreicht. Chevron-CEO Mike Wirth setzt weiter auf Fossiles.
EMPFOHLEN URSACHEN
* USA * Fossil-fuel firms receive US subsidies worth $31bn each year, study finds
Figure calculated by Oil Change International has more than doubled since 2017 but is likely a vast understatement
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
* BEFORE COP30 * ‘Every company wants to produce the last barrel sold’: the treaty to stop fossil fuel production
Tzeporah Berman’s campaign group believes Cop30 will help its initiative to phase out oil, coal and gas take shape
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
UN experts accuse top oil firms of rights violations over Nigerian asset sales
Divestments were made without paying hefty clean-up bills or compensating communities in the pollution-scarred Niger Delta, UN working group says
URSACHEN
Falscher Ölwechsel
Die Zeit, in der sich Ölkonzerne grün gaben und ihre Ökostromprojekte vorzeigten, ist vorbei. Drill, baby, drill darf aber nicht das letzte Wort sein.
URSACHEN
Abkehr von Erneuerbaren: Energiekonzern findet grösstes Öl- und Gasgebiet seit 1999
Die Entdeckung könnte eine wichtige Rolle in den Plänen von BP spielen, die Rohölproduktion wieder zu steigern und den Fokus von erneuerbaren Energien zurück auf die Erdölförderung zu verlegen.
ANTI-KLIMA
Sur le changement climatique, des décennies d’un déni qui ne doit rien au hasard
Malgré des alertes lancées dès les années 1960, les Etats peinent toujours à prendre des mesures pour contrer les émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Pas étonnant, quand on considère tout ce qui a été mis en œuvre par les lobbys des énergies fossiles pour décrédibiliser la science
URSACHEN WIRTSCHAFT
He helped Microsoft build AI to help the climate. Then Microsoft sold it to Big Oil
A former Microsoft project manager reveals how the tech giant is using AI to help Big Oil drill—and how he and his partner are now pushing for change.
RECHT
UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying
Rapporteur calls for defossilization of economies and urgent reparations to avert ‘catastrophic’ rights and climate harms
URSACHEN
Is There A Future Without Oil & Gas?
Former Shell CEO Ben van Beurden joins Cleaning Up Podcast
ANTI-KLIMA RECHT
Oil Companies Fight Climate Lawsuits by Citing Free Speech
The firms say their First Amendment rights are being violated when cities and states sue and accuse them of spreading misinformation about climate change.
BEWEGUNG
Youth-led Sunrise Movement to launch campaign to ‘villainize big oil’ and force climate action
With climate policies under siege by the Trump, young climate activists are intensifying their campaign
RECHT
* USA * Will Charleston’s Climate Lawsuit Survive the Week?
The city is suing oil companies over global warming. Trump says lawsuits like these threaten national security. The judge wants to hear what both sides think.
RECHT
Oil Companies Are Sued Over Death of Woman in 2021 Heat Wave
Experts said it is the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming.
RECHT
* TRUMP * A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security
The judge asked lawyers how a suit by Charleston, S.C., claiming oil companies misled people about climate risks, might be affected by a Trump executive order blasting cases like these.
RECHT
The Growing Legal Battle Over Climate Change
Oil and gas companies are facing a wave of new lawsuits over their role in global warming.
RECHT
The Peruvian farmer who has changed the climate litigation landscape forever
A trailblazing lawsuit, whose ruling is now due, has set a global precedent by seeking to hold a fossil firm accountable for its role in accelerating glacial melt
RECHT
Klimaklage gegen RWE: «Im Urteil steht: Unternehmen sind verantwortlich für Klimaschäden»
Zehn Jahre stritt der peruanische Bergbauer Saúl Lliuya mit RWE. Nun hat das Gericht die Klage abgelehnt. Seine Anwältin Roda Verheyen sieht darin trotzdem einen Gewinn.
RECHT
German court dismisses Peruvian farmer’s climate lawsuit against RWE
Court rejects argument that man’s home is at risk from glacial flood but sets precedent that polluters may be held liable for costs
EMPFOHLEN RECHT
Peruanischer Bauer gegen RWE: Eine Niederlage zum Jubeln
Ein peruanischer Bauer wollte den deutschen Energiekonzern RWE verpflichten, sich entsprechend seinem CO2-Ausstoß an der Klimaanpassung in den Anden zu beteiligen. Nun scheiterte er vor Gericht. Warum NGOs das Urteil dennoch als historischen Erfolg feiern.
RECHT
* USA * Despite Backlash, More States Are Considering Laws to Make Big Oil Pay for Climate Change
After Vermont and New York passed "climate Superfund" legislation, 11 states have introduced similar bills this year.
ANTI-KLIMA
* REPORT * Decades of Deceit: The Case Against Major Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud and Damages
Dozens of states, counties, cities, and tribes across the United States and its territories are currently suing major fossil fuel companies for fraud, climate damages, or racketeering.
ANTI-KLIMA
How the World’s Most Powerful Corporations Have Fought Accountability for Climate Change
A new report draws on internal company documents and other public records to comprehensively outline the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign to mislead the public and avoid paying for their products’ harms.
ANTI-KLIMA RECHT
* TRUMP * An Effort to Kill Off Lawsuits Against Oil Giants Is Gaining Steam
The Trump administration has declared litigation to hold oil companies responsible for climate change a threat to the American economy and has taken aggressive steps to fight it.
POLITIK
COP30 must heed the elephant in the room: fossil fuels
Oil, gas and coal cause three-quarters of global emissions. Why are they nowhere to be seen on the Belém climate summit’s agenda?
RECHT
* TRUMP * Hawaii Announced a Climate Lawsuit. So the Government Sued Hawaii First.
In an unusual move, the Trump administration pre-emptively sued Hawaii and Michigan to try to stop them from suing oil companies over global warming.
TECH. & ENERGIE
Can Oil & Gas Learn to Love Geothermal?
Geothermal seems to have found new favour under Donald Trump's presidency, but can it ever live up to its potential? Will the oil and gas industry reinvent itself before becoming obsolete? And how might geothermal energy change the global energy landscape? This week on Cleaning Up, Bryony Worthington talks to Jamie Beard, founder of Project InnerSpace, about why geothermal energy has never lived up to its hype, and whether it has the potential do so.
URSACHEN
BP’s climate u-turn set to cause 72,000 extra heat deaths
Fossil fuel giant BP’s recent scrapping of its 2030 interim target to reduce production is estimated to cause 72,000 additional heat deaths by the end of this century driven by increased emissions from burning more oil and gas, new Global Witness analysis shows. The target was to cut oil and gas production by 40% by the end of 2030 relative to 2019.
ANTI-KLIMA KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
ExxonMobil helps Amazon nation Guyana build ‘petrostate’, while people stay poor
Guyana’s rapid ascent to major oil producer has come at a steep price: rising inequality, weakened environmental regulations and unchecked gas flaring
RECHT
Chevron Must Pay $745 Million for Coastal Damages, Louisiana Jury Rules
The verdict will likely influence similar lawsuits against other oil companies over coastal damage in the state.
WIRTSCHAFT
* TRUMP & OIL * Oil Executives Are Quiet on Trump Policies. Privately, They’re Worried.
Eager to stay in Mr. Trump’s good graces, oil executives refrain from publicly criticizing the president. But privately, ‘Everybody’s afraid.’
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * A Quarter-Billion Dollars for Defamation: Inside Greenpeace’s Huge Loss
A pipeline company’s lawsuit against the environmental group could chill free speech, experts said. First Amendment issues are likely to figure prominently in an appeal.
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * I was an independent observer in the Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking
Greenpeace lost – not because it did something wrong but because it was denied a fair trial
RECHT
* USA * She Inspired Laws to Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable. Now She’s a Target.
A conservative group is suing for emails of a law professor who helped create legislation to force oil, gas and coal companies to pay for climate damage.
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * Greenpeace loss will embolden big oil and gas to pursue protesters: ‘No one will feel safe’
As Trump pushes ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda, Greenpeace verdict offers startling outlook for environmental activism
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER c. GREENPEACE * Greenpeace condamnée à verser des centaines de millions de dollars à l’exploitant d’un oléoduc américain
L'ONG Greenpeace a déclaré à l'AFP qu'elle ferait appel du jugement. «Vous ne pouvez pas mettre en faillite un mouvement», a lancé Sushma Raman, de Greenpeace USA à l'AFP.
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * Jury Orders Greenpeace to Pay Pipeline Company More Than $660 Million
The environmental group had said the lawsuit, over its role in a protest movement, could mean an end to its operations in the United States.
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * Greenpeace soll Millionenstrafe zahlen: Klagen gegen NGO nehmen zu
Auch in der Schweiz nehmen Klagen gegen Nichtregierungsorganisationen zu. «Solche Rechtsfälle binden massiv Ressourcen», sagt Iris Menn, Chefin von Greenpeace Schweiz.
POLITIK
* TRUMP * What Oil Executives Want From the President
Tariffs, tax credits and deregulation are among the industry’s top priorities.
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * It Fought to Save the Whales. Can Greenpeace Save Itself?
The storied group has a remarkable history of daring protests and high-profile blunders. It faces a reckoning in North Dakota.
TECH. & ENERGIE
* TRUMP * U.S. Energy Secretary Pledges to Reverse Focus on Climate Change
To applause from oil and gas executives, Chris Wright said natural gas was preferable to renewable energy and climate change was a “side effect of building the modern world.”
ANTI-KLIMA
*TRUMP* Team Trump tries to spread the crazy abroad
We’re reaching the point with the second Trump administration where, as Wall Street investors would say, the crazy is “priced in.” There’s absolutely no reason to expect anything other than aggressively dishonest and profoundly stupid governance.
POLITIK
*TRUMP* Will the Shift to Clean Power Continue Under Trump?
Earlier this week, Lisa Friedman, Brad Plumer and I reported on the head-spinning moves by the Trump administration that are undermining the government’s ability to combat climate change.
ANTI-KLIMA
*TRUMP* What the world needs now is more fossil fuels, says Trump’s energy secretary
“The Trump administration will end the Biden administration’s irrational, quasi-religious policies on climate change that imposed endless sacrifices on our citizens", Donald Trump’s newly appointed energy secretary, Chris Wright, told on Monday.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
Supreme Court Rejects an Effort to Block States From Suing Oil Giants
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an argument that aimed to restrict states from suing oil companies for financial damage related to climate change.
URSACHEN
Hälfte der globalen fossilen Treibhausgas-Emissionen geht auf das Konto von nur 36 Konzernen
Dabei nehmen staatliche Player wie die saudi-arabische Erdöl-Gesellschaft Saudi Aramco die vordersten Plätze in dem Negativ-Ranking ein.
URSACHEN
*TRUMP* Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda could keep the world hooked on oil and gas
Donald Trump’s repeated mantra of “drill, baby, drill” demands that more oil and gas be extracted in the United States, but the president has set his sights on an even broader goal: keeping the world hooked on planet-heating fossil fuels for as long as possible.
URSACHEN
Oil giant Pemex fails to control methane emissions, threatening Mexico’s net zero goal
A Climate Home investigation shows Mexico’s state oil firm has struggled to cut its methane emissions as promised, risking the country’s net zero ambitions
WIRTSCHAFT
BP dropping its green ambitions is a travesty. But that’s exactly how capitalism works
Companies will never solve the climate emergency alone. The impetus for change needs to come from government
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * A Tough Start for Greenpeace in Court Fight With Pipeline Giant
The environmental group, battling a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, told the North Dakota Supreme Court it can’t get a fair trial.
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * ‘Day of Reckoning’: Trial Over Greenpeace’s Role in Pipeline Protest Begins
Energy Transfer, which owns the Dakota Access Pipeline, is seeking $300 million, a sum that Greenpeace says could bankrupt the storied environmental group.
WIRTSCHAFT
BP enterre son ambitieuse stratégie climat et remet les gaz sur les hydrocarbures
Le géant britannique des hydrocarbures BP a enterré mercredi une stratégie climatique autrefois ambitieuse et annoncé un recentrage sur la production et les investissements dans le pétrole et le gaz, avec l'espoir de doper ses bénéfices en berne et ses redistributions aux actionnaires.
POLITIK
*TRUMP* Climate advocacy groups file two lawsuits against Trump administration
Green advocacy groups filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration on Wednesday, marking the first environmental legal challenges against the president’s second administration.
POLITIK
Environmentalists Sue to Block Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plans
Environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to stop the Trump administration from opening up vast new areas to offshore oil and gas drilling.
URSACHEN
*TRUMP* Feds Approve Another Deepwater Oil Export Terminal Off Texas
The Trump administration on Friday approved plans for a second deepwater oil loading terminal off the Texas coast, opening another door for continued long-term growth in American crude production and exports.
WIRTSCHAFT
Von wegen Energiewende: Das Erdöl hat die besten Jahre noch vor sich
Erstmals macht die Schweizer Firma Vitol ihre Prognosen zum Erdölbedarf öffentlich zugänglich. Der Bericht zeigt: Die Energiewende dürfte deutlich mehr Zeit in Anspruch nehmen.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * Trump names oil and gas advocate to lead agency that manages federal lands
Kathleen Sgamma to oversee Bureau of Land Management, agency that manages quarter-billion acres of public land
URSACHEN
Shell dodges paying compensation for sham carbon credits in China
Shell has avoided paying compensation for nearly 2 million sham carbon credits it supported in China, as registry Verra has been unable to hold the world’s largest offsets buyer to account for the scandal.